Chairperson: Chrizelle Beukes

Elrea Appelgryn - Alternative hosts, vectors and genomics of Soybean blotchy mosaic virus.

Margot Otto - Genetic variability and whole genome sequences of Pseudomonas syringae isolated from cherry trees.

Robyn Smith - Targeted expression profiling of a key defence pathway in Pinus patula, Pinus tecunumanii (LE) and hybrid seedlings in response to Fusarium circinatum.