Publications
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Jun 2025
Removal of organic biomass in Eucalyptus plantations has a greater impact on fungal than on bacterial networks
Bose T, Vivas M, Slippers B, Roux J et al.
Forest Ecology and Management
Apr 2025
Botryosphaeriaceae associated with racemes, fruits and leaves of macadamia in South Africa
Maduke, NA, Slippers, B, van der Linde, E, Wingfield, MJ et al.
Plant Pathology
ABSTRACT Species in the Botryosphaeriaceae are common in the endophytic microbiome of woody plants. Some of these are well known...
Apr 2025
Inside the Belly of the Beast: Exploring the Gut Bacterial Diversity of Gonipterus sp. n. 2
Knoppersen RS, Bose T, Coutinho TA, Hammerbacher A
Microbial Ecology
Abstract The Eucalyptus snout beetle (Gonipterus sp. n. 2) is a destructive invasive pest of Eucalyptus plantations, responsible...
Jun 2025
Mulching of post-harvest residues and delayed planting improves fungal biodiversity in South African Eucalyptus plantations and enhances plantation productivity
Bose T, Roux J, Titshall L, Dovey SB et al.
Applied Soil Ecology
Feb 2025
Risk Analysis for Alien Taxa (RAAT) for Phytophthora cinnamomi in South Africa
Balocchi F
Risk Analysis for Alien Taxa (RAAT) for Phytophthora cinnamomi in South Africa. Completed following the guidelines "Risk Analysis...
May 2025
Biological control protects carbon sequestration capacity of plantation forests
Wychkuys KA, Giron E, Hyman G, Barona E et al.
Entomologia Generalis
Mar 2025
Plant Pathology
Mapfumo P, Archer E, Swanevelder ZH, Wilken M et al.
Genomic Characterisation of Bidens mottle virus in South Africa and an Assessment of the Impact on Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) in an Open Field Setting
ABSTRACT Sunflower ( Helianthus annuus ) is an oilseed crop of global economic importance, and South Africa ranks among the 20...
Feb 2025
First report of pepper ringspot virus on potato (Solanum tuberosum) in South Africa
Espach A, Esterhuizen L, Africander N, Thiart S et al.
Journal of Plant Pathology
Mar 2025
The root rot pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi: a long-overlooked threat to the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa
Paap T, Balocchi F, Wingfield MJ
Biological Invasions
Abstract The globally important plant pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi was first reported in South Africa in 1931, where it caused...
Removal of organic biomass in Eucalyptus plantations has a greater impact on fungal than on bacterial networks
Tanay Bose, Maria Vivas, Bernard Slippers, Jolanda Roux, Dovey S, Martin Kemler et al. · Forest Ecology and Management, Jun 2025 · DOI
Botryosphaeriaceae associated with racemes, fruits and leaves of macadamia in South Africa
Angel Maduke, Bernard Slippers, van der Linde, E, Mike Wingfield, Gerda Fourie · Plant Pathology, Apr 2025 · DOI
Inside the Belly of the Beast: Exploring the Gut Bacterial Diversity of Gonipterus sp. n. 2
Rosa Knoppersen, Tanay Bose, Teresa Coutinho, Almuth Hammerbacher · Microbial Ecology, Apr 2025 · DOI
Mulching of post-harvest residues and delayed planting improves fungal biodiversity in South African Eucalyptus plantations and enhances plantation productivity
Tanay Bose, Jolanda Roux, Titshall L, Dovey SB, Almuth Hammerbacher · Applied Soil Ecology, Jun 2025 · DOI
Risk Analysis for Alien Taxa (RAAT) for Phytophthora cinnamomi in South Africa
Felipe Balocchi · Feb 2025 · DOI
Biological control protects carbon sequestration capacity of plantation forests
Wychkuys KA, Giron E, Hyman G, Barona E, Castro-Llanos FA, Sheil D et al. · Entomologia Generalis, May 2025 · DOI
Plant Pathology
Phrasia Mapfumo, Archer E, Swanevelder ZH, Markus Wilken, Nicky Creux, David Read · Genomic Characterisation of Bidens mottle virus in South Africa and an Assessment of the Impact on Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) in an Open Field Setting, Mar 2025 · DOI
First report of pepper ringspot virus on potato (Solanum tuberosum) in South Africa
Espach A, Esterhuizen L, Africander N, Thiart S, David Read, Wilhelm de Beer · Journal of Plant Pathology, Feb 2025 · DOI
The root rot pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi: a long-overlooked threat to the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa
Trudy Paap, Felipe Balocchi, Mike Wingfield · Biological Invasions, Mar 2025 · DOI