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Scientific publications for 2018-2021: (
Publications 1921 - 202
1)
Somera, T.S., Freilich, S. & Mazzola, M. 2021. Comprehensive analysis of the apple rhizobiome as influenced by different Brassica seed meals and rootstocks in the same soil/plant system.
Applied Soil Ecology
157: 103766: 1-15.
Barral, B., Chillet, M., Doizy, A., Grassi, M., Ragot, L., Léchaudel, M., Durand, N., Rose, L.J., Viljoen, A. & Schorr-Galindo, S. 2020. Diversity and toxigenicity of fungi that cause pineapple fruitlet core rot.
Toxins
12, 339:1-16.
Den Breeyen, A., Rochefort, J., Russouw, A., Meitz-Hopkins, J. & Lennox, C.L. 2020. Preharvest detection and postharvest incidence of
Phlyctema vagabunda
on 'Cripps Pink' apples in South Africa.
Plant Disease
104 (3): 841-846.
Dita, M., Teixeira, L.A.J., O'Neill, W., Pattison, A.B., Weinert, M.P., Li, C.Y., Zheng, S.J., Staver, C., Thangavelu, R. & Viljoen, A. 2020. Current state of Fusarium wilt of banana in the subtropics.
Acta Horticulturae
1272: 45-56.
Greeff-Laubscher, M.R., Beukes, I., Marais, G.J. & Jacobs, K. 2020. Mycotoxin production by three different toxigenic fungi genera on formulated abalone feed and the effect of an aquatic environment on fumonisins.
Mycology
11 (2): 105-117.
Kimunye, J.N., Were, E., Mussa, F., Tazuba, A., Jomanga, K., Viljoen, A., Swennen, R., Muthoni, F.K. & Mahuku, G. 2020. Distribution of
Pseudocercospora
species causing Sigatoka leaf diseases of banana in Uganda and Tanzania.
Plant Pathology
69: 50-59.
Links, S., van Zyl, K., Cassiem, A., Flett, B.C., Viljoen, A. & Rose, L.J. 2020. The association of maize characteristics with resistance to
Fusarium verticillioides
and fumonisin accumulation in commercial maize cultivars.
World Mycotoxin Journal
13 (3): 367-379.
Liu, S., Li, J., Zhang, Y., Liu, N., Viljoen, A., Mostert, D., Zuo, C., Hu, C., Bi, F., Gao, H., Sheng, O., Deng, G., Yang, Q., Dong, T., Dou, T., Yi, G., Ma, L-J. & Li, C. 2020. Fusaric acid instigates the invasion of banana by
Fusarium oxysporum
f.sp.
cubense
TR4.
New Phytologist
225: 913-929.
Masikane, S.L., Novela, P., Mohale, P. & McLeod, A. 2020. Effect of phosphonate application timing and -strategy on phosphite fruit and root residues of avocado.
Crop Protection
128: 105008: 1-8.
Matthews, M.C., Mostert, D., Ndayihanzamaso, P., Rose, L.J. & Viljoen, A. 2020. Quantitative detection of economically important
Fusarium oxysporum
f.sp.
cubense
strains in Africa in plants, soil and water.
PLoS ONE
15 (7): e0236110: 1-20.
Ndayihanzamaso, P., Karangwa, P., Mostert, D., Mahuku, G., Blomme, G., Beed, F., Swennen, R. & Viljoen, A. 2020. The development of a multiplex PCR assay for the detection of
Fusarium oxysporum
f.sp.
cubense
lineage VI strains in East and Central Africa.
European Journal of Plant Pathology
158: 495-509.
Ndayihanzamaso, P., Mostert, D., Matthews, M.C., Mahuku, G., Jomanga, K., Mpanda, H.J., Mduma, H., Brown, A., Uwimana, B., Swennen, R., Tumuhimbise, R. & Viljoen, A. 2020. Evaluation of Mchare and Matooke bananas for resistance to
Fusarium oxysporum
f.sp.
cubense
Race 1.
Plants
9, 1082:1-15.
Ouko, A., Okoth, S., Netshifhefhe, N.E.1., Viljoen, A. & Rose, L.J. 2020. Tolerance to
Fusarium verticillioides
infection and fumonisin accumulation in maize F
1
hybrids and subsequent F
2
populations.
Agronomy Journal
112: 2432-2444.
Rebel, P., Poblete-Echeverría, C., van Zyl, J.G., Wessels, J.P.B., Coetzer, C. & McLeod, A. 2020. Determining mancozeb deposition benchmark values on apple leaves for the management of
Venturia inaequalis
.
Plant Disease
104 (1): 168-178.
Spies, C.F.J., Mostert, L., Carlucci, A., Moyo, P., van Jaarsveld, W.J., du Plessis, I.L., van Dyk, M. & Halleen, F. 2020. Dieback and decline pathogens of olive trees in South Africa.
Persoonia
45: 196-220.
Von Diest, S.G., Meitz-Hopkins, J.C., Rabie, A.A., MacHardy, W.E. & Lennox, C.L. 2020. Temperature influence on pseudothecia development stages of
Venturia inaequalis
in the Western Cape of South Africa.
Plant Disease
104 (1): 147-153.
Basson, E., Meitz-Hopkins, J.C. & Lennox, C.L. 2019. Morphological and molecular identification of fungi associated with South African apple core rot.
European Journal of Plant Pathology
153: 849-868.
Díaz, G.A., Mostert, L., Halleen, F., Lolas, M., Gutierrez, M., Ferrada, E. & Latorre, B.A. 2019.
Diplodia seriata
associated with Botryosphaeria canker and dieback in apple trees in Chile.
Plant Disease
103 (5): 1026.
Guarnaccia, V., Gehrmann, T., Silva-Junior, G.J., Fourie, P.H., Haridas, S., Vu, D., Spatafora, J., Martin, F.M., Robert, V., Grigoriev, I.V., Groenewald, J.Z. & Crous, P.W. 2019.
Phyllosticta citricarpa
and sister species of global importance to
Citrus
.
Molecular Plant Pathology
20 (12): 1619-1635.
Havenga, M., Gatsi, G.M., Halleen, F., Spies, C.F.J., Van der Merwe, R. & Mostert, L. 2019. Canker and wood rot pathogens present in young apple trees and propagation material in the Western Cape of South Africa.
Plant Disease
103 (12): 3129-3141.
Lesuthu, P., Mostert, L. Spies, C.F.J., Moyo, P., Regnier, T. & Halleen, F. 2019.
Diaporthe nebulae
sp. nov. and first report of
D. cynaroidis
,
D. novem
, and
D. serafiniae
on grapevines in South Africa.
Plant Disease
103 (5): 808-817.
Marin-Felix, Y., Hernández-Restrepo, M., Wingfield, M.J., Akulov, A., Carnegie, A.J., Cheewangkoon, R., Gramaje, D., Groenewald, J.Z., Guarnaccia, V., Halleen, F., Lombard, L., Luangsa-ard, J., Marincowitz, S., Moslemi, A., Mostert, L., Quaedvlieg, W., Schumacher, R.K., Spies, C.F.J., Thangavel, R., Taylor, P.W.J., Wilson, A.M., Wingfield, B.D., Wood, A.R. & Crous, P.W. 2019. Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 2.
Studies in Mycology
92: 47-133.
Masikane, S., Jolliffe, J., Swart, L. & McLeod, A. 2019. Novel approaches and methods for quantifying
Phytophthora cinnamomi
in avocado tree roots.
FEMS Microbiology Letters
366: (16): 1-11.
Moein, S., Mazzola, M., Ntushelo, N.S. & McLeod, A. 2019. Apple nursery trees and irrigation water as potential external inoculum sources of apple replant disease in South Africa.
European Journal of Plant Pathology
153: 1131-1147.
Moein, S., Mazzola, M., Spies, C.F.J. & McLeod, A. 2019. Evaluating different approaches for the quantification of oomycete apple replant pathogens, and their relationship with seedling growth reductions.
European Journal of Plant Pathology
154: 243-257.
Moyo, P., Mostert, L. & Halleen, F. 2019. Diatrypaceae species overlap between vineyards and natural ecosystems in South Africa.
Fungal Ecology
39: 142-151.
Nyoni, M., Lötze, E., Mazzola, M., Wessels, J.P.B. & McLeod, A. 2019. Evaluating different approaches in the application of phosphonates for the control of apple root diseases.
Australasian Plant Pathology
48: 461-472.
Nyoni, M., Mazzola, M., Wessels, J.P.B. & McLeod, A. 2019. The efficacy of semiselective chemicals and chloropicrin/1, 3-dichloropropene-containing fumigants in managing apple replant disease in South Africa.
Plant Disease
103 (6): 1363-1373.
Phokane, S., Flett, B.C., Ncube, E., Rheeder, J.P. & Rose, L.J. 2019. Agricultural practices and their potential role in mycotoxin contamination of maize and groundnut subsistence farming.
South African Journal of Science
115 (9/10): 1-6.
Stander, O.P.J., North, J., Van Niekerk, J.M., Van Wyk, T., Love, C. & Gilbert, M.J. 2019. Influence of nonpermanent netting on foliar spray deposition, insect pest prevalence, and production of 'Nadorcott' Mandarin (
Citrus reticulata
).
HortScience
54 (4): 667-675.
Thangavelu, R., Mostert, D., Gopi, M., Ganga Devi, P., Padmanaban, B., Molina, A.B. & Viljoen, A. 2019. First detection of
Fusarium oxyspoerum
f.sp.
cubense
tropical race 4 (TR4) on Cavendish banana in India.
European Journal of Plant Pathology
154: 777-786.
Van Niekerk, J.M., Basson, E., Olivier, C., Carelse, G. & Guarnaccia, V. 2019. Chlorine and mefenoxam sensitivity of
Phytophthora nicotianae
and
Phytophthora citrophthora
from South African citrus nurseries.
Phytopathologia Mediterranea
58 (3): 629-638.
Van Zyl, K., Rose, L.J. & Viljoen, A. 2019.
Fusarium verticillioides FUM1
and
FUM19
gene expression in maize kernels during early infection.
Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology
108: 101430: 1-6.
Williams, P.J., Bezuidenhout, C. & Rose, L.J. 2019. Differentiation of maize ear rot pathogens, on growth media, with near infrared hyperspectral imaging.
Food Analytical Methods
12: 1556-1570.
Baloyi, M.A., Mostert, L. & Halleen, F. 2018. Pathogenicity of ten
Phaeoacremonium
species associated with esca and Petri disease of grapevine.
Phytopathologia Mediterranea
57 (3): 538-546.
Beukes, I., Rose, L.J., Van Coller, G.J. & Viljoen, A. 2018. Disease development and mycotoxin production by the
Fusarium graminearum
species complex associated with South African maize and wheat.
European Journal of Plant Pathology
150: 893-910.
Carstens, E., Langenhoven, S.D., Pierron, R., Laubscher, W., Serfontein, J.J., Bezuidenhout, C.M., Venter, E., Fourie P.H., Hattingh, V. & Mostert, L. 2018.
Elsinoë punicae
causing scab of pomegranates in South Africa does not cause disease on citrus.
Australasian Plant Pathology
47: 405-411.
Chittarath, K., Mostert, D., Crew, K.S., Viljoen, A., Kong, G., Molina, A.B. & Thomas, J.E. 2018. First report of
Fusarium oxysporum
f.sp.
cubense
Tropical Race 4 (VCG 01213/16) associated with Cavendish bananas in Laos.
Plant Disease
102 (2): 449-450.
Greeff-Laubscher, M.R., Beukes, I., Marais, G.J. & Jacobs, K. 2018. The occurrence of mycotoxigenic fungi in abalone feed in South Africa.
African Journal of Marine Science
40 (4): 383-394.
Guarnaccia, V. & Crous, P.W. 2018. Species of
Diaporthe
on
Camellia
and
Citrus
in the Azores Islands.
Phytopathologia Mediterranea
57 (2): 307-319.
Hung, T.N., Hung, N.Q., Mostert, D., Viljoen, A., Chao, C.P. & Molina, A.B. 2018. First report of Fusarium wilt on Cavendish bananas, caused by
Fusarium oxysporum
f.sp.
cubense
Tropical Race 4 (VCG 01213/16), in Vietnam.
Plant Disease
102 (2): 448.
Karangwa, P., Mostert, D., Ndayihanzamaso, P., Dubois, T., Niere, B., Felde, A., Schouten, A., Blomme, G., Beed, F. & Viljoen, A. 2018. Genetic diversity of
Fusarium oxysporum
f.sp.
cubense
in East and Central Africa.
Plant Disease
102 (3): 552-560.
Kellerman, M., Liebenberg, E., Njombolwana, N., Erasmus, A. & Fourie, P.H. 2018. Postharvest dip, drench and wax coating application of pyrimethanil on citrus fruit: Residue loading and green mould control.
Crop Protection
103: 115-129.
Langenhoven, S.D., Halleen, F., Spies, C.F.J., Stempien, E. & Mostert, L. 2018. Detection and quantification of black foot and crown and root rot pathogens in grapevine nursery soils in the Western Cape of South Africa.
Phytopathologia Mediterranea
57 (3): 519-537.
Lennox, C.L., Mostert, L., Venter, E., Laubscher, W. & Meitz-Hopkins, J.C. 2018. First report of
Coniella granati
fruit rot and dieback on pomegranate in the Western Cape of South Africa.
Plant Disease
102 (4): 821-822.
Mabuza, L.M., Janse van Rensburg, B., Flett, B.C. & Rose, L.J. 2018. Accumulation of toxigenic
Fusarium
species and
Stenocarpella maydis
in maize grain grown under different cropping systems.
European Journal of Plant Pathology
152: 297-308.
McLeod, A., Masikane, S.L., Novela, P., Ma, J., Mohale, P., Nyoni, M., Stander, M., Wessels, J.P.B. & Pieterse, P. 2018. Quantification of root phosphite concentrations for evaluating the potential of foliar phosphonate sprays for the management of avocado root rot.
Crop Protection
103: 87-97.
Moyo, P., Damm, U., Mostert, L. & Halleen, F. 2018.
Eutypa
,
Eytypella
, and
Cryptovalsa
species (Diatrypaceae) associated with
Prunus
species in South Africa.
Plant Disease
102 (7): 1402-1409.
Moyo, P., Halleen, F., Dedekind, R., van Jaarsveld, W.J., Pierron, R. & Mostert, L. 2018. First report of twig dieback and cankers caused by
Eutypa lata
on quince in South Africa.
Plant Disease
102 (7): 1446.
Moyo, P., Mostert, L., Spies, C.F.J., Damm, U. & Halleen, F. 2018. Diversity of Diatrypaceae species associated with dieback of grapevines in South Africa, with the description of
Eutypa cremea
sp. nov.
Plant Disease
102: 220-230.
Netshifhefhe, N.E.I., Flett, B.C., Viljoen, A. & Rose, L.J. 2018. Inheritance and genotype by environment analyses of resistance to
Fusarium verticillioides
and fumonisin contamination in maize F
1
hybrids.
Euphytica
214: 235.
Rossouw, C.J., Fourie, P.H., Van Zyl, J.G., Hoffman, J.E. & McLeod, A. 2018. Rainfastness of mancozeb on apple seedlings determined through deposition quantification of mancozeb residue and a fluorescent pigment.
Crop Protection
106: 93-102.
Schoeman, A., Flett, B.C., Janse van Rensburg, B., Ncube, E. & Viljoen, A. 2018. Pathogenicity and toxigenicity of
Fusarium verticillioides
isolates collected from maize roots, stems and ears in South Africa.
European Journal of Plant Pathology
152: 677-689.
Schreuder, W., Du Plooy, W., Erasmus, A., Savage, C., Basson, E., Lennox, C. & Fourie, P.H. 2018. Postharvest fungicide treatments and cold storage control of citrus black spot infections.
Crop Protection
112: 332-342.
Spies, C.F.J., Moyo, P., Halleen, F. & Mostert, L. 2018.
Phaeoacremonium
species diversity on woody hosts in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
Persoonia
40: 26-62.
Van Niekerk, J., Kotze, C., North, J. & Cronje, P. 2018. Effect of phosphonate applications, for Phytophthora brown rot control, on 'Nadorcott' mandarin external fruit quality.
HortTechnology
August 28 (4): 470-475.
Vitale, S., Aiello, D., Guarnaccia, V., Luongo, L., Galli, M., Crous, P.W., Polizzi, G., Belisario, A. & Voglmayr, H. 2018.
Liberomyces pistaciae
sp. nov., the causal agent of pistachio cankers and decline in Italy.
MycoKeys
40: 29-51.
Waite, H., Armengol, J., Billones-Baaijens, R., Gramaje, D., Halleen, F., Di Marco, S. & Smart, R. 2018. A protocol for the management of grapevine rootstock mother vines to reduce latent infctions by grapevine trunk pathogens in cuttings.
Phytopathologia Mediterranea
57 (3): 384-398.
Yang, Q., Fan, X.-L., Guarnaccia, V. & Tian, C.-M. 2018. High diversity of
Diaporthe
species associated with dieback diseases in China, with twelve new species described.
MycoKeys
39: 97-149.