Update on Richards Bay Fires (03/10/2023)

Update on Richards Bay Fires Aerial bombers, and a very large contingent of ground forces and specialised machines continue to focus all attention on preventing the fire from spreading to any of the neighboring industries and residents. Considerable assistance is being rendered from NCT forest operations, Municipality, and many local businesses. NCT is extremely grateful […]

Richards Bay Fire

Richards Bay Fire The fire at Richards Bay Wood Chips, in KwaZulu-Natal, is burning into its fourth day, despite the gargantuan efforts being made by firefighting personnel and staff from NCT Forestry Agricultural Co-operative Limited, the Municipality and other organisations to extinguish the blaze. Their efforts have been hampered by the unrelenting gale force winds […]

Haplogenome assembly reveals structural variation in Eucalyptus interspecific hybrids

Haplogenome assembly reveals structural variation in Eucalyptus interspecific hybrids Abstract Background De novo phased (haplo)genome assembly using long-read DNA sequencing data has improved the detection and characterization of structural variants (SVs) in plant and animal genomes. Able to span across haplotypes, long reads allow phased, haplogenome assembly in highly outbred organisms such as forest trees. […]