FABI Articles : Genomic patterns of species diversity and divergence in Eucalyptus

Supporting Research Documentation

• Genetic diversity of the pine pathogen Lecanosticta acicola in Slovenia and Croatia
• Global population genomics of the forest pathogen Dothistroma septosporum reveal chromosome duplications in high dothistromin‐producing strains
• Effect of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) attack density on Pinus sylvestris (Pinaceae) survival
• Environmentally friendly methods for controlling pine pitch canker
• Local antagonism and resource partitioning between two invasive pine plantation pests
• Fieldwork To Understand The Emerging Ceratocystis Threat To Eucalyptus In South Africa
• The plastid and mitochondrial genomes of Eucalyptus grandis
• A Standardized Synthetic Eucalyptus Transcription Factor and Promoter Panel for Re-engineering Secondary Cell Wall Regulation in Biomass and Bioenergy Crops
• Ten new species of Calonectria from Indonesia and Vietnam
• Teratosphaeria stem canker of Eucalyptus: two pathogens, one devastating disease
• Maternal environment regulates morphological and physiological traits in Eucalyptus grandis
• FABI celebrates 20 years of research excellence
• Evolution of polyketide synthesis in a Dothideomycete forest pathogen
• Parasitoid assemblage associated with a North American pine weevil in South Africa
• Maternal effects on phenotype, resistance and the structuring of fungal communities in Eucalyptus grandis
• The unified framework for biological invasions: a forest fungal pathogen perspective
• Diversity, phylogeny and pathogenicity of Botryosphaeriaceae on non-native Eucalyptus grown in an urban environment: A case study
• The balance of trade in alien species between South Africa and the rest of Africa
• A new Leptographium species from the roots of declining Pinus sylvestris in Switzerland
• Classical biological control of insect pests of trees: facts and figures
• Novel and co-evolved associations between insects and microorganisms as drivers of forest pestilence
• Planted forest health: The need for a global strategy
• Antifungal actinomycetes associated with the pine bark beetle, Orthotomicus erosus, in South Africa
• Botrytis eucalypti, a novel species isolated from diseased Eucalyptus seedlings in South China
• Six recently recorded Australian insects associated with Eucalyptus in South Africa
• Why IUFRO really matters to tropical forestry research
• Precipitation, not air temperature, drives functional responses of trees in semi-arid ecosystems
• Securing African forests for future drier climates
• Ecology & population structure of a tree wound-infecting fungus in a native SA forest environment
• Neotypification of Dothistroma septosporum and epitypification of D. pini, causal agents of Dothistroma needle blight of pine
• Assessment of beetle diversity, community composition and potential threats to forestry using kairomone-baited traps
• Diseases on Eucalyptus species in Zimbabwean plantations and woodlots
• Comparative interrogation of the developing xylem transcriptomes of two wood-forming species: Populus trichocarpa and Eucalyptus grandis
• Genomic patterns of species diversity and divergence in Eucalyptus
• Novel taxa in the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex from Pinus spp.
• New species, hyper-diversity and potential importance of Calonectria spp. from Eucalyptus in South China
• Sirex Woodwasp: A Model for Evolving Management Paradigms of Invasive Forest Pests
• FABI-ICFR-Industry alliance publishes a special issue of Southern Forests
• Chemical signatures affecting host choice in the Eucalyptus herbivore, Gonipterus sp. (Curculionidae: Coleoptera)
• New pest of Eucalyptus detected in South Africa
• New publication on biological agent for Leptocybe invasa
• Cossid moth detected in KwaZulu-Natal
• Major International Forestry Award to FABI researcher
• Established and new technologies reduce increasing pest and pathogen threats to Eucalypt plantations
• Pruning quality affects infection of Acacia mangium and A. crassicarpa by Ceratocystis acaciivora and Lasiodiplodia theobromae
• Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Pterocarpus angolensis (kiaat) in South Africa
• Three new Ceratocystis species and evidence for geographic differentiation of the genus in Africa
• Ceratocystis species, including two new taxa, from Eucalyptus trees in South Africa
• Identification of fungal pathogens occurring in eucalypt and pine plantations in Zambia by comparing DNA sequences
• A serious canker disease caused by Immersiporthe knoxdaviesiana gen. et sp. nov. (Cryphonectriaceae) on native Rapanea melanophloeos in South Africa
• High population diversity and increasing importance of the Eucalyptus stem canker pathogen, Teratosphaeria zuluensis, in South China
• Eucalyptus leaf beetle Paropsisterna selmani (Chrysomelidae: Paropsini)
• Release of biological control for the Eucalyptus bronze bug
• Biological control agent for Thaumastocoris peregrinus to be released in South Africa
• Update on Glycaspis brimblecombei (red gum lerp psyllid)
• One year of releasing Selitrichodes neseri: biocontrol agent for Leptocybe invasa
• Official scientific report of Myrtle rust in Africa
• Myrtle / Eucalyptus rust now in South Africa!
• Update on releases of Selitrichodes neseri, biocontrol agent for Leptocybe invasa
• Biocontrol agent for eucalyptus gall wasp released
• Pest and disease threats accelerating
• New pest of Eucalyptus, Glycaspis brimblecombei, in South Africa
• Biological control agent for Leptocybe invasa released
• Selitrichodes release
• Why a mild-mannered American beetle has become a tree killer in Asia
• Disease Warning – Puccinia psidii
• Large scale die-off of an Iconic South African Tree – Euphorbia Ingens
• Gonipterus Scutellatus
• Pest and disease threats to plantation forestry in South Africa
• Unexplored Ophiostomatoid Fungal Diversity in South Africa
• A fungus from Africa threatens our Eucalyptus plantations
• Diversity and Evolution of Fusarium species in the Gibberella Fujikuroi Complex
• Genome sequence of Pantoea ananatis – a Eucalyptus pathogen
• UP scientists unravel hidden plant pathogenic fungi

Research Institutions

• FABI
• ICFR

Subscribe To Our Newsletter