Plant Sciences - Research outputs 2013 Research articles Brand, R.F., Brown, L.R. & Du Preez, P.J. 2013. High altitude montane wetland vegetation classification and description of the Eastern Free State, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 88: 223-236. Brown, L.R., Du Preez, P.J., Bezuidenhout, H., Bredenkamp, G.J., Mostert, T.H.C. & Collins, N.B. 2013. Guidelines for phytosociological classifications and descriptions of vegetation in southern Africa. Koedoe 55: 1-10. Cawood, M.E., Pretorius, J.C., Visser, B. & Van der Westhuizen, A.J. 2013. Induced gene expression in wheat seedlings treated with a crude extract of Agapanthus africanus L. prior to leaf rust infection. African Journal of Plant Biotechnology 12: 2876-2883. Combrink, N., Bijzet, Z. & Labuschagne, M.T. 2013. Variation of fruit size and shape in Kiyomi Tangor families. Scientia Horticulturae 162: 357-364. Jami, F., Slippers, B., Wingfield, M.J. & Gryzenhout, M. 2013. Greater Botryosphaeriaceae diversity in healthy than associated diseased Acacia karroo tree tissues. Australasian Plant Pathology 42: 421-430. Kawuki, R.S., Herselman, L., Labuschagne, M.T., Nzuki, M., Ralimanana, I., Bidiaka, M., Kanyange, M.C., Gashaka, G., Masumba, E., Mkamilo, G., Gethi, J., Wanjala, B., Zacarias, A., Madabula, F. & Ferguson, M.E. 2013. Genetic diversity of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) landraces and cultivars in southern, eastern and central Africa. Plant Genetic Resources 11: 170-181. Kemler, M., Garnas, J., Wingfield, M.J., Gryzenhout, M., Pillay, K-A. & Slippers, B. 2013. Ion Torrent PGM as tool for fungal community analysis: A case study of endophytes in Eucalyptus grandis reveals high taxonomic diversity. PLOS ONE 8: e81718. Laurie, S., Faber, M., Calitz, F., Moelich, E., Muller, N. & Labuschagne, M.T. 2013. The use of sensory attributes, sugar content, instrumental data and consumer acceptability in selection of sweet potato varieties. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 93: 1610-1619. Manning, J.C., Goldblatt, P. & Joubert, L. 2013. A taxonomic revision of the small Cape genus Steirodiscus (Asteraceae: Senecioneae). Bothalia 43: 109-119. Miles, C.W., Van Biljon, A., Otto, W.M. & Labuschagne, M.T. 2013. Grain and milling characteristics and their relationship with selected mixogram parameters in hard red bread wheat. Journal of Cereal Science 57: 56-60. Nagel, J., Gryzenhout, M., Slippers, B., Wingfield, M.J., Hardy, G.E. St. J., Stukely, M.J.C. & Burgess, T.I. 2013. Characterization of Phytophthora hybrids from ITS clade 6 associated with riparian ecosystems in South Africa and Australia. Fungal Biology 117: 329-347. Oh, E., Gryzenhout, M., Wingfield, B.D., Wingfield, M.J. & Burgess, T.I. 2013. Surveys of soil and water reveal a goldmine of Phytophthora diversity in South African natural ecosystems. IMA Fungus 4: 123-131. Olivera, P.D., Pretorius, Z.A., Badebo, A. & Jin, Y. 2013. Identification of resistance to races of Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici with broad virulence in triticale (X Triticosecale). Plant Disease 97: 479-484. Parkes, E.Y., Fregene, M., Dixon, A.G.O., Okogbenin, E., Boakye-Peprah, B. & Labuschagne, M.T. 2013. Combining ability of cassava genotypes for Cassava Mosaic Disease and Cassava Bacterial Blight, yield and its related components in two ecological zones in Ghana. Euphytica 194: 13-24. Philippou, O.A., Minnaar-Ontong, A., Swart, W.J. & Van Biljon, A. 2013. First report of Fusarium oxysporum causing wilt on Hoodia gordonii in South Africa. Plant Disease 97: 140. Pillay, K., Slippers, B., Wingfield, M.J. & Gryzenhout, M. 2013. Diversity and distribution of co-infecting Botryosphaeriaceae from Eucalyptus grandis and Syzygium cordatum in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 84: 38-43. Quaedvlieg, W., Verkley, G.J.M., Shin, H.-D., Barreto, R.W., Alfenas, A.C., Swart, W.J., Groenewald, J.Z. & Crous, P.W. 2013. Sizing up Septoria. Studies in Mycology 75: 307-390. Roberts, D.L., Scicio, L., Herries, A.I.R., Scott, L., Bamford, M.K., Musekiwa, C. & Tsikos, H. 2013. Miocene fluvial systems and palynofloras at the southwestern tip of Africa: Implications for regional and global fluctuations in climate and ecosystems. Earth Science Reviews 124: 184-201. Scholtz, J.J. & Visser, B. 2013. Reference gene selection for qPCR gene expression analysis of rust-infected wheat. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 81: 22-25. Sciscio, L., Neumann, F.H., Roberts, D.L., Tsikos, H., Scott, L. & Bamford, M. 2013. Fluctuations in Miocene climate and sea levels along the south-western South African coast: Inferences from biogeochemistry, palynology and sedimentology. Palaeontologia Africana 48: 2- 18. Shegro, A., Geleta, N., Van Biljon, A. & Labuschagne, M.T. 2013. Multivariate analysis of nutritional diversity in sorghum landrace accessions from western Ethiopia. Journal of Biological Sciences 13: 67-74. Shegro, A., Geleta, N., Van Biljon, A. & Labuschagne, M.T. 2013. Assessment of genetic diversity in sorghum accessions using amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis. African Journal of Biotechnology 12: 1178-1188. Shegro, A., Labuschagne, M.T., Geleta, N. & Van Biljon, A. 2013. Assessment of genetic diversity in sorghum using phenotypic markers. Cereal Research Communications 41: 509518. Shongwe, N., De Wit, M., Osthoff, G., Nel, P. & Labuschagne, M. 2013. The influence of location, cultivar and season on cactus pear fruit quality. Acta Horticulturae 995: 165-179. Truc, L., Chevalier, M., Favier, C., Cheddadi, R., Meadows, M.E., Scott, L., Carr, A.S., Smith, G.F. & Chase, B.M. 2013. Quantification of climate change for the last 20,000 years from Wonderkrater, South Africa: Implications for the long term dynamics of the Intertropical Convergence Zone. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 386: 575-587. Van der Merwe, R. 2013. Die sojaboon: Die wonder goue boontjie. SA Graan 15: 8-9. Van der Merwe, R. Labuschagne, M.T., Herselman, L. & Hugo, A. 2013. Stability analysis of seed oil quality traits in high and mid-oleic acid sunflower hybrids grown under variable conditions. Euphytica 193: 157-168. Venter, H.J.T. & Venter, A.M. 2013. A taxonomic revision of Petopentia (Apocynaceae: Periplocoideae). South African Journal of Botany 88: 425-431. Vermeulen, M., Gryzenhout, M., Wingfield, M.J. & Roux, M. 2013. Species delineation in the tree pathogen genus Celoporthe (Cryphonectriaceae) in southern Africa. Mycologia 105: 297- 311. Vermeulen, M., Gryzenhout, M., Wingfield, M.J. & Roux, M. 2013. Population structure of Chrysoporthe austroafricana in southern Africa determined using vegetative compatibility groupings (VCGs). Forest Pathology 43: 124-131. Wegary, D., Vivek, B. & Labuschagne, M.T. 2013. Association of parental genetic distance with heterosis and specific combining ability in quality protein maize. Euphytica 191: 205-216. Books Van As, J., Du Preez, P.J., Brown, L.R. & Smit, N. 2013. Die verhaal van lewe en die omgewing: ‘n Afrika perspektief. Cape Town: Randomhouse Struik. Book chapters Gryzenhout, M. 2013. Other cankers caused by Cryphonectria and sibling species. In: Infectious forest diseases, edited by P. Gonthier. UK: CABI. pp. 340-358. Nagel, J.H., Slippers, B., Wingfield, M.J. & Gryzenhout, M. 2013. The occurrence and impact of Phytophthora on the African continent. In: Phytophthora: A global perspective on the infamous plant destroyer, edited by K. Lamour. UK: CABI. pp. 204-214. Van der Merwe, R. & Hugo, A. 2013. Sources of oleic acid and their technological and health implications. In: Oleic acid dietary sources functions and health benefits, edited by P. Luciano. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. pp. 105-126. .