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Damage to foliage and stems caused by fungal pathogens in young eucalypt plantations in Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: A Muimba-Kankolongo --- School of Natural Resources, Zambia IN Nawa --- School of Agricultural Sciences, Zambia J Roux --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, South Africa P Ng'andwe --- School of Natural Resources, ZambiaPlantations consisting of non-native tree species were established on the Copperbelt of Zambia to supplement timber supply from natural forests and to meet the increasing demand of round wood and fuel wood for the copper mines. In early 2004, a... -
Diseases on Eucalyptus species in Zimbabwean plantations and woodlots
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Luke Jimu --- Forest Science Postgraduate Programme, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), South Africa Michael J Wingfield --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), South Africa Eddie Mwenje --- Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe Jolanda Roux --- Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), South AfricaZimbabwe embarked on planting Eucalyptus species in the early 1900s. Based on a robust breeding programme, it has become a major source of seed for other countries in and outside Africa. Tree health surveys conducted on Eucalyptus in some east... -
The Eucalyptus shoot and leaf pathogen Teratosphaeria destructans recorded in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science • Authors: Izette Greyling --- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, South Africa Michael J Wingfield --- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, South Africa Martin PA Coetzee --- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Department of Genetics, South Africa Seonju Marincowitz --- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology, South Africa Jolanda Roux --- Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), Department of Plant Sciences, South AfricaSpecies of Teratosphaeria include some of the most important fungal pathogens of plantation-grown eucalypt trees. During routine disease surveys, symptoms and signs of leaf spot and blight were observed on the foliage of one-year-old E. grandis × E. urophylla hybrids...