The beetle and the fungus have devastated trees in California in the US as well as in Israel. Now they’re in South Africa.
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Technology is changing how plant diseases are recognised and dealt with by small scale farmers in Africa.
Precisely calibrated timekeepers are found in organisms from all domains of life. Biologists are studying how they influence plant/pathogen interactions – what they learn could lead to human medicines.
The impact of plant disease may be reduced if people are made aware of the many pathways for plant-killing microbes – and why preventing their spread matters to us all.
Many people are suspicious of GM crops, but new techniques could massively increase food production.
Every single Cavendish banana plant worldwide is genetically identical. This vast monoculture sets them up for disastrous disease outbreaks. But researchers have ideas on how to protect the crop.
Scientists are using maps and data to identify which areas are most at risk.
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Associate Professor, University of Pretoria
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Previous Vice President of the Academy of Science of South Africa and DSI-NRF SARChI chair in Fungal Genomics, Professor in Genetics, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria
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Postdoctoral Fellow Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute, University of Pretoria
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Penn State
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Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Professor of Agriculture and Food Sciences, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of Entomology and Biology, Penn State
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Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, University of California, Davis
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Emeritus Fellow in Plant Biochemistry, University of Westminster
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Special Professor of Phytopathology, Wageningen University
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B.S. Student of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Lecturer in Environment and Sustainability, Keele University
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PhD Candidate, Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph
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Director: Strategic Projects and Partnerships in Agriculture - Innovation Africa@UP, University of Pretoria
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Lecturer in Spatial Epidemiology, University of Salford