International Journal of Ecology, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021 Bale Mountains National Park is one of the protected areas in Ethiopia that holds the largest area of Afroalpine habitat in Africa and the second largest stand of moist tropical forest. Nevertheless, human settlements, overgrazing, and recurrent fire are the main problems in the park. This study aimed to determine the effects of human‐induced landscape
Annissa Muhammed +2 more
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A serious canker disease caused by Immersiporthe knoxdaviesiana gen. et sp. nov. (Cryphonectriaceae) on native Rapanea melanophloeos in South Africa [PDF]
Plant Pathology, 2012 Recent disease surveys in the Western Cape province of South Africa have revealed a previously unknown and serious stem canker disease on native Rapanea melanophloeos (Myrsinaceae, Ericales) trees. Cankers commonly result in the death of branches or entire stems.
Chen, ShuaiFei +3 more
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Medicinal Plants Traded in Informal Herbal Medicine Markets of the Limpopo Province, South Africa
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2019, Issue 1, 2019., 2019 Trading of herbal medicines generates economic opportunities for vulnerable groups living in periurban, rural, and marginalized areas. This study was aimed at identifying medicinal plant species traded in the Limpopo province in South Africa, including traded plant parts, conservation statutes of the species, and harvesting methods used to collect the ...
Marula Triumph Rasethe +3 more
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Austral Ecology, Volume 49, Issue 5, May 2024.Pollination systems of tall forest trees are poorly studied, resulting from the difficulties in observing pollinator activity at canopy level and great temporal variation in flower production. Here, we observed insect flower visitors, at canopy level, to four southern Afrotemperate forest tree species bearing small, white to green flowers in a large ...
Rudi Crispin Swart +3 more
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Invasion of an Afrotemperate forest complex by the polyphagous shot hole borer beetle
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 172, Issue 4, Page 354-369, April 2024.Polyphagous shot hole borer, Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae), is a serious invasive tree‐killing pest that has not been studied in natural forest systems. We determined the drivers of PSHB colonization in 1682 trees (68 species) in a native Afrotemperate forest.
G. Townsend +4 more
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Hericium ophelieae sp. nov., a novel species of Hericium (Basidiomycota: Russulales, Hericiaceae) from the Southern Afrotemperate forests of South Africa. [PDF]
Mycology, 2023 Van der Merwe B, Herrmann P, Jacobs K.
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Canopy plant composition and structure of Cape subtropical dune thicket are predicted by the levels of fire exposure. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Strydom T +3 more
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, 2012 M.Sc. The continued use and popularity of plant based traditional medicine necessitates scientific validation of the therapeutic potential of medicinal plants through phytochemical and pharmacological screening as well as the isolation and identification of bioactive compounds.
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IMA Genome - F16 : Draft genome assemblies of Fusarium marasasianum, Huntiella abstrusa, two Immersiporthe knoxdaviesiana isolates, Macrophomina pseudophaseolina, Macrophomina phaseolina, Naganishia randhawae, and Pseudocercospora cruenta. [PDF]
IMA Fungus, 2022 Wingfield BD +20 more
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Potential Benefits of Antiviral African Medicinal Plants in the Management of Viral Infections: Systematic Review. [PDF]
Front Pharmacol, 2021 Beressa TB +8 more
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