PROMEC Unit

Publications 2006

1. Crous PW, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Rheeder JP, Marasas WFO, Philips AJL, Alves A, Burgess T, Barber P, Groenewald JZ. Phylogenetic lineages in the Botryosphaeriaceae. Studies in Mycology 2006; 55: 235–253.
2. Fandohan P, Ahouansou R, Houssou P, Hell K, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ. Impact of mechanical shelling and dehullng on Fusarium infection and fumonisin contamination in maize. Food Addit Contam 2006; 23: 415-421.
3. Ghiasian SA, Maghsood AH, Yazdanpanah H, Shephard GS, Van der Westhuizen L, Vismer HF, Rheeder JP, Marasas WFO. Incidence of Fusarium verticillioides and levels of fumonisins in corn from main production areas in Iran. J Agric Food Chem 2006; 54: 6118-6122.
4. Groenewald S, Van den Berg N, Marasas WFO, Viljoen A. The application of high-throughput AFLP’s in assessing genetic diversity in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense. Mycol Res 2006; 110: 297-305.
5. Groenewald S, Van den Berg N, Marasas WFO, Viljoen A. Biological, physiological and pathogenic variation in a genetically homogenous population of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense. Australasian Plant Pathol 2006; 35: 401-409.
6. Hoogendijk CF, van Heerden WF, Pretorius E, Vismer HF, Jacobs JF. Rhino-orbitocerebral entomophthoramycosis. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2006, 35:277 - 280.
7. Kpodo KA, Ayernor GS, Shephard GS, Jakobsen M. Exposure to fumonisins  through Kenkey - a Ghanaian fermented maize product. In: H Njapau, S Trujillo, HP van Egmond and DL Park (eds). Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins Advances in Determination, Toxicology and Exposure Management. Wageningen Academic, Wageningen, The Netherlands 2006, pages 209-216.
8. Lamprecht SC, Marasas WFO, Hardy MB, Calitz FJ. Effect of crop rotation on crown rot and the incidence of Fusarium pseudograminearum in wheat in the Westen Cape, South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathol 2006; 35: 419-426.
9. Marasas WFO, Ploetz RC, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Steenkamp ET. Mango malformation disease and the associated Fusarium species. Phytopathology 2006; 96: 667-672.
10. Sewram V, Shephard GS, Van der Merwe L, Jacobs TV. Mycotoxin contamination of dietary and medicinal wild plants in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. J Agric Food Chem 2006; 54: 5688-5693.
11. Shephard GS. Topic advisor: Aflatoxins. J AOAC Int 2006; 89: 271-273.
12. Shephard GS. Mycotoxins in the context of food risks and nutrition issues. In: D Barug, D Bhatnagar, HP van Egmond, JW van der Kamp, WA van Osenbruggen and A Visconti (eds). The Mycotoxin Factbook: Food and Feed Topics. Wageningen Academic, Wageningen, The Netherlands 2006, pages 21-36.
13. Strosnider H, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Banziger M, Bhat RV, Breiman R, Brune M-N, DeCock K, Dilley A, Groopman J, Hell K, Henry SH, Jeffers D, Jolley C, Jolly P, Kibata GN, Lewis L, Liu X, Luber G, McCoy L, Mensah P, Miraglia M, Misore A, Njapau H, Ong C-N, Onsongo MTK, Page SW, Park D, Patel M, Phillips T, Pineiro M, Pronczuk J, Schurz Rogers H, Rubin C, Sabino M, Schaafsma A, Shephard G, Stroka J, Wild C, Williams JT, Wilson D. Workgroup Report: Public health strategies for reducing aflatoxin exposure in developing countries. Environ Health Perspect 2006; 114: 1898-1903.
14. Van der Merwe, JD, Joubert E, Richards ES, Manley, M, Snijman PW, Marnewick JL, W.C.A. Gelderblom WCA. (2006) A comparative study on the antimutagenic properties of aqueous extracts of Aspalathus linearis (rooibos), different Cyclopia spp. (honeybush) and Camellia sinensis teas.  Mutation Res. 611, 42-53.
15. Yazdanpanah H, Shephard GS, Marasas WFO, Van der Westhuizen L, Rahimian H, Safavi SN, Eskandari P, Ghiasian SA. Human dietary exposure to fumonisin B1 from Iranian maize harvested during 1998 - 2000. Mycopathologia 2006; 161: 395-401.