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2021 Publications

Peer-reviewed papers

  1. Aigbedion-Atalor, P. O., Hill, M. P., Ayelo, P. M., Ndlela, S., Zalucki, M. P., & Mohamed, S. A. 2021. Can the Combined Use of the Mirid Predator Nesidiocoris tenuis and a Braconid Larval Endoparasitoid Dolichogenidea gelechiidivoris Improve the Biological Control of Tuta absoluta?. Insects, 12(11), 1004.
  2. Albertyn, S., Moore, S.D., Marsberg, T., Coombes, C.A. and Hill, M.P. 2021. The Influence of citrus orchard age on the ecology of entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes. Biocontrol Science & Technology 31(1): 80-96.
  3. Baso, N.C., Coetzee, J.A., Ripley, B.S. & Hill, M.P. 2021. The effects of elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration on the biological control of invasive aquatic weeds. Aquatic Botany 170: 103348.
  4. Byrne, M.J., Mayonde, S., Venter, N., Chidawanyika, F., Zachariades, C.., Martin, G.D. 2021. Three new biological control programmes for South Africa: Brazilian Pepper, Tamarix and Tradescantia. African Entomology, 29(3): 965-982.
  5. Canavan, K., Paterson, I.D., Ivey, P., Sutton, G.F. & Hill, M.P. 2021. Prioritisation of targets for weed biological control III: a tool to identify the next targets for biological control in South Africa and set priorities for resource allocation. Biocontrol Science and Technology 31(6): 584-601.
  6. Canavan, K., Magengelele, N. L., Paterson, I. D., Williams, D. A., & Martin, G. D. 2021. Uncovering the phylogeography of Schinus terebinthifolia in South Africa to guide biological control. AoB Plants.
  7. Canavan, K., Canavan, S., Clark, V. R., Gwate, O., Richardson, D. M., Sutton, G. F., & Martin, G. D. 2021. The alien plants that threaten South Africa’s mountain ecosystems. Land, 10(12), 1393.
  8. Chikowore, G., Mutamiswa, R., Sutton, G. F., Chidawanyika, F., & Martin, G. D. 2021. Reduction of Grazing Capacity in High-Elevation Rangelands After Black Locust Invasion in South Africa. Rangeland Ecology & Management, 76, 109-117.
  9. Chikowore, G., Martin, G.D. and Chidawanyika, F. 2021. An assessment of the invasive alien tree, Robinia pseudoacacia canopy traits and its effect on grassland microclimates and subsequent arthropod assemblages. Journal of Insect Conservation 25(3): 429-439.
  10. Chikowore, G., Mutamiswa, R., Steenhuisen, S., Martin, G.D. Chidawanyika F. 2021. Integration of invasive tree, Black locust, into agro-ecological flower visitor networks induces competition for pollination services. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 15 (5): 787-796.
  11. Chikowore, G., Chidawanyika, F., & Martin, G. D. 2021. Contributions of black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) to livelihoods of peri-urban dwellers in the Free State Province of South Africa. GeoJournal, 1-14.
  12. Coetzee, J.A., Bownes, A., Martin, G.D., Miller, B.E., Smith, R., Weyl, P.S.R. & Hill, M.P. 2021. A review of the biocontrol programmes against aquatic weeds in South Africa. African Entomology, 29(3), 935–964
  13. Downey, P.O., Paterson, I.D., Canavan, K. & Hill, M.P. 2021. Prioritisation of targets for weed biological control I: a review of existing prioritisation schemes and development of a system for South Africa. Biocontrol Science and Technology 31 (6): 546-565.
  14. Harms, N.E., Knight, I.A., Pratt, P.D., Reddy, A.M., Mukherjee, A., Gong, P., ... & Diaz, R. 2021. Climate Mismatch Between Introduced Biological Control Agents and Their Invasive Host Plants: Improving Biological Control of Tropical Weeds in Temperate Regions. Insects 12 (6), 549.
  15. Hill, M.P., Conlong, D., Zachariades, C., Coetzee, J.A., Paterson, I.D., Miller, B.E., Foxcroft, L., Van Der Westhuizen, L. 2021. The role of mass-rearing in weed biological control projects in South Africa. African Entomology 29(3), 1030-1044.
  16. Hinsberger, A., Blanchère-Lopez, C., Knox, C., Moore, S.D., Marsberg, T. & Lopez-Ferber, M. 2021. CpGV-m replication in type I resistant insects: Helper virus and order of ingestion are important. Viruses 13(9), 1695
  17. Hussner, A., Heidbüchel, P., Coetzee, J., & Gross, E. M. 2021. From introduction to nuisance growth: a review of traits of alien aquatic plants which contribute to their invasiveness. Hydrobiologia, 1-33.
  18. Ivey, P.J., Hill, M.P. & Zachariades, C. 2021. Advances in the regulation of weed biological control in South Africa. African Entomology, 29(3), 1060–1076
  19. Jukes, M. D. 2021. Reads in a haystack: extracting complete mitogenome sequences hidden in baculovirus datasets. Insect Molecular Biology, 30(6), 541-551.
  20. King, A.M, Paterson, I.D, Simelane D.O., Van Der Westhuizen L., Mawela, K.V., Mnqeta, Z. 2021. Biological control of invasive climbing plants in South Africa. African Entomology, 29(3), 905-934
  21. Kleinjan, C.A., Hoffmann, J.H., Heystek, F., Ivey, P. & Kistensamy, Y. 2021. Developments and prospects for biological control of Prosopis (Leguminosae) in South Africa. African Entomology, 29(3), 859–874
  22. Maluleke, M., Fraser, G.C.G. & Hill M.P. 2021. Economic evaluation of chemical and biological control of four aquatic weeds in South Africa. Biocontrol Science and Technology: 1-16.
  23. Martin, G.D. 2021. Prospects for the biological control of Northern Temperate Weeds in South Africa. African Entomology, 29(3), 791-808.
  24. Maseko, Z., Coetzee, J.A. & Hill, M.P. 2021. Population dynamics of the biological control agent, Eccritotarsus catarinensis Carvalho (Miridae) on Pontederia crassipes Pellegrini and Horn (Pontederiaceae) at a seasonally cold site. African Entomology 29(1): 307–310.
  25. Miller, B., Coetzee, J.A. & Hill, M.P. 2021. Mind the gap: Evidence for delayed recovery of a biological control agent population on water hyacinth in the Eastern Cape Province (South Africa) after winter. Bulletin of Entomological Research 111(1): 120–128.
  26. Minuti, G., Coetzee, J.A., Ngxande-Koza, S., Hill, M.P. & Stiers, I. 2021 Prospects for the biological control of Iris pseudacorus (Iridaceae). Biocontrol Science and Technology 31(3): 314-335.
  27. Moore, S.D.  2021.  Biological Control of a Phytosanitary Pest (Thaumatotibia leucotreta): A Case Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18(3), 1198.
  28. Olckers, T, Coetzee J.A, Egli, D, Martin, G.D, Paterson, I.D, Sutton, G.F, Wood A.R. 2021. Biological control of South African plants that are invasive elsewhere in the world: a review of earlier and current programmes. African Entomology 29(3), 1005-1029.
  29. Paterson, I.D., Hill, M.P., Canavan, K. & Downey, P.O. 2021. Prioritisation of targets for weed biological control II: the South African Biological Control Target Selection system. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 31(6): 566-583.
  30. Paterson, I.D, Klein, H, Muskett, P.C, Griffith, T.C, Mayonde, S., Mofokeng, K., Mnqeta, Z., Venter, N.C. 2021. Biological control of Cactaceae in South Africa. African Entomology, 29(3), 713-734.
  31. Paterson, I.D, Den breeÿen, A., Martin, G.D, Olckers, T. 2021. An introduction to the fourth decadal review of biological control of invasive alien plants in South Africa (2011-2020). African Entomology, 29(3), 685-692.
  32. Reid, M. K., Naidu, P., Paterson, I. D., Mangan, R., & Coetzee, J. A. 2021. Population genetics of invasive and native Nymphaea mexicana Zuccarini: Taking the first steps to initiate a biological control programme in South Africa. Aquatic Botany171, 103372.
  33. Sutton, G.F., Canavan, K., Day, M.D., & Paterson, I.D. 2021. Field-based ecological studies to assess prospective biological control agents for invasive alien plants: an example from giant rat’s tail grass. Journal of Applied Ecology 58: 1043-1054.
  34. Sutton, G.F., Bownes, A., Visser, V., Mapaura, A., & Canavan, K. 2021. Progress and prospects for the biological control of invasive alien grasses (Poaceae) in South Africa. African Entomology, 29(3), 837-858.
  35. Strathie, L., Cowie, B., Mcconnachie, A., Chidawanyika, F., Musedeli, J., Sambo, S.M.C., Magaso E.X. & Gareeb, M. 2021. A decade of biological control of Parthenium hysterophorus. L. (Asteraceae) in South Africa reviewed: introduction of insect agents and their status. African Entomology, 29(3), 809–836
  36. van Noort, S., Smith, R., & Coetzee, J. A. 2021. Identity of parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera, Braconidae and Eulophidae) reared from aquatic leaf-mining flies (Diptera, Ephydridae) on invasive Brazilian waterweed Egeria densa in South Africa. African Invertebrates 62:
  37. van Rooyen, E., Paap, T., De Beer, W., Townsend, G., Fell, S., Nel, W., Morgan, S., Hill, M. & Roets, F. 2021. The Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer (PSHB) beetle: current status of a perfect invader in South Africa: Current status of the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer Beetle in South Africa. South African Journal of Science 2021;117(11/12), Art. #9736. https://doi.org/10.17159/ sajs.2021/9736
  38. van Steenderen, C., Paterson, I.D., Edwards, S., Day, M.D. 2021. Addressing the red flags in cochineal identification: the use of molecular techniques to identify cochineal insects that are used as biological control agents for invasive alien cacti. Biological control 152: 104426.
  39. Venter, N., Cowie, B.W., Olckers, T. & Byrne, M.J. 2021. Current and future biological control efforts against Solanum mauritianum (Solanaceae) in South Africa. African Entomology, 29(3), 875–888
  40. Weaver, K.N., Hill, M.P., Byrne, M.J. & Ivey, P. 2021. Efforts towards engaging communities to promote the benefits of biological control research and implementation in South Africa. African Entomology, 29(3), 1045–1059.

 

Book chapters

  1. Canavan K, Canavan S, Clark VR, Gwate O, Mapaura A, Richardson DM, Steenhuisen S, Martin GD. 2021. Invasive alien plants in the montane areas of South Africa. Springer-Nature
  2. Moran, P.J., Raghu Sathyamurthy, Hill, M.P., Paynter, Q., De Clerck-Floate, R. and Goolsby, J.A. Mass-Production of Arthropods for Biological Control of Weeds: A Global Perspective
  3. Witt, A.B.R., Cock, M.J.W., Day, M.D., Zachariades, C., Strathie, L.W., Conlong, D.E., Hill M.P. and Roy, S. 2021. Biological control successes and failures: African region.  In: Mason, P.G. (Ed) Biological Control: A Global Endeavour. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis. pp..

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