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Insight into three putative Cercospora zeina effector genes and the role they play in virulence
Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/83772 Insight into three putative Cercospora zeina effector genes and the role they play in virulence Crampton, Bridget Genevieve brigitte.lombard@up.ac.za Berger, David Kenneth Lombard, Brigitte Gene expression Cercospora zeina RT-qpcr effectors Homologs UCTD Dissertation (MSc)--University of Pretoria, 2014. Maize (Zea mays) is globally considered as an important cereal crop, and a major staple food in developing countries such as Africa (WARD et al. 1999). In South Africa, maize is considered the most important grain crop as it is the main feed grain used for animals and a staple food for the population (FAO 2012). Maize can also be used for the production of maize-based ethanol, which can be used as a bio-fuel. In the USA, approximately 40% (11 million tonnes) of maize produced in 2012 was used for the production of bio-fuel (FAO 2012). Maize production in Africa was estimated to be less than two and on average 1.4 tons per hectare and remains below world average (FAO 2012). It was expected that South African crop production would decrease by approximately six percent during the 2012/2013 growing season as droughts during February and March 2013 in the North West and Free State provinces led to below-average maize yields in these production areas (FAO 2012; USDA 2013). Over the last few years maize production output has not been increasing together with the increasing population growth rate and thus puts pressure on commercial farmers to produce more maize for food security purposes and economical growth. The FAO states that agricultural production still needs to increase by up to 60% (80% in developing countries) within the next four years to be able to cope with an estimated global population growth of 39% by 2050. National Research Foundation (NRF) Plant Science MSc Unrestricted 2022-02-10T09:47:28Z 2022-02-10T09:47:28Z 2015 2014 Dissertation * http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83772 en © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Gene expression Cercospora zeina RT-qpcr effectors Homologs UCTD Insight into three putative Cercospora zeina effector genes and the role they play in virulence |
| title | Insight into three putative Cercospora zeina effector genes and the role they play in virulence |
| title_full | Insight into three putative Cercospora zeina effector genes and the role they play in virulence |
| title_fullStr | Insight into three putative Cercospora zeina effector genes and the role they play in virulence |
| title_full_unstemmed | Insight into three putative Cercospora zeina effector genes and the role they play in virulence |
| title_short | Insight into three putative Cercospora zeina effector genes and the role they play in virulence |
| title_sort | insight into three putative cercospora zeina effector genes and the role they play in virulence |
| topic | Gene expression Cercospora zeina RT-qpcr effectors Homologs UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83772 |