Background: Interferon gamma is a major macrophage-activating cytokine during infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative pathogen of tuberculosis, and its role has been well established in animal models and ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Apoptosis represents a finely orchestrated and highly conserved natural form of cell death. It exhibits unique morphological and biochemical characteristics which culminate in the controlled dismantling ...
Gerber, Maria Elizabeth (Mariette)(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013-03)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The species Haliotis midae is of great commercial value to the South African abalone industry and is mainly exported to Asian markets, specifically China. Up to 50% is sold as canned products with H. midae ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Phytoplasma diseases have caused disastrous effects in vineyards around the world.
Therefore, the recent discovery of phytoplasmas in South African vineyards could be highly
detrimental to the local ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Metagenomic studies that make use of next-generation sequencing (NGS) generate large amounts
of sequence data, representing the genomes of multiple organisms of which no prior knowledge is
necessarily ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African abalone, Haliotis midae, commonly known as perlemoen, is an economically important gastropod mollusc. Historically, this species maintained a lucrative fisheries sector; however with ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Iron is an essential micronutrient that is an absolute requirement for correct cellular
function in all eukaryotic organisms. However, ferrous iron has the ability to catalyze the
formation of potentially ...
Triticale is an amphidiploid that consists of wheat (A and B) and rye (R) genomes. This cereal is fast becoming important on a commercial basis and warrants further assessment for the better management and breeding of the ...
De Groot, Stephan(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Plant diseases are among the major causes of food insecurity. In South Africa the wheat fungal
diseases including stem rust caused by Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici, leaf rust caused by P.
triticina ...
De Koker, Wenhelene Crystal(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Grapevine virus E (GVE) is a newly identified virus that has been detected in an established vineyard in South Africa. This virus is a member of the genus Vitivirus, family Flexiviridae. Members of this ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Wine protein haze formation is a major challenge for wine makers, and several wine clarifying agents such as bentonite are used in the industry to protect wine from this occurrence. However, clarifying ...
Du Plessis, Jana(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012-12)
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Haliotis midae (locally also known as perlemoen) is the largest of five endemic species found along the coast of South Africa. It is the only species with commercial value contributing to the exploitation ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The deterioration of harvested sugarcane as a result of bacterial growth causes
major losses of sucrose and a build-up of exopolysaccharides (EPS).
Polysaccharides present during production increase the ...
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Grapevine leafroll-associated virus 3 (GLRaV-3) is the type member of the genus Ampelovirus in the family Closteroviridae and is considered to be the main contributing agent of grapevine leafroll disease ...