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Project Coordinator:
Dr Tian Schutte
Collaborating
researchers involved:
Dr. Tian Schutte, Dr. Paul Fourie (CRI at US),
Jan-Cor Brink (US)
Research and services on all pre-harvest leaf and fruit diseases
other than citrus black spot, and most specifically on Alternaria
brown spot, Phytophthora brown rot and Pseudocercospora fruit
and leaf spot, and focuses on the aspects summarised below:
Market
Access
1. Adherence to permitted MRL levels
2. Packaging of local and international research findings
to facilitate market access negotiations
Etiology + Diagnosis
1. Develop detection techniques to facilitate rapid detection
and diagnosis
2. Characterise variability in pathogen populations
3. Facilitate awareness to ensure early-detection of new invasive
pathogens
Epidemiology
1. Study epidemiological aspects that would facilitate improvement
of management strategies
Disease management
1. Evaluation of novel and GRAS chemical compounds and biocontrol
agents for disease control
2. Structuring of spray programmes to improve control, adhere
to MRL and limit fungicide resistance
3. Prevention of phytotoxicity following spray application
4. Optimisation of spray application in orchards
5. Heritable or induced host resistance mechanisms
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