Elma Carstens Position Part-time PhD(Agric) student / Assistant to the CEO, CRI, Stellenbosch   Telephone +27 (0)21 8868612 (CRI, Stellenbosch) E-mail ec@cri.co.za Educational training BSc Microbiology & Genetics - Stellenbosch University, 1986 BScHons Microbiology & Genetics - Stellenbosch University, 1988/1990 MScAgric Plant Pathology - Stellenbosch University, 2006 Research interest Citrus diseases Project title Global population structure, reproductive biology and taxonomy of the citrus black spot pathogen, Guignardia citricarpa (Promoter: Dr A McLeod & Dr C Linde) Publication list 1. Carstens, E., Dawood, Z., Mansvelt, E.L., Serfontein, S. & Malan, D.G. 1999. First report of Crown gall caused by Agrobacterium tumefaciens on Geraldton wax (Chamelaucium uncinatum) in South Africa. Plant Disease 83(8): 783. 2. Mansvelt, E.L. & Carstens, E. 1999. Outbreak of Erwinia carotovora on Zantedischia spp. in South Africa. Plant Disease 83 (10): 996. 3. Carstens, E., Van Niekerk, J.M., Smit, W.A. & Fourie, P.H. 2010. Resolving the status of Neonectria ditissima in South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology 39: 43-45. 4. Carstens, E., Van Niekerk, J.M., Laubscher, W. & Fourie, P.H. 2010. Resolving the status of Monilinia spp. in South African Stone Fruit Orchards. Journal of Plant Pathology 92 (1): 35-41.

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