Dr Alana Den Breeyen
Position
Postdoctoral Research Associate

Telephone
+27 (0)21 808 4121

E-mail
Educational
training
  • BSc Natural Sciences - Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, 1990
  • MSc Plant Pathology - Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, 1994
  • PhD Plant Pathology - University of Florida, USA, 2007
Modules lecturing
None

Research interests

  • Mycology
  • Post-harvest diseases of fruit
  • Invasive plant and fungal species
  • Biological control


Publication list of past 5 years

1. Den Breeÿen, A. and Charudattan, R. 2009. Invasive weeds in forests and natural areas by using microbial agents. Pages 189-210 in: Management of Invasive Weeds (Vol. 5). (Ed. Inderjit), Springer, 363pp.
2. Den Breeÿen, A., Groenewald, J.Z., Verkley, G.J.M. and Crous, P.W. 2006. Morphological and molecular characterisation of Mycosphaerellaceae associated with the invasive weed, Chromolaena odorata. Fungal Diversity 23: 89-110.
3. Gaertner, M., Den Breeyen, A., Hui, C. and Richardson, D. 2009. Impacts of alien plant invasions on species richness in mediterranean-type ecosystems: a meta-analysis. Progress in Physical Geography 33(3): 1–20.
4. Wood, A.R., Den Breeÿen, A. and Beed, F. 2009. First report of smut on Imperata cylindrica caused by Sporisorium schweinfurthianum in South Africa. Plant Disease 93 (3): 322.3.
5. Den Breeÿen, A., Richardson, D.M. and Wingfield, M.J. 2009. Endophytic fungi in native and exotic Acacia species in South Africa - friend or foe? South African Journal of Botany 75 (2):398-399.
6. Den Breeÿen, A. 2009. Role of fungal endophytes in promoting invasiveness of Australian Acacia species in South Africa. Plant Protection News 79, 12.

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