USPP - C Mutawila

Cheusi Mutawila
Position	PhD(Agric) student
Telephone	+27 (0)21 808 3841
E-mail	cheusi@sun.ac.za
Educational training	BScHons Biological Sciences - Zimbabwe University, 2003 Postgraduate Certificate in Crop Protection - South China Agricultural University, 2005 MScAgric Plant Pathology - Stellenbosch University, 2010
Research interest	Grapevine trunk diseases Biological control of plant pathogens
Project title	Improving pruning wound protection against trunk disease pathogens (Promoter: Dr L Mostert)
Publications 1. Mutawila, C., Fourie, P.H., Halleen, F. & Mostert, L. 2011. Grapevine cultivar variation to pruning wound protection by Trichoderma species against trunk pathogens. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 50 (Supplement): S264-S276. 2. Mutawila, C., Fourie, P.H., Halleen, F. & Mostert, L. 2011. Histo-pathology study of the growth of Trichoderma harzianum, Phaeomoniella chlamydospora and Eutypa lata on grapevine pruning wounds. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 50 (Supplement): S46-S60.