USPP - G van Coller

Gert van Coller
Position	Part-time PhD(Agric) student / Researcher (Department of Agriculture, Elsenburg, Western Cape)
Telephone	+27 (0)21 808 5272 (Department of Agriculture, Elsenburg, Western Cape)
E-mail	GertvC@elsenburg.com
Educational training	BScAgric Plant Pathology & Plant Breeding - Free State University, 2001 MScAgric Plant Pathology - Stellenbosch University, 2004
Research interest	Cereal diseases
Project title	Identification and epidemiology of toxin-producing Fusarium species responsible for head blight and crown rot of wheat in South Africa (Promoter: Prof A Viljoen)
Publication list of the past 5 years 1. Boutigny, A.-L., Ward, T.J., van Coller, G.J., Flett, B., Lamprecht, S.C., O’Donnell, K. & Viljoen, A. 2011. Analysis of the Fusarium graminearum species complex from wheat, barley and maize in South Africa provides evidence of species-specific differences in host preference. Fungal Genetics and biology 48: 914-920.