Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Genetics
Oberholster (Botha), A-M
MSc(PU vir CHO) PhD(UV) - Associate Professor
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3245
Fax number: 012 420 3947
E-mail address: ambothao@postino.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Molecular genetics of eucalyptus and pines
Host resistance in cereals
Forest biotechnology
Sustainable insect management
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Bahlmann L, Govender P, Oberholster (Botha) A-M: 2003. Leaf epicuticular wax ultrastructure and trichome presence on Russian wheat aphid (Diuraphis noxia) resistant and susceptible leaves. African Entomology, 11 (1), pp 59-64.
van Emmenes nee Lacock L, van Niekerk C, Loots S, du Preez F, Oberholster (Botha) A-M: 2003. Functional and comparative analysis of expressed sequences fromDiuraphis noxia infested wheat obtained utilizing the conserved Nucleotide Binding Site. African Journal of Biotechnology, 2 (4), pp 75-81.
Bornman CH, Dickens OSP, van der Merwe CF, Coetzee J, Oberholster (Botha) A-M: 2003. Somatic embryos ofPicea abies behave like isolated zygotic embryosin vitro but with greatly reduced physiological vigour. South African Journal of Botany, 69 (2), pp 1-10.
Papers in refereed, published conference proceedings:
Oberholster (Botha) A-M, van Emmenes nee Lacock L, van Niekerk C, Matsioloko MT, du Preez F, Myburg AA, Kunert KJ, Cullis C: 2003. Gene expression profiling duringDiurpahis noxia ofTriticum aestivum cv. 'Tugela DN' using microarrays. In Proceedings of the Tenth International Wheat Genetics Symposium: Volume 1, / 1-6 September, Instuto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, Rome, pp 334-339.
van Emmenes nee Lacock L, Oberholster (Botha) A-M: 2003. Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) employed to investigated gene expression after Russian wheat aphid infestation. In Proceedings of the Tenth International Wheat Genetics Symposium: Volume 3, / 1-6 September, Instuto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, Rome, pp 1187-1189.
van Niekerk C, Oberholster (Botha) A-M: 2003. Using suppression subtractive hybridisation (SSH) to screen for novel sequences expressed in response to Russian wheat aphid feeding. In Proceedings of the Tenth International Wheat Genetics Symposium: Volume 3, / 1-6 September, Instuto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, Rome, pp 1281-1283.
Matsioloko MT, Oberholster (Botha) A-M: 2003. cDNA-AFLP profiling in wheat upon Russian wheat aphid feeding. In Proceedings of the Tenth International Wheat Genetics Symposium: Volume 3, / 1-6 September, Instuto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, Rome, pp 1275-1277.
Swanepoel E, van Emmenes nee Lacock L, Myburg AA, Oberholster (Botha) A-M: 2003. A leucine rich homolog toAegilops tauschii from breadwheat line PI 137729 obtained by suppression subtractive hybridisation show inkage to Russian wheat aphid resistance geneDN1. In Proceedings of the Tenth International Wheat Genetics Symposium: Volume 3, / 1-6 September, Instuto Sperimentale per la Cerealicoltura, Rome, pp 1263-1265.
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