Publications

Published articles (2009-2011)

Mollett J, Rey C. and Cameron A. (2012) Crossing Borders in Biotechnology Tertiary Education in southern Africa. The International Journal of Learning 18 (5): 37-48. 

Chowda Reddy, R.V.; W. Dong; T. Njock; M.E.C. Rey and Vincent N. Fondong (2012)  Molecular Interaction between two cassava geminiviruses exhibiting cross-protection. Virus Research 163: 169-177.

Rwegasira, G. M.; G. Momanyi, M. E. C. Rey, G. Kahwa and, J. P. Legg (2011) Widespread Occurrence and Diversity of Cassava Brown Streak Virus (Potyviridae: Ipomovirus) in Tanzania.  Phytopathology 101:1159-1167.

Rwegasira, G. M.; M. E. C. Rey and H. Nawabu (2011) Approaches to diagnosis and detection of Cassava Brown Streak Virus (Potyviridae; Ipomovirus) in field grow cassava.  African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development: 11 (3): 4739 – 4756.

Carmichael, D. J.; Rey, M..E.C.; Naidoo, S.; Cook, G. and van Heerden, S.W. (2011) First report of Pepino mosaic virus infecting tomato in South Africa.  Plant Disease 95:767 

Rossin, C. and M.E.C. Rey (2010) Effect of explant source and auxins on somatic embryogenesis of selected cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) cultivars.  South African Journal of Botany 76: 102-111

Straker, C.J.; A.J. Hilditch, M.E.C. Rey (2010)  Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi associated with cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) in South Africa.  South African Journal of Botany 76:102-111.

Eni, A.O., J.d’A. Hughes and M.E.C. Rey (2010) Production of Polyclonal Antibody Against an Isolate of Yam-infecting Badnavirus from Nigeria.  Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 6(5): 4158-4163, 2010

Eni, A.O.; J d’A Hughes and MEC Rey (2010) Production of Polyclonal Antibodies Against a Yam Isolate of Cucumber Mosaic Virus (CMV). Research Journal of Agriculture and Biological Sciences 6(5): 607-612, 2010

In press

Taylor, S. H., Harmse, J. Arbuthnot, P. Weinberg, M.S. and Rey, M.E.C.  (2012)  Construction of effective inverted repeat silencing constructs using sodium bisulfite treatment coupled with strand-specific PCR. BioTechniques (In press) 

Esterhuizen,L.L, K.G. Mabasa, S. W. van Heerden, H. Czosnek,  J. K. Brown,  H. van Heerden, M. E. C. Rey  (2012) Molecular characterization of whitefly Bemisia tabaci haplotypes from South Africa reveals native and introduced haplotypes, and provides evidence that cassava-colonizing haplotypes are not strictly monophagous. Journal of Applied Entomology (Accepted)

Conference abstracts 

Cele, P. And Rey, M.E.C. (2011) Screening for transformation of tobacco with a South African cassava mosaic virus gene fragment.  Southern African Society for Plant Pathology 47th Congress, Kruger national Park, South Africa 23-26th January. p104. 

Dias, K.A.V., van Heerden, S.W. and Rey, M.E.C. (2011) A study of the cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicon) resistance to ToCSV in South Africa. Southern African Society for Plant Pathology 47th Congress, Kruger national Park, South Africa 23-26th January. p120. 

Esterhuizen, L.L, van Heerden, Rey, M.E.C. and van Heerden, H. (2011)  Epidemiology and molecular characterization of Tomato curly stunt virus and its insect vector Bemisia tabaci in South Africa.  Southern African Society for Plant Pathology 47th Congress, Kruger National Park, South Africa 23-26th January. p70 

Moralo, M. and Rey, M.E.C. (2011) Genetic transformation of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) for resistance to cassava begomoviruses.  Southern African Society for Plant Pathology 47th Congress, Kruger National Park, South Africa 23-26th January.  p110. 

Chetty C., M. Moralo, R. Mundembe, E.J. Pierce, S. Rogans, F. Van Schalk, H. Vanderschuren & M.E.C. Rey (2011)  Biotechnological solutions for engineering virus resistant cassava. Agricultural Biotechnology for economic Development: moving towards a Bioeconomy. 6-9 September, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa.  

Rey, M.E.C., Chetty, C.C., Rossin, C.B. and  Vanderschuren, H. (2011) Genetic engineering of cassava: successes and challenges.  International ISHS Symposium: Genetically Modified Organisms in Horticulture. 11-15th September, White River, South Africa 

Rey, M.E.C.,  M. Weinberg and S. Rogans (2011) Artificial miRNAs: A Tool for Engineering Resistance to Geminiviruses. SA Society for Microbiology Conference, 6-9 November, 2011, Cape Town.

Rey, M.E.C., C. Chetty, C. Rossin, M. Moralo, M. Weinberg and S. Rogans (2011) RNA silencing:  A tool for engineering resistance to geminiviruses.  SA Society for Microbiology Conference, 6-9 November, 2011, Cape Town. 

Rey, M.E.C., C. Chetty, C. Rossin, M. Moralo, M. Weinberg and S. Rogans (2011)  Small RNAs: Developing resistance to geminiviruses.  Virology Africa 2011, 29 November – 2 December, 2011, Cape Town.