Conferences

Conferences (2010-2012)

MEC Rey, 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.

M E C Rey, C Chetty, C Rossin, Maabo 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, South Africa.

M E C Rey and 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, 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.

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.

M.E.C. Rey (2011) Transcriptome profile of South African cassava mosaic virus-responsive genes in Arabidopsis and Nicotiana benthamiana. American Society for Virology, 30th Annual Meeting, July 16-20, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis Campus, USA.

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.  

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. 

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

MEC Rey, E Pierce, D Berger and N Olivier (2010) Assessing global transcriptome changes in response to South African cassava mosaic virus in susceptible Arabidopsis thaliana.  EMBO Workshop: Genomic Approaches to Interactions between plant viruses, their hosts and their vectors.  12-16 June 2010, Fenestrelle, Italy

MEC Rey, E Pierce and F van Schalk (2010) Global transcriptome profiling of Arabidoipsis thaliana infected with South African cassava mosaic virus.  4th International ssDNA Comparative Virology Workshop, 7-12 November, Guanajuato, Mexico

L.L Esterhuizen, S.W. Van Heerden, MEC Rey and H van Heerden (2010)  Epidemiology and molecular characterization of Tomato curly stunt virus and its insect vector Bemisia tabaci in South Africa.  4th International ssDNA ComparativeVirology Workshop, 7-12 November, Guanajuato, Mexico

F. van Schalk and M.E.C. Rey (2010)  Gene expression profile of Nicotiana benthamiana infected with South African cassava mosaic virus using a cross-species cDNA microarray approach. 4th International ssDNA Comparative Virology Workshop, 7-12 November, Guanajuato, Mexico