The South African blueberry industry has grown consistently over the past few years due to an increase in local and international demand. Like many other crops, blueberries are susceptible to grey mould caused by Botrytis cinerea , resulting in significant reductions in yield. In this study, Botrytis isolates were recovered from symptomatic blueberry fruit, flowers, leaves and undifferentiated buds, but were not found as endop...

Aim Large trees (d.b.h. ≥ 70 cm) store large amounts of biomass. Several studies suggest that large trees may be vulnerable to changing climate, potentially leading to declining forest biomass storage. Here we determine the importance of large trees for tropical forest biomass storage and explore which intrinsic (species trait) and extrinsic (environment) variables are associated with the density of large trees and forest biom...