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h-index: 34
Works: 128
Citations: 3,520

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Field study reveals core plant microbiota and relative importance of their drivers
K. Hamonts, P. Trivedi, A. Garg, Caroline Janitz +5 more
2018Environmental Microbiology314 citations
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A survey of the complex transcriptome from the highly polyploid sugarcane genome using full-length isoform sequencing and de novo assembly from short read sequencing
Nam V. Hoang, A. Furtado, P. Mason, Annelie Marquardt +4 more
2017BMC Genomics175 citations Open access
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Sucrose phosphate synthase and sucrose synthase activity during maturation of internodal tissue in sugarcane
F. Botha, K. G. Black
2000143 citations
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Sugarcane : physiology, biochemistry, and functional biology
P. Moore, F. Botha
2014133 citations
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Potential for Genetic Improvement of Sugarcane as a Source of Biomass for Biofuels
Nam V. Hoang, A. Furtado, F. Botha, B. Simmons +1 more
2015Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology128 citations Open access
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Kinetic model of sucrose accumulation in maturing sugarcane culm tissue.
L. Uys, F. Botha, J. Hofmeyr, J. Rohwer
2007Phytochemistry113 citations
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Respiratory metabolism and gene expression during seed germination
F. Botha, G. Potgieter, Anna-Maria Botha
1992Plant growth regulation (Print)113 citations
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Down-regulation of pyrophosphate: fructose 6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase (PFP) activity in sugarcane enhances sucrose accumulation in immature internodes
J. Groenewald, F. Botha
2008Transgenic research103 citations Open access
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Pearl millet transformation system using the positive selectable marker gene phosphomannose isomerase
M. O'Kennedy, J. Burger, F. Botha
2004Plant Cell Reports95 citations
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Genes expressed in sugarcane maturing internodal tissue
D. Carson, F. Botha
2002Plant Cell Reports93 citations
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Transcriptome analysis highlights key differentially expressed genes involved in cellulose and lignin biosynthesis of sugarcane genotypes varying in fiber content
Lakshmi Kasirajan, Nam V. Hoang, A. Furtado, F. Botha +1 more
2018Scientific Reports81 citations Open access
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Distribution patterns of neutral invertase and sugar contentin sugarcane internodal tissues
S. Rose, F. Botha
200067 citations
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Downregulation of pyrophosphate: d-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase activity in sugarcane culms enhances sucrose accumulation due to elevated hexose-phosphate levels
M. J. van der Merwe, J. Groenewald, M. Stitt, J. Kossmann +1 more
2009Planta65 citations Open access
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Use of PCR-based methodologies for the determination of DNA diversity between Saccharum varieties
M. Harvey, F. Botha
2004Euphytica61 citations
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Reduced neutral invertase activity in the culm tissues of transgenic sugarcane plants results in a decrease in respiration and sucrose cycling and an increase in the sucrose to hexose ratio.
D. Rossouw, J. Kossmann, F. Botha, J. Groenewald
201055 citations
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Sugarcane Internodal Invertases and Tissue Maturity
D. J. Vorster, F. Botha
199955 citations
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Increasing the utility of genomics in unravelling sucrose accumulation
D. Watt, A. McCormick, C. Govender, D. L. Carson +3 more
200554 citations
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Purification and kinetic properties of UDP-glucose dehydrogenase from sugarcane.
W. Turner, F. Botha
2002Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics53 citations
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Downregulation of neutral invertase activity in sugarcane cell suspension cultures leads to a reduction in respiration and growth and an increase in sucrose accumulation.
D. Rossouw, S. Bosch, J. Kossmann, F. Botha +1 more
2007Functional Plant Biology51 citations
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Sucrose metabolism in the culm of transgenic sugarcane with reduced soluble acid invertase activity
F. Botha, B. Sawyer, R. Birch
200149 citations
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Stability and potential use of RAPD markers in a sugarcane genealogy
B. Huckett, F. Botha
2004Euphytica48 citations
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Establishment of embryogenic callus and transient gene expression in selected sugarcane varieties
S. Snyman, G. Meyer, D. L. Carson, F. Botha
199648 citations Open access
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Analysis of the diversity and tissue specificity of sucrose synthase genes in the long read transcriptome of sugarcane
P. Thirugnanasambandam, P. Mason, Nam V. Hoang, A. Furtado +2 more
2019BMC Plant Biology46 citations Open access
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High-Throughput Profiling of the Fiber and Sugar Composition of Sugarcane Biomass
Nam V. Hoang, A. Furtado, L. Donnan, E. Keeffe +2 more
2017Bioenergy Research46 citations Open access
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Protein-level expression and localization of sucrose synthase in the sugarcane culm.
W. E. Schäfer, J. Rohwer, F. Botha
2004Physiologia Plantarum : An International Journal for Plant Biology45 citations
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Expression of neutral invertase in sugarcane
S. Bosch, C. P. Grof, F. Botha
200445 citations
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Expression of a β-1,3-glucanase from a biocontrol fungus in transgenic pearl millet
M. O'Kennedy, B. Crampton, M. Lorito, E. Chakauya +3 more
201141 citations Open access
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A kinetic study of sugarcane sucrose synthase.
W. E. Schäfer, J. Rohwer, F. Botha
2004European Journal of Biochemistry41 citations
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Pyrophosphate :D-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase activity patterns in relation to sucrose storage across sugarcane varieties
A. Whittaker, F. Botha
199941 citations
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Chitinase isoenzymes in near-isogenic wheat lines challenged with Russian wheat aphid, exogenous ethylene, and mechanical wounding
A. Botha, M. Nagel, A. J. van der Westhuizen, F. Botha
199840 citations
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Synthetic Promoter Engineering
Mauritz Venter, F. Botha
201035 citations
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ENERGY YIELD AND COST IN A SUGARCANE BIOMASS SYSTEM
F. Botha
200934 citations
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Direct somatic embryogenesis for rapid, cost effective production of transgenic sugarcane (Saccharum spp. hybrids).
S. J. Snyman, M. Watt, B. Huckett, F. Botha
200034 citations
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Sugarcane: Physiology, Biochemistry, and Functional Biology: Moore/Sugarcane
P. Moore, F. Botha
201333 citations
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Promoter analysis and transcription profiling: Integration of genetic data enhances understanding of gene expression.
Mauritz Venter, F. Botha
2004Physiologia Plantarum : An International Journal for Plant Biology33 citations
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Relationship between sugarcane culm and leaf biomass composition and saccharification efficiency
K. Hodgson-Kratky, G. Papa, A. Rodriguez, V. Stavila +4 more
2019Biotechnology for Biofuels32 citations Open access
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Partial purification and characterisation of sucrose synthase in sugarcane.
W. E. Schäfer, J. Rohwer, F. Botha
2005Journal of plant physiology32 citations
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Association of gene expression with biomass content and composition in sugarcane
Nam V. Hoang, A. Furtado, Angela J O'Keeffe, F. Botha +1 more
2017PLoS ONE29 citations Open access
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Tissue discs as an experimental system for metabolic flux analysis in the sugarcane culm
K. Bindon, F. Botha
200125 citations Open access
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A COMPARISON OF DIRECT AND INDIRECT SOMATIC MORPHOGENESIS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF TRANSGENIC SUGARCANE (SACCHARUM SPP. HYBRIDS)
S. J. Snyman, B. Huckett, F. Botha, M. Watt
200125 citations
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Carbohydrate utilisation by cell suspension cultures of Phaseolus vulgaris
F. Botha, M. O'Kennedy
199825 citations
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Variation in sugarcane biomass composition and enzymatic saccharification of leaves, internodes and roots
P. Mason, A. Furtado, Annelie Marquardt, K. Hodgson-Kratky +6 more
2020Biotechnology for Biofuels23 citations Open access
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Effect of sugar feedback regulation on major genes and proteins of photosynthesis in sugarcane leaves.
Annelie Marquardt, R. Henry, F. Botha
2020Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB23 citations Open access
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Sequence analysis and transcriptional profiling of two vacuolar H+-pyrophosphatase isoforms in Vitis vinifera
Mauritz Venter, J. Groenewald, F. Botha
2006Journal of plant research23 citations
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Differential gene expression in sugarcane leaf and internodal tissues of varying maturity
D. L. Carson, B. Huckett, F. Botha
200223 citations Open access
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Identification of AFLP markers in soybean linked to resistance to Meloidogyne javanica and conversion to Sequence Characterized Amplified Regions (SCARs)
C. M. S. Mienie, Houdini Fourie, M. Smit, J. van Staden +1 more
2002Plant growth regulation (Print)20 citations
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Expression of fructokinase isoforms in the sugarcane culm
S. Hoepfner, F. Botha
200319 citations
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Metabolic changes in the developing sugarcane culm associated with high yield and early high sugar content
V. Perlo, F. Botha, A. Furtado, K. Hodgson-Kratky +1 more
2020Plant Direct18 citations Open access
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Improved regeneration efficiency of a pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum [L.] R.Br.) breeding line
M. O'Kennedy, G. Smith, F. Botha, P. Hare
200417 citations Open access
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Purification and characterisation of fructokinase from the culm of sugarcane.
S. Hoepfner, F. Botha
200416 citations
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