Funding
Funding was received from the University of Pretoria, the South African Department of Science and Innovation (DSI)-National Research Foundation (NRF) Centre of Excellence in Plant Health Biotechnology (CPHB, previously the CTHB), the DSI–NRF South African Research Chairs Initiative (SARChI) in Fungal Genomics (grant no. 98353) and the Tree Protection Cooperative Program (TPCP). The grant holders acknowledge that opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors, and that the funding bodies accept no liability whatsoever in this regard. The authors have no other relevant affiliations or financial involvement with any organization or entity with a financial interest in or financial conflict with the subject matter or materials discussed in the manuscript apart from those disclosed.
