PLANT DISEASE CLINIC STELLENBOSCH TEAM

PDC Team 2025 — From left to right: (front row) Doré de Villiers, Sonja Coertze and Adéle McLeod. (back row) Marchel Britz, Brenda de Wee, Elaine Basson, Caro Kapp and Pia Addison.

Sonja Coertze

Manager

BSc (Agric, Plant Pathology, Horticulture), MSc (Agric, Plant Pathology), Pr. Sci. Nat (119465)

Elaine Basson New

Elaine Basson

Diagnostician

BSc (Agric, Plant Pathology, Horticulture), MSc (Agric, Plant Pathology), Pr. Sci. Nat (119294)

Doré de Villiers

Technical Diagnostician

BSc, Microbiology, Genetics, Hon BSc (Plant Pathology), MSc (Plant Pathology)

Marchel Brits

Marchel Britz

Technical Assistant

Prof A Mcleod

Prof Adele McLeod

PDC Bussiness Developer; Molecular expert (Ad hoc)

Prof Pia Addison

Prof Pia Addison

Insect Expert (Ad hoc)

Dr Caro Kapp

Dr Caro Kapp

Nematologist (Ad hoc)

Brenda de Wee

Technical Assistant (Ad hoc)

The PDC team works in close collaboration with the researchers of the Department’s of Plant Pathology and Conservation Ecology and Entomology:

Prof Adele McLeod: Soilborne diseases and oomycete expert

Prof Lizel Mostert: Fungal trunk (grapevine) and stem disease (deciduous fruit crops) expert and mycologist

Dr CL Lennox (Departmental Chair): Fruit and post-harvest pathologist

Prof Altus Viljoen and Dr Lindy Rose: Fusarium experts

Prof Pia Addison: Insect expert

Dr Caro Kapp: Nematology expert (also assist with mite and insect identification)