CONTACT
Telephone: +27 83 636 0706
Fax: +27 46 622 3984
Postal address: P.O.Box 7026, Grahamstown North, 6148, SOUTH AFRICA
Director Grahamstown Unit
Dr Joanna Dames |
- B.Sc. (University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg - KZN) Microbiology and Plant Pathology
- B.Sc. (Hons) (University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg - KZN) Plant Pathology-Mycology
- M.Sc. (University of the Witwatersrand) Dissertation entitled: The distribution of vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in the savanna regions of Nylsvley Nature Reserve in relation to soil fertility factors.
- Ph.D. (University of the Witwatersrand) Thesis entitled: Litter accumulation in Pinus patula plantations and the role of ectomycorrhizal fungi in a forest ecosystem.
Dr Dames has an interest in a board range of mycorrhizal aspects including arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and ectomycorrhizal fungi. The Mycorrhizal Research Group is based at Rhodes University in Grahamstown.