Featured Publications

• UP scientists unravel hidden plant pathogenic fungi
  Species of fungi can usually be distinguished based on what they look like. This method is known as the morphological species concept (study of the form, structure and configuration of organisms). But not all fungi can be studied in this way. Some fungi..
• Genome sequence of Pantoea ananatis – a Eucalyptus pathogen
  De Maayer P, Chan WY, Venter SN, Toth IK, Birch PRJ, Joubert F, Coutinho TA (2010) Genome sequence of Pantoea ananatis LMG20103, the causative agent of Eucalyptus blight and dieback. Journal of Bacteriology 192: 2936-2937.
• “Gene discovery” in cowpea, a drought tolerant African plant
  Berger DK, Crampton BG, Hein I, Vos W (2007) Screeing cDNA libraries on glass slide microarrays. In J Brampal, ed, Microarrays, Second Edition, Volume II, Applications and Data Analysis, Ed 2nd. Humana press, pp 177-203; Coetzer N, Gazendam I, Oelofse D,
• Diversity and Evolution of Fusarium species in the Gibberella fujikuroi complex.
  Kvas M, Marasas WFO, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET (2009) Diversity and evolution of Fusarium species in the Gibberella fujikuroi complex. Fungal Diversity 34: 1-21.
• Which fungus is causing the disease grey leaf spot on maize in southern Africa?
  Meisel B, Korsman J, Kloppers FJ, Berger DK (2009) Cercospora zeina is the causal agent of grey leaf spot disease of maize in southern Africa. European Journal of Plant Pathology 124: 577-583.
• Invasive Insects – Potential Vectors of Plant Pathogens
  Hurley BP, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Govender P, Smith JE, Wingfield MJ (2009) Genetic diversity of Bradysia difformis (Sciaridae: Diptera) populations reflects movement of an invasive insect between forestry nurseries. Biological Invasions 12: 729-733.
• A fungus from Africa threatens our Eucalyptus plantations
  Heath RN, Roux J, Gryzenhout M, Carnegie AJ, Smith IW, Wingfield MJ (2007) Holocryphia eucalypti on Tibouchina urvilleana in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology 36: 560-564.
• Unexplored Ophiostomatoid Fungal Diversity in South Africa
  Kamgan NG, Jacobs K, de Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Roux J (2008) Ceratocystis and Ophiostoma species, including three new taxa, associated with wounds on native South African trees. Fungal Diversity 29: 37-59.
• • DNA bar-coding reveals the origin of the invasive Bronze bug (Thaumastocoris peregrinus)
  Nadel RL, Slippers B, Scholes MC, Lawson SA, Noack AE, Wilcken CF, Bouvet JP, Wingfield MJ (2010) DNA bar-coding reveals source and patterns of Thaumastocoris peregrinus invasions in South Africa and South America. Biological Invasions 12: 1067-1077.
• Unexplored ophiostomatoid fungal diversity in South Africa
  Kamgan NG, Jacobs K, de Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Roux J. 2008. Ceratocystis and Ophiostoma species, including three new taxa, associated with wounds on native South African trees. Fungal Diversity 29: 37-59.
• Plant genes that are part of the same biological process maintain the same gene "switches"
  Creux N, Ranik M, Berger DK, Myburg AA (2008) Comparative analysis of orthologous cellulose synthase promoters from Arabidopsis, Populus and Eucalyptus: evidence of conserved regulatory elements in angiosperms. New Phytologist. 179:722-737.
• Complete genetic linkage maps from an interspecific cross between Fusarium circinatum and Fusarium subglutinans
  De Vos L, Myburg AA, Wingfield MJ, Desjardins AE, Gordon TR, Wingfield BD (2007) Complete genetic linkage maps from an interspecific between Fusarium circinatum and Fusarium subglutinans. Fungal Genetics and Biology 44: 701-714.
• Phylogeny of the Botryosphaeriaceae
  De Wet J, Slippers B, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2008) Phylogeny of the Botryosphaeriaceae reveals patterns of host association. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46: 116-126.
• Fungal canker pathogens on waterberry and Eucalyptus trees in South Africa
  Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2007) Botryosphaeriaceae occurring on native Syzygium cordatum in South Africa and their potential threat to Eucalyptus. Plant Pathology 56:624-636.
• Using DNA sequence data to characterise fungal pathogens of trees
  Hunter G, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ (2006) A multi-gene phylogeny for species of Mycosphaerella occurring on Eucalyptus leaves. Studies in Mycology 55: 147-161
• Characterization of Fusarium oxysporum isolates from Ethiopia using SSR, AFLPs and DNA sequence analyses
  Bogale M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET (2006) Characterisation of Fusarium oxysporum isolates from Ethiopia using AFLP, SSR and DNA sequence analyses. Fungal Diversity 23: 51-66.
• Dying clove trees infected by a novel fungus
  Van Wyk M, Roux J, Barnes I, Wingfield BD, Liew ECY, Assa B, Summerell BA Wingfield MJ (2004) Ceratocystis polychroma sp. nov., a new species from Syzygium aromaticum in Sulawesi. Studies in Mycology 50: 2.