Short popular articles (information nuggets) written by research and student members of the CTHB and describing the activities of the CTHB are available from this page. Use the hyperlinks below to move to information nuggets pertaining to specific categories, or to the complete collection sorted according to the year published.
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Aylward J, Roets F, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2026) Seiridium insolitum sp. nov.: a new canker pathogen on Cupressus and Hesperocyparis in Southern Africa. Journal of Plant Pathology
10.1007/s42161-026-02302-z
Pham NQ, Suzuki H, Marincowitz S, Roets F, Paap T, Kapsosideris N, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2026) Two decades of the Immersiporthe knoxdaviesiana (Cryphonectriaceae) canker outbreak driven by clonal pathogen lineages. Plant Pathology 75:e70274.
10.1111/ppa.70274
Gürtel ND, Pham NQ, Roux J, Nel WJ, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2026) The pine-infesting bark beetle, Cyrtogenius luteus (Coleoptera: Scolytinae), discovered in South Africa. African Entomology 34:e27477.
10.17159/2254-8854/2026/a27477
Schröder ML, van Noort S, Greyling I, Hurley BP. (2026) Parasitoid diversity associated with Phoracantha semipunctata and Phoracantha recurva in South African Eucalyptus plantations. . African Entomology 34
0.17159/2254-8854/2026/a25013
Schertler A, Lenzner B, Dullinger S, Moser D, García-Rodríguez A, Krisai-Greilhuber I, Voglmayr H, Bufford JL, Santini A, Ghelardini L, Capinha C, Reino L, Wingfield MJ, Thines M, Talhinhas P, Dawson W, van Kleunen M, Kreft H, Pergl J, Pyšek P, Weigelt P, Winter M, Essl F. (2026) Are novel and co-xenic associations common in alien fungal and fungus-like plants pathogens?. New Phytologist
10.1111/nph.71455
Thango S, Nsibo DL, Berger DK, Visagie CM, Slippers B. (2026) Phenotypic variation in the in vitro and in planta aggressiveness traits among Exserohilum turcicum strains from South Africa. Plant Pathology 75(4):e70257.
10.1111/ppa.70257
Bradshaw MJ, Paul A, Villani S, Bensch K, Mitchell KJ, Pfister DH, Visagie CM, Garfinkel AR, Quesada-Ocampo L, Aime MC, Braun U. (2026) Modern taxonomy as the foundation for identifying and managing fungal and fungus like plant pathogens. Plant Disease
10.1094/PDIS-12-25-2537-FE
Balocchi F, Wingfield MJ, Paap T. (2026) Occurrence of Phytophthora cinnamomi in the rhizosphere of declining Leucadendron elimense subsp. salteri in South Africa. Forest Pathology 56(4):e70097.
10.1111/efp.70097 
Pham NQ, Wingfield BD, Marincowitz S, Marpaung YMAN, Selebi AP, Tarigan M, Wingfield MJ. (2026) A novel Cryphonectria species (Cryphonectriaceae, Diaporthales) discovered on Eucalyptus, including insights into the mating biology of the genus. Fungal Biology 130:101831.
10.1016/j.funbio.2026.101831
Kim JS, Lee W, Seo CW, Lee JW, Perera RH, Rho SM, Visagie CM, Houbraken J, Lim YW. (2026) A comprehensive assessment of Penicillium diversity in marine environments. Studies in Mycology 115:1–57.
10.3114/sim.2026.115.01