Prof Bernard Slippers
Academic Staff
Research Interests
My research interests are in ecological and evolutionary genetics of fungal pathogens and insect pests of trees, and their biological control agents (including the development of biological control programs). A special further interest is in the various levels of interactions between fungi and insects. I also enjoy doing fungal taxonomy and have focused on the Botryosphaeriaceae. These interests are frequently applied within a context of emerging invasive tree pathogens and pests after human movement, or native pests or pathogens expanding their host ranges to attack introduced trees of forestry and agricultural importance.
I am a research leader in the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme and the DST NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology.
My publications can be accessed via the Thomsen Researcher Profile in the right panel or through my Scopus Author ID. The publications are also listed, with pdf links under the 'My publications' link in the right panel. The most recent publications do not have linked pdfs. Please e-mail me for pdfs of these papers.
Related projects:
Postdoc
Dr Wubetu Bihon - Diversity and ecology of Diplodia pinea threatening pine worldwide
Dr Emilie Boissin - Phylo- and population genetic relationships in the Sirex-Amylostereum symbiosis
Dr Martin Kemler - Diversity and specificity of endophytes, with a special focus on the Botryosphaeriaceae
Dr Chongxing Zhang - Deladenus siricidicola genetics and genomics
Dr Magriet van der Nest - Amylostereum areolatum compatibility genetics and genomics
PhD
Rodrigo Ahumada - Pathogens affecting the health of P. radiata
Marc Bouwer - Chemical communication in key forest pest systems in South Africa
Elsie de Meyer - Diversity of Botryosphaeriaceae on Baobab in Africa and Madagascar
Dawit Degefu - Biology and biological control of Coryphodema tristis
Gudrun Dittrich - Diversity and control of Leptocybe invasa
Donald Chungu - Ecology and control of the invasive pest Gonipterus scuttelatus
Fahimeh Jami - Phylogeography of Botryosphaeriaceae on Acacia
James Mehl - Ecology of Botryosphaeriaceae endophytes and pathogens on native trees in South Africa
Eston Mutitu - The biology and biological control of Thaumastocoris peregrinus in Africa
MSc
Erik Birkholz - Microbial associated of Sirex noctilio
Herman de Bruin - Entomopathogens affecting tree pests in South Africa
Zander Human - Bacterial associates of forest insects
Angelica Marsberg - Endophytes associated with native Myrtaceae in South Africa
Jan Nagel - Phytophthora species in South Africa
Linda Ndove - Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Southern Hemisphere gymnosperms
Caryn Oates - Molecular genetics of Eucalyptus-Leptocybe interaction
Kerry-Anne Pillay - Endophytes of Eucalyptus in South Africa
Amy Wooding - Aspects of the ecological genetics of the Sirex, Amylostereum and their interaction
Past students
Rene Jacobs - MSc
Carlos Rodas - MSc
Draginja Pavlic - MSc & PhD
Sari Mohali - PhD
Happy Maleme - MSc
Francois van der Walt - MSc
Ryan Nadel - PhD
Brett Hurley - PhD
Alvaro Duran - PhD
Guillermo Perez - PhD
Wubetu Bihon - PhD
Magriet van der Nest - PhD
Links
- Department of Genetics
- The Sirex Website
- Hymenoptera on the tree of life
- Hymenoptera online database
- Nematodes on the tree of life
- NEMBASE
- Fungi on the tree of life
- Fungal databases
- More Fungal databases
- The Bortryosphaeria site
- Index Herbariorum
- Symbiosis
