Dr ShuaiFei Chen

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Research Interests

Dr ShuaiFei Chen

Post-doctoral Research Fellow

Microbiology and Plant Pathology

Nationality: China

Born in: Feb, 1982.

陈帅飞 (Chinese name)

E-mail: shuaifei.chen@fabi.up.ac.za

 

1. Research Interests

●Fungal taxonomy

●Plant pathology and Forest pathology

●Population genetics

●Calonectria, Ceratocystis, Cryphonectriaceae, Botryosphaeriaceae, Mycosphaerellaceae, Teratosphaeriaceae.

 

2. Projects and collaborations

 

2.1 Post-Doc Project: Cryphonectriaceae associated with native Metrosideros angustifolia and Rapanea melanophloeos in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

(Feb. 1, 2011–. FABI, University of Pretoria)

●Novel genus and species of Cryphonectriaceae on native Metrosideros angustifolia (Myrtaceae) in the Western Cape Province of South Africa

●A new stem disease on native Rapanea melanophloeos (Myrsinaceae) trees in South Africa caused by a novel fungal genus in the Cryphonectriaceae
●Microsatellite markers development and population studies on a new stem disease on native Rapanea melanophloeos in South Africa

 

 

2.2 PhD Project: Fungal diseases of eucalypts in China

(June 21, 2007–Jan. 21, 2011. FABI, University of Pretoria)

●Diseases and their importance to eucalypt plantation forestry in China

●Identification and pathogenicity of Calonectria, Ceratocystis, Botryosphaeriaceae, Cryphonectriaceae on Eucalyptus trees in South China

●High population diversity and increasing importance of the Eucalyptus stem canker pathogen, Teratosphaeria zuluensis, in South China

 

 

 

3. Publications

●Zhou XD, Xie YJ, Chen SF, Wingfield MJ. 2008. Diseases of eucalypt plantations in China: challenges and opportunities. Fungal Diversity. 32:1–7.

●Chen SF, Gryzenhout M, Roux J, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD. 2010. Identification and Pathogenicity of Chrysoporthe cubensis on Eucalyptus and Syzygium spp. in South China. Plant Disease. 94: 1143–1150. Doi:10.1094/PDIS-94-9-1143

●Chen SF, Lombard L, Roux J, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD. 2011. Novel species of Calonectria associated with Eucalyptus leaf blight in Southeast China. Persoonia. 26: 1–12. Doi:10.3767/003158511X555236

●Chen SF, Pavlic D, Roux J, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD. 2011. Characterization of Botryosphaeriaceae from plantation-grown Eucalyptus species in South China. Plant Pathology. 70: 739–751. Doi:10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02431.x

●Chen SF, Barnes I, Chungu D, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Xie YJ, Zhou XD. 2011. High population diversity and increasing importance of the Eucalyptus stem canker pathogen, Teratosphaeria zuluensis, in South China. Australasian Plant Pathology. 40: 407–415. Doi:10.1007/s13313-011-0051-0

●Chen SF, Gryzenhout M, Roux J, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD. 2011. Novel species of Celoporthe from Eucalyptus and Syzygium trees in China and Indonesia. Mycologia. 103: 1384–1410. Doi:10.3852/11-006

 

 

4. Conference outputs

Zhou XD, Xie YJ, Chen SF, Wingfield MJ. 2007. Eucalypts diseases in China.    IUFRO WP 2.08.03, Improvement and Culture of Eucalypts “Eucalypts and diversity: balancing productivity and sustainability”, 22-26 October 2007, Durban, South Africa.

Chen SF, Pavlic D, Zhou XD, Roux J, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ. 2008. Botryosphaeriaceae from diseased Eucalyptus species in Chinese plantations. South African Genetics Society Congress (SAGS), 27-29 March 2008, University of Pretoria, South Africa. (Poster presentation)

Chen SF, Gryzenhout M, Roux J, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD. 2009. The canker Pathogen Chrysoporthe cubensis on Eucalyptus and Syzygium species in China. The 46th congress of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP), 25-28 January, 2009. Gordons Bay, South Africa. (Poster presentation)

Zhou XD, Chen SF, Gryzenhout M, Roux J, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ. 2010. IUFRO XXIII IUFRO WORLD CONGRESS, Forestrs for the Future: Sustaining Society and the Environmemt. 23-28 August 2010, Seoul, Korea. (Poster presentation)

Chen SF, Lombard L, Roux J, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD. 2011. Leaf blight of Eucalyptus in South China caused by Calonectria spp. The 47th congress of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP), 23-26 January, 2011. Kruger National Park, South Africa. (Oral presentation)

Roux J, Chen SF, Gryzenhout M,  Wingfield MJ. 2011. The Cryphonectriaceae: A threat to native Metrosideros angustifolia in the Western Cape? The 47th congress of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP), 23-26 January, 2011. Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Chen SF, Wingfield MJ, Roets F, Roux J. 2011. A new stem disease of Rapanea melanophloeos caused by a new genus of Cryphonectriaceae in South Africa.  International Union of Forest Research Organizations, 8-11th November 2011, Colonia, Uruguay.

Chen SF, Wingfield MJ, Van der Merwe NA, Roux J. 2011. Cryptic species and host shifting in the eucalypt pathogen Holocryphia eucalypti.  International Union of Forest Research Organizations, 8-11th November 2011, Colonia, Uruguay.

 

5. My study experience (Since Sept, 2000)

●Sept, 2000 – July 2004: Bachelor degree (Science) of Biotechnology in Central South Forestry University (CSFU), HuNan Province, China

●Aug, 2004 – June, 2007: Master degree (Agriculture) of Eucalyptus breeding in Chinese Academy of  Forestry (CAF), BeiJing. Studied in Beijing Forestry University (BJFU) and China Eucalypt Research Center(CERC).

●June 21, 2007 – Jan 21, 2011: PhD (Microbiology) of Plant Pathology in FABI, University of Pretoria (UP), Pretoria, South Africa.

●Feb 1, 2011 – now, Post-Doc in FABI, University of Pretoria (UP), Pretoria, South Africa.

 

6. Hobbies

Play soccer, run, listen to music, study the fungi.