Mr Nam Pham
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FABI |
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Research Profiles
My Supervisor/s
| Primary Supervisor | |
| Mike Wingfield | |
Co Supervisor |
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| Irene Barnes |
My Links
PHD PROJECT
In 2018, I started my PhD in Plant Pathology as a member of RGE-FABI Tree Health Programme (RGE-FABI THP) and Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP).
For my PhD, I am investigating a serious disease recently named as Eucalyptus scab and shoot malformation. The disease was first observed in North Sumatra, Indonesia in 2014. However, the causal agent was discovered only recently as a novel species of Elsinoe. The name of the pathogen is derived from the Latin word “necatrix” (killer, murderess) to refer to the destructive impact that the disease has on its Eucalyptus hosts.
The disease is characterized by black necrotic spots that initially appear on young leaves and petioles, which become scab‐like as the lesions age. Infected trees respond to infection by producing shoots with small leaves that commonly appear feathered. Severely affected clones usually die after a number of successive infection cycles, generally over a period of 2–3 years.
The origin of Elsinoe necatrix is unknown, but evidence suggests that this is likely an area where its Eucalyptus species are native. The pathogen would then have been accidentally introduced into North Sumatra where it has encountered susceptible host trees and an environment conducive to infection. In this regard, it should be considered as a high-risk pathogen and efforts should be made to prevent its spread to new environments.
More information: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13348
MSC PROJECT
I first joined FABI family in 2016 as a Master student under the supervision of Prof. Michael J. Wingfield, Prof. Irene Barnes and Prof. ShuaiFei Chen. In 2018, I completed my MSc. in Plant Pathology (Cum Laude) with the dissertation entitled "New species of Calonectria and Cylindrocladiella from Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia".
CTHB Mentorship Programme
2018: van den Berg M (BSc. Plant Science)
2020: Mokhara B
Awards
Academic Honorary Colours for Master of Science (University of Pretoria) 2018
Best Dressed Male - SPOOF 2020
Best Dressed Male - SPOOF 2021
FABI Creative Art Submission award 2021
FABIan of the year 2021
Scientific Conferences
Pham NQ, Barnes I, Muro Abad JI, Durán A, Wingfield MJ (2022) Eucalyptus scab and shoot malformation: An unexpected new threat to plantation forestry globally. IUFRO Conference Division 7 – Forest Health Pathology and Entomology, Lisbon, Portugal.
van Heerden A, Pham NQ, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Duong TA, Wilken PM (2022) A LAMP assay for in-field detection of Elsinoë necatrix, the causal agent of Eucalyptus scab and shoot malformation. IUFRO Conference Division 7 – Forest Health Pathology and Entomology, Lisbon, Portugal.
Pham NQ, Marincowitz S, Chen SF, Rodas CA, Wingfield MJ (2022) Soil-borne Calonectria species associated with commercial Eucalyptus plantation in Colombia. IUFRO Conference Division 7 – Forest Health Pathology and Entomology, Lisbon, Portugal.
Ramírez N, Wingfield MJ, Pham NQ, Loitey JM, Pérez M, Pérez CA (2022) Novel Calonectria species associated with a serious leaf disease on native Ilex paraguariensis in Uruguay. IUFRO Conference Division 7 – Forest Health Pathology and Entomology, Lisbon, Portugal.
Roux J, Pham NQ, Phungula S, Wingfield MJ (2022) First report of Elsinoë scab and shoot malformation disease on Eucalyptus in South Africa. IUFRO Conference Division 7 – Forest Health Pathology and Entomology, Lisbon, Portugal.
Pham NQ, Barnes I, Muro Abad JI, Durán A, Wingfield MJ (2022) Eucalyptus scab and shoot malformation: A threat to commercial forestry. 52nd Congress of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP), Future Africa, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Pham NQ, Marincowitz S, Chen SF, Rodas CA, Wingfield MJ (2022) Calonectria species associated with Eucalyptus plantation soils in Colombia. 52nd Congress of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP), Future Africa, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Fell S, Paap T, Carstensen GD, Pham NQ, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ (2022) Previously unknown gall symptoms associated with Uromycladium acaciae infection on Acacia mearnsii. 52nd Congress of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP), Future Africa, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Solís M, Wingfield MJ, Greyling I, Pham NQ (2022) Colletotrichum theobromicola causes a shoot and leaf disease on Eucalyptus in South Africa. 52nd Congress of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP), Future Africa, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
van Heerden A, Pham NQ, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Duong TA, Wilken PM (2022) Development of a LAMP assay for in-field diagnosis of the novel Eucalyptus pathogen, Elsinoë necatrix using the elsinochrome toxin cluster as a marker. 52nd Congress of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP), Future Africa, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Pham NQ (2022) Elsinoe necatrix: An unexpected new threat to Eucalyptus around the world. 33rd Annual meeting of the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) and the DSI NRF Centre of Excellence in Plant Health Biotechnology (CPHB), University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Pham NQ, Duong TA, Wingfield MJ, Barnes I, Duran A, Wingfield BD (2022) Characterisation of the mating type loci in Elsinoe including the Eucalyptus pathogen Elsinoe necatrix. Fungal Genetic Conference 2022, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.
Pham NQ, Barnes I, Muro Abad JI, Duran A, Wingfield MJ (2021) Eucalyptus Scab and Shoot Malformation: An emerging threat to plantation forestry in Southeast Asia. 3rd IUFRO Acacia 2021 Webinar.
Pham NQ, Barnes I, Slippers B, Duran A, Wingfield MJ (2020) Yeast communities associated with a Eucalyptus leaf and shoot disease of unknown aetiology in North Sumatra. MSA 2020: Mycology from the Cloud.
Pham NQ, Marincowitz S, Barnes I, Wingfield MJ (2019) Novel soil-borne Calonectria species from Eucalyptus plantations in Sabah, Malaysia. SASPP, Langebaan, South Africa.
Fourie G, Mufamadi ZC, Smith A, Sonnekus B, Pham NQ, Willis-Boyum A, van den Berg N (2019) Characterisation of the causal agents of Macadamia husk rot in South Africa. SASPP, Langebaan, South Africa.
Pham NQ, Barnes I, Chen SF, Roux J, Pham TQ, Wingfield MJ (2017) Novel Calonectria species from plantation and nursery soils in South-East Asia. IUFRO 125th Anniversary Congress, Freiburg, Germany.
Dang QN, Pham NQ, Nguyen HM, Pham TQ (2017) First report of Phytophthora cinnamomi on Cinnamomum cassia in Vietnam. 8th Meeting IUFRO Working Party 7.02.09 - Phytophthora in Forests and Natural Ecosystems, Sapa, Vietnam.
My Galeries
News
FABI ended the year on a high with a hybrid Year End Function on 19 November.
FABI researchers make an early start to present at the 3rd IUFRO Acacia webinar.
The meeting of the Epsilon Chapter of the Society for the Presentation of Outrageous Findings (SPOOF) hosted by FABI saw witches, wizards, elves, pixies, muggles, mudbloods and all other manner of magical folk and creatures join in the evening’s fun at the FABwarts School of Sci-craft and Wizardry.
The RGE-FABI Tree Health Programme (THP) hosted its annual symposium on 3 December.
The RGE-FABI Tree Health Programme team met on the Zoom virtual platform on 18 August.
For the first time in its 23-year history, FABI hosted a virtual Society for the Presentation of Outrageous Findings (SPOOF) event on 17 July. FABIans submitted nine pre-recorded videos, which in the spirit of the time, reflected the lighter moments of a nation under lockdown. The Gene Jockeys took the prize for the Best Abstract (with the subliminal message “Vote for us. FABI Director Prof.
Twenty undergraduate students will gain hands-on scientific research experience as mentees in the CTHB Mentorship Programme.
The 2019 meeting of the Southern African Society for Plant Pathology (SASPP) took place on the West Coast, hosted by Stellenbosch University.
The Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) celebrated the first publication of a paper in an ISI-rated scientific journal by a postgraduate student from the work of either their PhD or MSc at a party on 26 November.
On Saturday 10 November, Dr Fahimeh Jami (Postdoctoral Fellow), Kira Lynn (M.Sc. student) and Nam Pham (Ph.D. student), returned to South Africa after spending almost two months in Sumatra.
The DST-NRF Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology (CTHB) celebrated the end of another successful year of mentoring and outreach at its annual lunch on 29 October.
My Journal Articles
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| Wingfield BD, Berger DK, Coetzee MPA, Duong TA, Martin A, Pham NQ, Van den Berg N, Wilken PM, Arun-Chinnappa KS, Barnes I, Buthelezi S, Dahanayaka BA, Durán A, Engelbrecht J, Feurtey A, Fourie A, Fourie G, Hartley J, Kabwe ENK, Maphosa M, Narh Mensah DL, Nsibo DL, Potgieter L, Poudel B, Stukenbrock EH, Thomas C, Vaghefi N, Welgemoed T, Wingfield MJ. (2022) IMA genome‑F17. 13:19.
10.1186/s43008-022-00104-3 |
 Wingfield MJ, Marincowitz S, Pham NQ, Roets F, Paap T, Wingfield BD, Aylward J. (2022) Cypress Canker: An important disease discovered for the first time on a native South African tree. Plant Pathology 71:1735-1742.
10.1111/ppa.13614 |
Solís M, Wingfield MJ, Greyling I, Pham NQ. (2022) A serious shoot and leaf disease caused by Colletotrichum theobromicola discovered on eucalypts in South Africa. Southern Forests 84(1):01–13.
10.2989/20702620.2021.2005454  |
| Pham NQ, Marincowitz S, Chen SF, Yaparudin J, Wingfield MJ. (2022) Calonectria species, including four novel taxa, associated with Eucalyptus in Malaysia. Mycological Progress 21:181-197.
10.1007/s11557-021-01768-8 |
| Pham NQ, Marincowitz S, Solís M, Duong TA, Wingfield BD, Barnes I, Slippers B, Muro Abad JI, Durán A, Wingfield MJ. (2021) Eucalyptus scab and shoot malformation: A new and serious foliar disease of Eucalyptus caused by Elsinoe necatrix sp. nov.. Plant Pathology 70:1230-1242.
10.1111/ppa.13348 |
| Burgess TI, Dang QN, Le BV, Pham NQ, White D, Pham TQ. (2020) Phytophthora acaciivora sp. nov. associated with dying Acacia mangium in Vietnam. Fungal Systematics and Evolution 6:243-252.
10.3114/fuse.2020.06.11 |
| Pham NQ, Barnes I, Chen SF, Liu FF, Dang NQ, Pham TQ, Lombard L, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ. (2019) Ten new species of Calonectria from Indonesia and Vietnam. Mycologia 111:78-102.
10.1080/00275514.2018.1522179 |
| Pham NQ, Barnes I, Chen SF, Pham TQ, Lombard L, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ. (2018) New species of Cylindrocladiella from plantation soils in South-East Asia. MycoKeys 32:1-24.
10.3897/mycokeys.32.23754 |