TPCP Team
Group Leaders
UP Research Leaders Total:17
Prof Brenda Wingfield
Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
DST / NRF SARChI Chair in Fungal Genomics
Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
DST / NRF SARChI Chair in Fungal Genomics
External Research Associates Total:11
Research Fellows Total:6
Postdoctoral Fellows Total:8
Doctoral Students Total:36
Masters Students Total:26
Honours Students Total:4
New Publications
Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Barnes I, Duong TA, Wingfield BD. (2025) The Pine Pathogen Diplodia sapinea: Expanding Frontiers. Current Forestry Reports 11(2)
10.1007/s40725-024-00236-2
Knoppersen R, Hammerbacher A, Bose T. (2024) Fungal Planet description sheets: 1697–1780 (Description of Sporisorium enterogonipteri). Fungal Systematics and Evolution 14:325–577.
10.3114/fuse.2024.14.19
Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2024) Gene transfer between fungal species triggers repeated coffee wilt disease outbreaks. PLOS Biology
10.1371/journal.pbio.3002901
Teshome DT, Zharare GE, Ployet R, Naidoo S. (2024) Molecular mechanisms underlying tree host-pathogen interactions under drought stress and subsequent rewatering in Eucalyptus grandis. Plant Stress
10.1016/j.stress.2024.100697
Cho SE, Seo ST, Nam Y, Wingfield MJ, Lee DY. (2024) Chalaropsis pruni sp. nov. (Ceratocystidaceae), a new species from Prunus serrulata var. pubescens in South Korea. Phytotaxa 671(2):191-197.
10.11646/phytotaxa.671.2.8