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:37
Masters Students Total:26
Honours Students Total:5
New Publications
Makunde PT, Slippers B, Hurley BP. (2024) First report of the giant conifer aphid, Cinara pinivora (Wilson) and the Monterey pine aphid, Essigella californica (Essig) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in South Africa. Southern Forests 86:1-5.
10.2989/20702620.2024.2394218
Pham NQ, Wingfield BD, Barnes I, Gazis R, Wingfield MJ. (2024) Elsinoe species: The rise of scab diseases. Plant Pathology
10.1111/ppa.14015
Vilanova L, Caballol M, Zhang K, Olson Å, Barnes I, Wingfield MJ, Oliva J. (2024) New simple sequence repeat markers reveal undetected diversity in Spanish and Californian Diplodia sapinea populations. Fungal genetics and Biology
10.1016/j.fgb.2024.103937
Hough B, Wingfield B, Read DA. (2024) Identification and characterization of mycoviruses in transcriptomes from the fungal family Ceratocystidaceae. Virus Genes
10.1007/s11262-024-02112-4
Bose T, Mahomed TG, Mbatha KC, Joubert JC, Hammerbacher A. (2024) Tissue ontogeny and chemical composition influence bacterial biodiversity in the wood and shoot tip of Populus nigra. Plant Biology :1-11.
10.1111/plb.13724