Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) · University of Pretoria
Email: carodas58@gmail.com
Research groups: Tree Protection Co-operative Programme
Dr Carlos Rodas
Extra-ordinary Professor
About
I am a forest pathologist and entomologist with a research focus on the management of diseases and insect pests in Pinus and Eucalyptus plantations. These include foliar diseases caused by species of Cylindroclaudium, Teratosphaeria, Austropuccinia, Dothistroma, Lecanosticta, vascular diseases caused by species of Chrysoporthe, Botryosphaeria, Ceratocystis, Fusarium, Calonectria as well as bacterial pathogens. Integrated pest management of insect pest has been conducted with special emphasis in biological and microbial control of forest insect pests, including species of Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Phasmatodea and Coleoptera.
I am the founder and Director of the Forest Health Protection Programme at Smurfit Kappa – Colombia, where I have been working in forest health for 32 years. Currently I am developing a National Forest Protection Programme with the Colombian forest sector and the National University in Medellin.
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Other Interests
My Publications
Books (1)
Rodas Peláez CA, Wingfield MJ (2020) Important insect pests and diseases of Pinus and Eucalyptus in Colombia.
Journal Articles (29)
Theron CA, Wingfield MJ, Ahumada R, Carnegie AJ, Fraser S, Rodas C, Barnes I (2025) Diversity and distribution of Lophodermium species on non-native Pinus species in the southern hemisphere. Mycological Progress. 24. doi: 10.1007/s11557-025-02056-5
Nkomo T, Bose T, Wingfield BD, Knoppersen R, Mbhele O, Nemesio‐Gorriz M, Rodas CA, Paetz C, Cilliers CT, Ferreira MA, Hammerbacher A (2024) Geographic location shapes fungal communities associated with Epidendrum roots.
Mycological Progress.
23.
doi: 10.1007/s11557-024-01990-0
Ceriani C, Wingfield MJ, Fru F, van Wyk S, Rodas C, Wingfield BD, Steenkamp ET (2024) Clonality and limited population diversity of Fusarium circinatum in Colombia. Forest Pathology. 54. doi: 10.1111/efp.12864
Granados GM, Rodas CA, Vivas M, Wingfield MJ, Barnes I (2023) Patterns of Dothistroma septosporum conidial dispersal in Colombian Pinus tecunumanii plantations. Forest Pathology. doi: 10.1111/efp.12834
Suzuki H, Marincowitz S, Rodas CA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2023) First report of two Chrysoporthe species, Chrysoporthe doradensis and Chrysoporthe colombiana sp. nov. from Henriettea seemannii pathogenic to Eucalyptus in Colombia. Mycological Progress. 22. doi: 10.1007/s11557-023-01891-8
Paap T, Santini A, Rodas CA, Granados GM, Pecori F, Wingfield MJ (2023)Myrtus communis in Europe threatened by the pandemic and South African strains of the myrtle rust pathogen Austropuccinia psidii (Sphaerophragmiaceae, Pucciniales). NeoBiota. 84. doi: 10.3897/neobiota.84.95823
Pham NQ, Marincowitz S, Chen SF, Rodas CA, Wingfield MJ (2022) Soil-borne Calonectria (Hypocreales, Nectriaceae) associated with Eucalyptus plantations in Colombia. MycoKeys. 94. doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.94.96301
Theron CA, Marincowitz S, Rodas CA, Wingfield MJ, Barnes I (2022)Lecanosticta pharomachri and its newly discovered sexual state causing a serious needle disease of Pinus spp. in Colombia. Plant Disease. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-08-21-1759-RE
Granados GM, McTaggart AR, Rodas CA, Roux J, Wingfield MJ (2019) Species of Cryphonectriaceae occupy an endophytic niche in the Melastomataceae and are putative latent pathogens of Eucalyptus. European Journal of Plant Pathology. doi: 10.1007/s10658-019-01887-9
Rodas CA, Hurley BP, Bolaños MD, Granados GM, Wingfield MJ (2017) Biology of Litosermyle ocanae in Colombian Pinus patula plantations. Southern Forests. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2017.1334175
Rodas CA, Wingfield MJ, Granados GM, Barnes I (2016) Dothistroma Needle Blight: an emerging epidemic caused by Dothistroma septosporum in Colombia. Plant Pathology. 65. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12389
Mausse-Sitoe SND, Rodas C, Wingfield MJ, Chen SF, Roux J (2016) Endophytic Cryphonectriaceae on native Myrtales: possible origin of Chrysoporthe canker on plantation-grown Eucalyptus. Fungal Biology. 120. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.03.005
Rodas CA, Roux J, Maier W, Granados GM, Bolaños MD, McTaggart AR, Wingfield MJ (2015) First report of Puccinia psidii on Corymbia citriodora and Eucalyptus in Colombia. Forest Pathology. 45. doi: 10.1111/efp.12223
Rodas CA, Serna R, Bolaños MD, Granados GM, Wingfield MJ, Hurley BP (2015) Biology, incidence and host susceptibility of Pineus boerneri (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) in Colombian pine plantations. Southern Forests. 77. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2014.1001662
Herron D.A, Wingfield M.J, Wingfield B.D, Rodas C.A, Marincowitz S., Steenkamp E.T. (2015) Novel taxa in the Fusarium fujikuroi species complex from Pinus spp.. Studies in Mycology. 80. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2014.12.001.
Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Guarro J, Hernandez-Restrepo M, Sutton DA, Acharya K, Barber PA, Boekhout T, Dimitrov RA, Duenas M, Dutta AK, Gene J, Gouliamova DE, Groenewald M, Lombard L, Morozova OV, Sarkar J, Smith MTh, Stchigel AM, Wiederhold NP, Alexandrova AV, Antelmi I, Armengol J, Barnes I, Cano-Lira JF, Castaneda Ruiz RF, Contu M, Courtecuisse PrR, Da Silveira AL, Decock CA, De Goes A, Edathodu J, Ercole E, Firmino AC, Fourie A, Fournier J, Furtado EL, Geering ADW, Gershenzon J, Giraldo A, Gramaje D, Hammerbacher A, He X-L, Haryadi D, Khemmuk W, Kovalenko AE, Krawczynski R, Laich F, Lechat C, Lopes UP, Madrid H, Malysheva EF, Marin-Felix Y, Martin MP, Mostert L, Nigro F, Pereira OL, Picillo B, Pinho DB, Popov ES, Rodas Pelaez CA, Rooney-Latham S, Sandoval-Denis M, Shivas RG, Silva V, Stoilova-Disheva MM, Telleria MT, Ullah C, Unsicker SB, Van der Merwe NA, Vizzini A, Wagner H-G, Wong PTW, Wood AR, Groenewald JZ (2015) Fungal Planet description sheets: 320–370. Persoonia. 34. doi: 10.3767/003158515x688433
Rodas CA, Serna R, Hurley BP, Bolaños MD, Granados GM, Wingfield MJ (2014) Three new and important insect pests recorded for the first time in Colombian plantations. Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science. 76. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2014.965983
Van der Merwe NA, Steenkamp ET, Rodas C, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2012) Host switching between native and non-native trees in a population of the canker pathogen Chrysoporthe cubensis from Colombia. Plant Pathology. 62. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2012.02657.x
Steenkamp ET, Rodas CA, Kvas M, Wingfield MJ (2012)Fusarium circinatum and pitch canker of Pinus in Colombia. Australasian Plant Pathology. 41. doi: 10.1007/s13313-012-0120-z
Slippers B , Burgess T, Pavlic D, Ahumada R, Maleme H, Mohali S, Rodas C.A, Wingfield M.J (2009) A diverse assemblage of Botryosphaeriaceae infect Eucalyptus in native and non-native environments. Southern Forests. 71. doi: 10.2989/SF.2009.71.2.3.818
Lombard L, Rodas CA, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2009)Calonectria (Cylindrocladium) species associated with dying Pinus cuttings. Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi. 23. doi: 10.3767/003158509x471052
Rodas CA, Slippers B, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ (2009) Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Eucalyptus canker diseases in Colombia. Forest Pathology. 39. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2008.00569.x
Rodas C.A, Roux J., van Wyk, M., Wingfield, B.D, Wingfield M.J (2008) Ceratocystis neglecta sp. nov., infecting Eucalyptus trees in Colombia. Fungal Diversity. 28.
Gryzenhout M., Myburg H, Rodas C.A, Wingfield B.D, Wingfield M.J (2006) Aurapex penicillata gen. sp. nov. from native Miconia theaezans and Tibouchina spp. in Colombia. Mycologia. 98.
Gryzenhout M, Rodas CA, Mena Portales J, Clegg P, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2006) Novel hosts of the Eucalyptus canker pathogen Chrysoporthe cubensis and a new Chrysoporthe species from Colombia. Mycological Research. 110. doi: 10.1016/j.mycres.2006.02.010
Rodas CA, Gryzenhout M, Myburg H, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2005) Discovery of the Eucalyptus canker pathogen Chrysoporthe cubensis on native Miconia (Melastomataceae) in Colombia. Plant Pathology. 54. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2005.01223.x
Rodas CA, Lombard L, Gryzenhout M, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2005)Cylindrocladium blight of Eucalyptus grandis in Colombia. Australasian Plant Pathology. 34. doi: 10.1071/ap05012
van der Merwe N. A. , Myburg H, Wingfield B.D, Rodas C.A, Wingfield M.J (2001) Identification of Cryphonectria cubensis from Colombia based on rDNA sequence data. South African Journal of Science. 97.
Wingfield M.J, Rodas C.A, Myburg H, Venter M, Wright J, Wingfield B.D (2001) Cryphonectria canker on Tibouchina in Colombia. Forest Pathology. 31.
Other Publications (6)
Rodas C.A (2013) Important pests and diseases of plantation grown Pinus and Eucalyptus in Colombia and their control.
Rodas C.A (2003) Diseases of Eucalyptus in Colombia.
Rodas C.A (1997) Manejo de defoliadores en plantaciones forestales.
C.A. Rodas (1996) Una nueva especie de Glena (Glena sp. Lepidoptera:Geometridae) defoliador de Pinus patula en Colombia.
Uribe J., Rodas C.A (1996) Evaluacion de metodos de inoculacion e indicativos de resistencia de Eucalyptus grandis Hill ex Maiden a dos patogenos fungosos.
C.A. Rodas (1994) Chrysomima semilutearia (Felder & Rogenhofer) nuevo defoliador de plantaciones forestales en Colombia.
