Extra-ordinary Lecturer
My research interest is in fungal biology in general and more specifically dealing with population genetics, genetic diversity, mating systems, genomes and ecology of plant pathogenic fungi. I am a researcher at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), South Africa www.arc.agric.za.
Shaw PL, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Laurent B, Penaud B, Wingfield MJ, Crous PW, Bihon W, Duong TA. (2025) Chromosome-level genome assemblies for the latent pine pathogen, Diplodia sapinea, reveal two accessory chromosomes with distinct genomic features and evolutionary dynamics. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics 10.1093/g3journal/jkaf239
Bihon W, Cloete M, Gerrano AS, Oelofse D, Adebola P. (2016) Draft Genome Sequence of Alternaria alternata Isolated from Onion Leaves in South Africa. Genome Announcement 10.1128/genomeA.01022-16
Bihon W, Cloete M, Gerrano AS, Adebola P, Oelofse D. (2015) First Report of Alternaria alternata Causing Leaf Blight of Onion in South Africa. Plant Disease 10.1094/PDIS-03-15-0331-PDN
Taole M, Bihon W, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Burgess TI. (2015) Multiple introductions from multiple sources: invasion patterns for an important Eucalyptus leaf pathogen. Ecology and Evolution 10.1002/ece3.1693
Wingfield BD, Ades PK, Al-Naemi FA, Beirn LA, Bihon W, Crouch JA, De Beer ZW, De Vos L, Duong TA, Fields CJ, Fourie G, Kanzi AM, Malapi-Wight M, Pethybridge SJ, Radwan O, Rendon G, Slippers B, Santana QC, Steenkamp ET, Taylor PWJ, Vaghefi N, Van der Merwe NA, Veltri D, Wingfield MJ. (2015) IMA Genome-F 4. Draft genome sequences of Chrysoporthe austroafricana, Diplodia scrobiculata, Fusarium nygamai, Leptographium lundbergii, Limonomyces culmigenus, Stagonosporopsis tanaceti, and Thielaviopsis punctulata. IMA Fungus 10.5598/imafungus.2015.06.01.15
Mbenoun M, Wingfield MJ, Letsoalo T, Bihon W, Wingfield BD, Roux J. (2015) Independent origins and incipient speciation among host-associated populations of Thielaviopsis ethacetica in Cameroon. Fungal Biology 10.1016/j.funbio.2015.05.009
Van der Nest MA, Bihon W, De Vos L, Naidoo K, Roodt, D, Rubagotti E, Slippers, B, Steenkamp, E.T., Wilken, P.M., Wilson, A, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD. (2014) Draft genome sequences of Diplodia sapinea, Ceratocystis manginecans, and Ceratocystis moniliformis. IMA Fungus 10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.01.13
Bihon, Wubetu, Wingfield, Michael J., Slippers, Bernard, Duong, Tuan A., Wingfield, Brenda D.. (2014) MAT gene idiomorphs suggest a heterothallic sexual cycle in a predominantly asexual and important pine pathogen. Fungal Genetics and Biology 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.10.013
Bihon W, Slippers B, Burgess T, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD. (2012) Diverse sources of infection and cryptic recombination revealed in South African Diplodia pinea populations. Fungal Biology 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.10.006
Bihon W, Burgess T, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD. (2012) High levels of genetic diversity and cryptic recombination is widespread in introduced Diplodia pinea populations. Australasian Plant Pathology 10.1007/s13313-011-0086-2