Publications
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Aug 2015
New species of Ophiostomatales from Scolytinae and Platypodinae beetles in the Cape Floristic Region, including the discovery of the sexual state of Raffaelea
Musvuugwa T, De Beer ZW, Duong T, Dreyer L et al.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Olea capensis and Rapanea melanophloeos are important canopy trees in South African Afromontane forests. Dying or recently dead...
Aug 2015
Identifying and Naming Plant-Pathogenic Fungi: Past, Present, and Future
Crous PW, Hawksworth DL, Wingfield MJ
Annual Review of Phytopathology
Scientific names are crucial in communicating knowledge about fungi. In plant pathology, they link information regarding the...
Aug 2015
Phylogenetic placement of Itajahya: An unusual Jacaranda fungal associate
Marincowitz S, Coetzee MPA, Wilken PM, Wingfield BD et al.
IMA Fungus
Itajahya is a member of Phallales (Agaricomycetes), which, based on the presence of a calyptra and DNA sequence data for I....
Sep 2015
Multiple Phytophthora species associated with a single riparian ecosystem in South Africa
Nagel JH, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M
Mycologia
The diversity of Phytophthora spp. in rivers and riparian ecosystems has received considerable international attention, although...
Jul 2015
Six novel species of Fusarium from natural ecosystems in Australia
Laurence MH, Walsh JL, Shuttleworth LA, Robinson DM et al.
Fungal Diversity
May 2015
Phytophthora in the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area
Scarlett K, Daniel R, Shuttleworth LA, Roy B et al.
Australasian Plant Pathology
Aug 2015
Complete genome sequence of “Candidatus Liberibacter africanus,” a bacterium associated with Citrus Huanglongbing
Lin H, Pietersen G, Han C, Read DA et al.
Genome Announcements
ABSTRACT We report here the complete genome sequence of “ Candidatus Liberibacter...
Jul 2015
SNP analysis infers that recombination is involved in the evolution of Amitraz resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus
Baron S, Van der Merwe NA, Madder M, Maritz-Olivier C
PLoS ONE
Rhipicephalus microplus, better known as the Asiatic cattle tick, is a largely invasive ectoparasite of great economic importance...
Nov 2016
Molecular and morphological characterization of Dothiorella species associated with dieback of Ostrya carpinifolia in Slovenia and Italy
Pavlic-Zupanc D, Piskur B, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ et al.
Phytopathologia Mediterranea
Isolates that resemble Dothiorella (Botryosphaeriaceae, Ascomycota) species were isolated from dead \ntwigs, asymptomatic and...