Publications

May 2014

First report of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense causing soft rot and blackleg diseases of potatoes in Kenya

Onkendi EM, Maluleke N, Moleleki LN

Plant Disease

During the 2012/2013 growing season, potato tubers and stems showing rotting tissue and black discoloration, respectively, were...

Nov 2013

Expression of defence-related genes against Phytophthora cinnamomi in five avocado rootstocks

Engelbrecht J, van den Berg N

South African Journal of Science

Avocado (Persea americana) – a major fruit crop worldwide – is threatened by root rot caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi. This...

Aug 2013

Development of a Nested Quantitative Real-Time PCR for Detecting Phytophthora cinnamomi in Persea americana Rootstocks

Engelbrecht J, Duong TA, van den Berg N

Plant Disease

Phytophthora cinnamomi causes Phytophthora root rot (PRR) in avocado (Persea americana), an important disease that causes severe...

Jul 2013

Global forest research, science education and community service positively impacted by a unique Centre of Excellence in Tree Health Biotechnology

Steenkamp ET, Wingfield MJ

Southern Forests

Jan 2013

Diversity and distribution of co-infecting Botryosphaeriaceae from Eucalyptus grandis and Syzygium cordatum in South Africa

Pillay K, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M

South African Journal of Botany

Species in the fungal family Botryosphaeriaceae are latent pathogens on woody trees. These fungi often have a wide host range,...

Mar 2013

Concerted Evolution in the Ribosomal RNA Cistron

Naidoo K, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield MJ et al.

PLoS ONE

<h4>Background</h4>Gene conversion is the mechanism proposed to be responsible for the homogenization of multigene families such...

Jul 2012

Host switching between native and non-native trees in a population of the canker pathogen Chrysoporthe cubensis from Colombia

Van der Merwe NA, Steenkamp ET, Rodas C, Wingfield BD et al.

Plant Pathology

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that Chrysoporthe cubensis on native...

Aug 2012

A serious canker disease caused by Immersiporthe knoxdaviesiana gen. et sp. nov. (Cryphonectriaceae) on native Rapanea melanophloeos in South Africa

Chen SF, Wingfield MJ, Roets F, Roux J

Plant Pathology

Recent disease surveys in the Western Cape province of South Africa have revealed a previously unknown and serious stem canker...

Sep 2013

Dothistroma septosporum identified in Greece on Pinus brutia and Pinus nigra plantations

Tsopelas P, Barnes I, Soulioti N, Wingfield MJ

Plant Disease

Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) is caused by two ascomycete fungi, Dothistroma septosporum with a worldwide distribution and D....