Publications
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May 2011
Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Pterocarpus angolensis (kiaat) in South Africa
Mehl JWM, Slippers B, Roux J, Wingfield MJ
Mycologia
There have been several recent reports of Pterocarpus angolensis (kiaat) trees dying in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe, where...
Nov 2011
Novel species of Celoporthe from Eucalyptus and Syzygium trees in China and Indonesia
Chen S, Gryzenhout M, Roux J, Xie Y et al.
Mycologia
Many species in the Cryphonectriaceae cause diseases of trees, including those in the genera Eucalyptus and Syzygium. During...
Jan 2011
Causes and consequences of variability in peptide mating pheromones of ascomycete fungi
Martin SH, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET
Molecular Biology and Evolution
The reproductive genes of fungi, like those of many other organisms, are thought to diversify rapidly. This phenomenon could be...
Nov 2011
Gene expression associated with vegetative incompatibility in Amylostereum areolatum
van der Nest MA, Steenkamp ET, Slippers B, Mongae A et al.
Fungal Genetics and Biology
In filamentous fungi, vegetative compatibility among individuals of the same species is determined by the genes encoded at the...
Jul 2011
Structure and evolution of the Fusarium mating type locus: New insights from the Gibberella fujikuroi complex
Martin SH, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET
Fungal Genetics and Biology
Mating type genes are central to sexual reproduction and compatibility in Ascomycete fungi. However the "MAT" loci experience...
Aug 2010
Four new Ceratocystis spp. associated with wounds on Eucalyptus, Schizolobium and Terminalia trees in Ecuador
Van Wyk M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ
Fungal Diversity
Aug 2011
Mycosphaerella and Teratosphaeria diseases of Eucalyptus; easily confused and with serious consequences
Hunter GC, Crous PW, Carnegie AJ, Burgess TI et al.
Fungal Diversity
Apr 2011
Mites are the most common vectors of the fungus Gondwanamyces proteae in Protea infructescences
Roets F, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Dreyer LL
Fungal Biology
Entomochoric spore dispersal is well-documented for most ophiostomatoid fungal genera, most of which are associated with bark or...
Mar 2011
A genetically homogenous population of Fusarium circinatum causes pitch canker of Pinus radiata in the Basque Country, Spain
Iturritxa E, Ganley RJ, Wright J, Heppe E et al.
Fungal Biology
Pitch canker, caused by Fusarium circinatum, is a destructive disease of Pinus species and has recently been shown to represent a...