Publications

Apr 2009

The Ascomycota tree of life: A phylum-wide phylogeny clarifies the origin and evolution of fundamental reproductive and ecological traits

Schoch CL, Sung GH, López-Giráldez F, Townsend JP et al.

Systematic Biology

We present a 6-gene, 420-species maximum-likelihood phylogeny of Ascomycota, the largest phylum of Fungi. This analysis is the...

2009

A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes

Schoch CL, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Boehm EWA et al.

Studies in Mycology

We present a comprehensive phylogeny derived from 5 genes, nucSSU, nucLSU rDNA, TEF1, RPB1 and RPB2, for 356 isolates and 41...

Apr 2009

Susceptibility of South African native conifers to the pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum

Porter B, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA

South African Journal of Botany

Sep 2009

Neofusicoccum eucalyptorum, a Eucalyptus pathogen, on native Myrtaceae in Uruguay

Pérez CA, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Altier NA et al.

Plant Pathology

Neofusicoccum eucalyptorum is a canker‐associated fungus apparently highly specialized on...

Jul 2009

Infection and disease development of Quambalaria spp. on Corymbia and Eucalyptus species

Pegg GS, Webb RI, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield MJ et al.

Plant Pathology

Quambalaria spp. are eucalypt leaf and shoot pathogens of growing global importance, yet virtually nothing is...

2009

Mycosphaerella leaf disease (MLD) outbreak on Eucalyptus globulus in Brazil caused by Teratosphaeria (Mycosphaerella) nubilosa

Pérez G, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Finkenauer E et al.

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Jun 2009

Ceratocystis larium sp. nov., a new species from Styrax benzoin wounds associated with incense harvesting in Indonesia

van Wyk M, Wingfield BD, Clegg PA, Wingfield MJ

Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi

Styrax benzoin trees, native to the island Sumatra, Indonesia are wounded to produce resin that is collected and burned as...

Dec 2009

Calonectria (Cylindrocladium) species associated with dying Pinus cuttings

Lombard L, Rodas CA, Crous PW, Wingfield BD et al.

Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi

Calonectria (Ca.) species and their Cylindrocladium (Cy.) anamorphs are well-known pathogens of forest nursery plants in...

Jun 2009

Niche sharing reflects a poorly understood biodiversity phenomenon

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Groenewald JZ

Persoonia: Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Fungi

Eucalyptus spp. are susceptible to a large number of foliar pathogens, some of which can cause serious defoliation and die-back....