Publications
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Oct 2006
Testing of selected South African Pinus hybrids and families for tolerance to the pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum
Roux J, Eisenberg B, Wingfield MJ, Kanzler A et al.
New Forests
Plantations of Pinus spp. constitute approximately 50% of the South African forestry industry. The first aim of this study was to...
Nov 2007
Two new Phytophthora species from South African Eucalyptus plantations
Maseko B, Burgess TI, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ
Mycological Research
A recent study to determine the cause of collar and root rot disease outbreaks of cold tolerant Eucalyptus species in South...
Feb 2007
Polyphyly and two emerging lineages in the rust genera Puccinia and Uromyces
Maier W, Wingfield BD, Mennicken M, Wingfield MJ
Mycological Research
The phylogenetic validity of Puccinia and Uromyces, Pucciniaceae, and closely related genera was evaluated using nucLSU rDNA...
Oct 2007
Phylogenetic reassessment supports accommodation of Phaeophleospora and Colletogloeopsis from eucalypts in Kirramyces
Andjic V, Barber PA, Carnegie AJ, Hardy GSJ et al.
Mycological Research
Species of Phaeophleospora are anamorphs of Mycosphaerella and they include some of the most serious foliar pathogens of...
May 2007
New species of Mycosphaerella from Myrtaceae in plantations and native forests in eastern Australia
Carnegie AJ, Burgess TI, Beilharz V, Wingfield MJ
Mycologia
The majority of Mycosphaerella species from eucalypts (Eucalyptus, Corymbia and Angophora) in Australia have been recorded only...
Feb 2007
Tolerance in banana to Fusarium wilt is associated with early up-regulation of cell wall-strengthening genes in the roots
van den Berg N, Berger DK, Hein I, Birch PRJ et al.
Molecular Plant Pathology
SUMMARY Fusarium wilt, caused by the fungal pathogen Fusarium...
Dec 2006
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Cylindrocladium pauciramosum: Primer note
Wright LP, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ
Molecular Ecology Notes
AbstractTen polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed for Cylindrocladium pauciramosum, a plant pathogen with a wide host...
Nov 2006
High intercontinental migration rates and population admixture in the sapstain fungus Ophiostoma ips
Zhou X, Burgess TI, De Beer ZW, Lieutier F et al.
Molecular Ecology
AbstractOphiostoma ipsis a common fungal associate of various conifer‐infesting bark beetles in their native ranges and has been...
Aug 2007
Complete genetic linkage maps from an interspecific cross between Fusarium circinatum and Fusarium subglutinans
De Vos L, Myburg AA, Wingfield MJ, Desjardins AE et al.
Fungal Genetics and Biology
The Gibberella fujikuroi complex includes many plant pathogens of agricultural crops and trees, all of which have anamorphs...