Publications
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Mar 2006
Armillaria species on tea in Kenya identified using isozyme and DNA sequence comparisons
Mwenje E, Wingfield BD, Coetzee MPA, Nemato H et al.
Plant Pathology
The aim of this study was to identify seven Armillaria isolates obtained from diseased...
Jun 2006
Distribution of Chrysoporthe canker pathogens on Eucalyptus and Syzygium spp. in eastern and southern Africa
Nakabonge G, Roux J, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ
Plant Disease
Chrysoporthe cubensis and C. austroafricana, collectively known as Cryphonectria cubensis in the past, are important canker...
Apr 2006
Discovery of the canker pathogen Chrysoporthe austroafricana on native Syzygium spp. in South Africa
Heath RN, Gryzenhout M, Roux J, Wingfield MJ
Plant Disease
Chrysoporthe canker is one of the most important diseases of plantation-grown Eucalyptus spp. in tropical and subtropical regions...
Jun 2006
Mango malformation disease and the associated Fusarium species
Marasas WFO, Ploetz RC, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD et al.
Phytopathology
Mango malformation disease (MMD) occurs in Asia, Africa, and the Americas and was first reported in India in 1891. The vegetative...
Apr 2006
Two new Fusicoccum species from Acacia and Eucalyptus in Venezuela, based on morphology and DNA sequence data
Mohali S, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ
Mycological Research
Botryosphaeria spp. are common endophytes of woody plants, and they also include some serious pathogens of Eucalyptus and Acacia...
Jul 2006
Novel hosts of the Eucalyptus canker pathogen Chrysoporthe cubensis and a new Chrysoporthe species from Colombia
Gryzenhout M, Rodas CA, Mena Portales J, Clegg P et al.
Mycological Research
The pathogen Chrysoporthe cubensis (formerly Cryphonectria cubensis) is best known for the important canker disease that it...
Mar 2006
Clonality in South African isolates and evidence for a European origin of the root pathogen Thielaviopsis basicola
Geldenhuis MM, Roux J, Cilliers AJ, Wingfield BD et al.
Mycological Research
Thielaviopsis basicola is a soil-borne fungal pathogen with a wide host range and a cosmopolitan distribution. It causes disease...
Feb 2006
First record of Colletogloeopsis zuluense comb. nov., causing a stem canker of Eucalyptus in China
Cortinas MN, Burgess T, Dell B, Xu D et al.
Mycological Research
Coniothyrium zuluense causes a serious canker disease of Eucalyptus in various parts of the world. Very little is known regarding...
Feb 2006
Ceratocystis omanensis, a new species from diseased mango trees in Oman
Al-Subhi AM, Al-Adawi AO, Van Wyk M, Deadman ML et al.
Mycological Research
Mango (Mangifera indica) sudden decline is an important disease in Oman, which is closely associated with infections by...