Publications

Sep 2005

Rostraureum tropicale gen. sp. nov. (Diaporthales) associated with dying Terminalia ivorensis in Ecuador

Gryzenhout M, Myburg H, Wingfield BD, Montenegro F et al.

Mycological Research

Terminalia ivorensis, a tree of central African origin, is planted in several tropical countries for timber and veneer...

Jul 2005

Dematiocladium celtidis gen. sp. nov. (Nectriaceae, Hypocreales), a new genus from Celtis leaf litter in Argentina

Crous PW, Allegrucci N, Arambarri AM, Cazau MC et al.

Mycological Research

A Cylindrocladium-like hyphomycete collected on leaf litter of Celtis tala in Argentina had rDNA sequence data (ITS and LSU) that...

Nov 2005

Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences reveal species partitions amongst isolates of Armillaria from Africa

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ

Mycological Research

The basidiomycete genus Armillaria causes root rot and death to woody plants in boreal, temperate and tropical regions of the...

Dec 2005

Botryosphaeria species from Eucalyptus in Australia are pleoanamorphic, producing Dichomera synanamorphs in culture

Barber PA, Burgess TI, Hardy GESJ, Slippers B et al.

Mycological Research

Species within the genus Botryosphaeria include some of the most widespread and important pathogens of woody plants, and have...

Oct 2005

Ophiostoma dentifundum sp. nov. from oak in Europe, characterized using molecular phylogenetic data and morphology

Aghayeva DN, Wingfield MJ, Kirisits T, Wingfield BD

Mycological Research

Previous phylogenetic studies based on ITS sequence data have shown that Ophiostoma species with Sporothrix anamorphs include...

2005

Phylogenetic and morphological re-evaluation of the Botryosphaeria species causing diseases of Mangifera indica

Slippers B, Johnson GI, Crous PW, Coutinho TA et al.

Mycologia

2005

Classification of the guava wilt fungus Myxosparium psidii, the palm pathogen Gliocladium vermoesenii and the persimmon wilt fungus Acremonium diospyri in Nalanthamala

Schroers HJ, Geldenhuis MM, Wingfield MJ, Schoeman MH et al.

Mycologia

May 2005

Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the fungal tree pathogen Cryphonectria eucalypti

Nakabonge G, Cortinas MN, Roux J, Gryzenhout M et al.

Molecular Ecology Notes

AbstractPolymorphic microsatellite DNA markers were developed from a single spore isolate of Cryphonectria eucalypti collected...

Jun 2005

Simple sequence repeat markers for species in the Fusarium oxysporum complex

Bogale M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET

Molecular Ecology Notes

AbstractWe describe nine simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers developed for studying Fusarium oxysporum. Allelic diversity at the...