Publications

Dec 2002

Effect of environment on the response of Eucalyptus clones to inoculation with Cryphonectria cubensis

Van Heerden SW, Wingfield MJ

Forest Pathology

SummaryThe ascomycete Cryphonectria cubensis causes severe losses in Eucalyptus plantations in South Africa and selection...

Aug 2002

Relative susceptibility of northern and southern provenances of Pinus greggii to infection by Sphaeropsis sapinea

Smith H, Coutinho TA, Wolfaardt FW, Wingfield MJ

Forest Ecology and Management

May 2002

Characterisation of the 'C' morphotype of the pine pathogen Sphaeropsis sapinea

De Wet J, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho T, Wingfield BD

Forest Ecology and Management

Aug 2002

Debaryomyces mycophilus sp. nov., a siderophore-dependent yeast isolated from woodlice

Thanh VN, Van Dyk MS, Wingfield MJ

FEMS Yeast Research

Nov 2002

Biological and physical constraints on maize production in the Humid Forest and Western Highlands of Cameroon

Ngoko Z, Cardwell KF, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ et al.

European Journal of Plant Pathology

The aim was to identify biological and physical factors responsible for reducing maize yield in Cameroon. Two surveys were...

Nov 2002

PCR-RFLP and sequence data delineate three Diaporthe species associated with stone and pome fruit trees in South Africa

Moleleki N, Preisig O, Wingfield MJ, Crous PW et al.

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Diaporthe species include canker pathogens on a wide variety of hosts. In South Africa, Diaporthe canker of apple, pear and plum...

Jun 2002

β-tubulin and histone H3 gene sequences distinguish Cryphonectria cubensis from South Africa, Asia, and South America

Myburg H, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ

Canadian Journal of Botany

Cryphonectria cubensis (Bruner) Hodges is the causal agent of an important stem canker disease of Eucalyptus. Previous...

Sep 2002

Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the tree pathogen and sapstain agent, Ophiostoma ips

Zhou, X. D., Burgess, T., De Beer, Z. W., Wingfield, B. D. et al.

Molecular Ecology Notes

Abstract Twelve pairs of simple sequence repeat markers (SSR) were developed using a single ascospore isolate of Ophiostoma ips,...

2001

A scientific note on the natural merger of two honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera capensis)

Neumann, P, Pirk, CWW, Hepburn, R, Radloff, SE

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