Prof Bernard Slippers

About

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I study the molecular ecology and evolution of fungal communities, fungal pathogens and insect pests of plants, especially trees, as well as their symbioses and their natural enemies. I am particularly interested in the anthropogenic impacts on the outcomes of the interactions between these organisms. These interests are explored within a context of both invasive plant pathogens and pests, and native pests or pathogens expanding their host ranges to attack trees of forestry and agricultural importance. My research combines information from systematics, biogeography, phylogenetics, population genetics, (meta-) barcoding, (-)genomics, (-)transcriptomics and chemical ecology.

I work on a variety of systems, but have focused extensively on the Botryosphaeriaceae as models of latent fungal pathogens and endophytes of trees. This work extends to a focus on fungal communities in above-ground parts of trees. From and entomological perspective, I have done extensive work on the Sirex woodwasp and its various symbionts and management. This work extends to the molecular and chemical ecology, as well as the biological control, of various other pests in forestry and agriculture, including in Macadamia and Maize.

My publications can be accessed via the various Research Profiles links on the left, or the reference lists below.

I tweet about research highlights, science development and other things that inspire me @bernardslippers

Highlights

Other Interests

Apart from my direct research interest, I am also passionate about science development and the role of science in broader society. In this regard I have been involved in the global Young Academy movement as a founding member of the (GYA) in 2010 and the (SAYAS) in 2011. I have served in the leadership of both these organizations and is a past co-chair of the GYA.

My Publications

Books (3)

Hurley BP, Lawson S, Slippers B (2025) Biological Control of Insect Pests in Plantation Forests.

Allison JD, Paine TD, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2023) Forest Entomology and Pathology: Volume 1: Entomology.

Slippers B, de Groot P, Wingfield MJ (2012) The Sirex Woodwasp and its Fungal Symbiont: Research and Management of a Worldwide Invasive Pest.

Journal Articles (305)

Postma A, Klynsmith L, Duong TA, Allison JD, Smidt W, Waterhouse RM, Lesny P, Oeyen JP, Petersen M, Martin S, Liu S, Zhou X, Ziesmann T, Donath A, Mayer C, Misof B, Niehuis O, Peters RS, Podsiadlowski L, Coetzee MPA, Joubert F, Slippers B (2026) Genome and transcriptome-based identification and expression profiling of chemosensory gene families across developmental stages and tissues in Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). Insect Molecular Biology. doi: 10.1111/imb.70029

Nethononda PD, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Makhura MN (2026) Smallholder farmers’ knowledge, perception and management of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) on Zea mays at irrigation schemes in Limpopo province, South Africa. Crop Protection. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2025.107457

Coertze S, Coetzee B, Basson E, de Villiers D, Makhura T, Moster D, Slippers B, Rose LJ, Visagie CM, Read D (2025) First Report of Clavibacter nebraskensis Causing Goss’s Bacterial Leaf Blight on Maize (Zea mays) in South Africa. Plant Disease. 109. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-01-25-0164-PDN

van der Merwe E, Slippers B, Dittrich-Schröder G (2025) Exploring artificial diets for the laboratory rearing of Sirex noctilio late-instar larvae: a qualitative study. Zenodo. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15049303

Shaw PL, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Laurent B, Penaud B, Wingfield MJ, Crous PW, Bihon W, Duong TA (2025) Chromosome-level genome assemblies for the latent pine pathogen, Diplodia sapinea, reveal two accessory chromosomes with distinct genomic features and evolutionary dynamics. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaf239

Queffelec J, Allison JD, Slippers B, Greeff JM (2025) Determinants of mating success in a lek-mating species. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. doi: 10.1111/afe.12692

Schröder ML, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Garnas JR (2025) Thermal limitations to the biological control of Gonipterus sp. n. 2 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in South African Eucalyptus plantations. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. doi: 10.1111/afe.70002

Harris MA, Kemler M, Slippers B, Hassel N, Tsamba J, Arthan W, Kellogg EA, AuBuchon-Elder T, Vorontsova MS, Archibald S, Hempson GP, Lehmann CER, Besnard G, Bergerow D, Brachmann A, Solofondranohatra CL, Greve M (2025) Productivity drives leaf mycobiome diversity patterns at global and continetal scales. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34. doi: 10.1111/geb.70094

Esterhuizen HJ, Slippers B, Bosman AS, Roux J, Jones W, Bose T, Hammerbacher A (2025) Early detection of Phytophthora root rot in Eucalyptus using hyperspectral reflectance and machine learning. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 237. doi: 10.1016/j.compag.2025.110761

Nzuza P, Schröder ML, Heim RJ, Daniels L, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Germishuizen I, Sivparsad B, Roux J, Maes WH (2025) Assessing Gonipterus defoliation levels using multispectral unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data in Eucalyptus plantations. Ecological Informatics. 90. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2025.103301

Tanney JB, Kemler M, Vivas M, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2025) Silent invaders: The hidden threat of asymptomatic phytobiomes to forest biosecurity. New Phytologist. doi: 10.1111/nph.70209

Bose T, Vivas M, Slippers B, Roux J, Dovey S, Kemler M, Begerow D, Witfeld F, Brachmann A, Wingfield MJ, Hammerbacher A (2025) Removal of organic biomass in Eucalyptus plantations has a greater impact on fungal than on bacterial networks. Forest Ecology and Management. 586. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2025.122734

Maduke, NA, Slippers, B, van der Linde, E, Wingfield, MJ, Fourie G (2025) Botryosphaeriaceae associated with racemes, fruits and leaves of macadamia in South Africa. Plant Pathology. 0:1–15. doi: 10.1111/ppa.14107

Wychkuys KA, Giron E, Hyman G, Barona E, Castro-Llanos FA, Sheil D, Yu L, Du Z, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Germishuizen I, Bojacá CR, Rubiano M, Sathyapala S, Verchot L, Zhang W (2025) Biological control protects carbon sequestration capacity of plantation forests. Entomologia Generalis. doi: 10.1127/entomologia/2025/3015

Makunde PT, Slippers B, Bush S, Hurley BP (2025) Host specificity and host stage preference of Psyllaephagus species (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) towards invasive eucalypt psyllids (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae). Agricultural and Forest Entomology. doi: 10.1111/afe.12679

Wondafrash M, Wingfield MJ, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Mutitu EK, Jenya H, Paap T (2025) DNA sequence data confirms the presence of two closely related cypress-feeding aphid species on African cypress (Widdringtonia spp.) in South Africa. Southern Forests. 86. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2024.2390863

Möller H, Slippers B, van den Berg N (2025) Branch canker battles: understanding and managing the Botryosphaeriaceae in avocado. Phytoparasitica. 53. doi: 10.1007/s12600-024-01227-6

Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Barnes I, Duong AT, Wingfield BD (2025) The Pine pathogen Diplodia sapinea: Expanding frontiers. Current Forestry Reports. 11. doi: 10.1007/s40725-024-00236-2

Martin G, Canavan K, Chikowore G, Bugan R, De Lange W, du Toit B, Harding G, Heath R, Hill M, Hurley BP, Ivey P, Muir D, Musedeli J, Richardson DM, Slippers B, Stafford L, Turner A, Watson K, van Wilgen BW (2025) Managing wilding pines in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa: Progress and prospects. South African Journal of Botany. 177. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2024.12.011

Oostlander AG, Brodde L, von Bargen M, Slippers B, Becker Y, Brandt U, Klawonn F, Grober C, Well L, Stenlid J, Oliva J, Elfstrand M, Fleißner A (2024) Development of a molecular genetics and cell biology toolbox for the filamentous fungus Diplodia sapinea. PLoS ONE. 19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308794

Ashmore JS, Slippers B, Duong TA, Dittrich-Schröder G (2024) Understanding the genetics of sex determination in insects and its relevance to genetic pest management. Insect Molecular Biology. doi: 10.1111/imb.12982

Makunde PT, Slippers B, Hurley BP (2024) Exploring the diversity of leafrollers (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) associated with eucalypts in South African forestry nurseries and plantations, with a new report of Strepsicrates sp.. Southern Forests. 86. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2024.2394219

Makunde PT, Slippers B, Hurley BP (2024) First report of the giant conifer aphid, Cinara pinivora (Wilson) and the Monterey pine aphid, Essigella californica (Essig) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in South Africa. Southern Forests. 86. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2024.2394218

Nel WJ, Randolph C, Paap T, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Barnes I, Wingfield MJ (2024) Fusarium species associated with Euwallacea xanthopus in South Africa, including two novel species. Mycologia. doi: 10.1080/00275514.2024.2394758

Read DA, Pietersen G, Slippers B, Steenkamp E (2024) Genomic characterization of novel viruses associated with Olea europaea L. in South Africa. Archives of Virology. 169. doi: 10.1007/s00705-024-06132-1

Maduke, NA, Slippers, B, van der Linde, E, Wingfield, MJ, Fourie G (2024) Botryosphaeriaceae species associated with branch dieback and decline of macadamia trees in South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology. doi: 10.1007/s13313-024-00992-6

Visagie CM, Yilmaz N, Allison JD, Barreto RW, Boekhout T, Boers J, Delgado MA, Dewing C, Fitza KNE, Furtado ECA, Gaya E, Hill R, Hobden A, Hu DM, Hülsewig T, Khonsanit A, Luangsa-Ard JJ, Mthembu A, Pereira CM, Price J-L, Pringle A, Qikani N, Sandoval-Denis M, Shumacher RK, Seifert KA, Slippers B, Tennakoon DS, Thanakitpipattana D, vanVuuren N, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW (2024) New and Interesting Fungi. 7.. Fungal Systematics and Evolution. 13. doi: 10.3114/fuse.2024.13.12

Pal E, Allison, JD, Hurley BP, Slippers, B, Fourie G (2024) Lethal and sublethal effects of insecticides on Bathycoelia distincta (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). African Entomology. 32: e16992. doi: 10.17159/2254-8854/2024/a16992

Fitza KNE, Allison J, Slippers B, Chingandu N, Reed SE (2024) Diversity and potential sources of introduction of the Beech leaf nematode (Litylenchus crenatae< mccannii) to Ontario, Canada. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology.

van der Merwe E, Slippers B, Dittrich-Schröder G (2023) Mechanical egg activation and rearing of first instar larvae of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). Insects. 14.

Barten H, Schröder ML, Slippers B, Howe AG, Lawson SA, Hurley BP (2023) Reproductive compatibility of a newly imported Australian population of the biocontrol agent Anaphes nitens with an existing South African population. Biological Control. 187. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105403

Fourie, A, Venter, SN, Slippers, B, Fourie G (2023) Pantoea bathycoeliae sp. nov and a Sodalis sp. are core gut microbiome symbionts of the two-spotted stink bug. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1284397

Makunde PT, Joubert JC, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Hammerbacher A (2023) Leaf surface traits may influence host specificity in psyllids of Eucalyptus, Spondyliaspis cf. plicatuloides (Froggatt) and Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae). Chemoecology. 33. doi: 10.1007/s00049-023-00387-x

Katumanyane A, Slippers B, Wondafrash M, Malan AP, Hurley BP (2023) Natural infection of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with entomopathogenic nematodes in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Journal of Helminthology. 97. doi: 10.1017/S0022149X23000378

Harris MA, Slippers B, Kemler M, Greve M (2023) Opportunities for diversified usage of metabarcoding data for fungal biogeography through increased metadata quality. Fungal Biology Reviews. 46. doi: 10.1016/j.fbr.2023.100329

Bose T, Hammerbacher A, Slippers B, Roux J, Wingfield MJ (2023) Continuous replanting could degrade soil health in short-rotation plantation forestry. Current Forestry Reports. doi: 10.1007/s40725-023-00188-z

Harris MA, Kemler M, Slippers B, Jamison-Daniel S-L, Witfeld F, Botha M, Begerow D, Brachmann A, Greve M (2023) Deterministic processes have limited impacts on foliar fungal endophyte communities along a savanna-forest successional gradient. Fungal Ecology. 64. doi: 10.1016/j.funeco.2023.101249

Katumanyane A, Slippers B, Wondafrash M, Malan AP, Hurley BP (2023) Mechanisms behind differential white grub host susceptibility to entomopathogenic nematodes. Nematology. doi: 10.1163/15685411-bja10253

Pal E, Allison JD, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Fourie G (2023) Life History Traits of the Pentatomidae (Hemiptera) for the Development of Pest Management Tools. Forests. 14. doi: 10.3390/ f14050861

Nel WJ, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Yilmaz N, Hurley BP (2023) Efficacy of commercially available Entomopathogenic agents against the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer in South Africa. Insects. 14. doi: 10.3390/insects14040361

Guignard Q, Johannes Spaethe, Bernard Slippers, Natasa Nikolic, Jeremy D. Allison (2023) Eye morphology and colour preferences in a semi-field test of the pine pest, Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). African Entomology. 31. doi: 10.17159/2254-8854/2023/a13406

Luki-Marie Scheepers, Jeremy D. Allison, Bernard Slippers, Egmont R. Rohwer, Patrick M. Mc Millan, Jan E. Bello (2023) Pine Emperor moths from KwaZulu-Natal use the same pheromone component previously isolated from Nudaurelia cytherea (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) from the Western Cape. African Entomology. 31. doi: 10.17159/2254-8854/2023/a13231

Bose T, Hammerbacher A, Jones W, Roux J, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2023) Hybrid vigor in Eucalyptus increases resistance against Phytophthora root rot. Mycological Progress. 22. doi: 10.1007/s11557-023-01877-6

Katumanyane A, Slippers B, Wondafrash M, Malan AP, Hurley BP (2023) Susceptibility of white grubs from forestry and sugarcane plantations in South Africa to entomopathogenic nematodes. BioControl. doi: 10.1007/s10526-023-10185-7

Eshetu FB, Barnes I, Nahrung FH, Fitza KNE, Meurisse N, Slippers B (2023) Unexpected diversity in historical biological control programs: Population genetics of the nematode Deladenus siricidicola in Australia and New Zealand. Biological Control. 180. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105183

Makunde PT, Slippers B, Bush SJ, Hurley BP (2023) Biology of the invasive shell lerp psyllid, Spondyliaspis cf. plicatuloides (Froggatt) (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae). African Entomology. 31. doi: 10.17159/2254-8854/2023/a13747

Bose T, Vivas M, Slippers B, Roux J, Kemler M, Begerow D, Witfeld F, Brachmann A, Dovey S, Wingfield MJ (2023) Retention of post-harvest residues enhances soil fungal biodiversity in Eucalyptus plantations. Forest Ecology and Management. 532. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120806

Ramabulana E, Kunjeku E, Slippers B, Coetzee MPA (2022) Diversity of endophytes in the Botryosphaeriaceae differs on Anacardiaceae in disturbed and undisturbed ecosystems in South Africa. Forests. 13. doi: 10.3390/f13020341

Guignard, Quentin, Allison, Jeremy D., Slippers, Bernard (2022) The evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits. 22. doi: 10.1186/s12862-022-01960-8

David Read, Bernard Slippers, Emma Steenkamp (2022) Genomic characterization of a novel potyvirus infecting Barleria repens in South Africa. Archives of Virology. doi: 10.1007/s00705-022-05662-w

Pal E, Allison JD, Guignard Q, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Fourie G (2022) Characterisation of the Alarm Pheromone of Bathycoelia Distincta (Pentatomidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology. doi: 10.1007/s10886-022-01388-w

Read DA, Pietersen G, Slippers B, Steenkamp ET (2022) Chrysanthemum virus B and chrysanthemum chlorotic mottle viroid infect chrysanthemum in South Africa. Australasian Plant Disease Notes. doi: 10.1007/s13314-022-00478-8

David A Read, Elrea Strydom, Bernard Slippers, Emma Steenkamp, Gerhard Pietersen (2022) Genomic characterization of soybean blotchy mosaic virus, a cytorhabdovirus from South Africa. Archives of Virology. doi: 10.1007/s00705-022-05526-3

Sonnekus, B, Slippers, B, Hurley, BP, Joubert E, Stiller M, Fourie G (2022) Diversity and Molecular Barcoding of Stink Bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Associated with Macadamia in South Africa. Insects. 13. doi: 10.3390/insects13070601

Pal E, Allison JD, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Fourie G (2022) Genetic diversity of the two-spotted stink bug Bathycoelia distincta (Pentatomidae) associated with macadamia orchards in South Africa. PLoS ONE. 17. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269373

Guignard Q, Slippers B, Jeremy D. A (2022) Chemical and visual ecology of the Symphyta. Agricultural and forest entomology. 24. doi: 10.1111/afe.12510

Messal M, Vivas M, Kemler M, Begerow D, Brachmann A, Witfeld F, Naidoo S, Slippers B (2022) Fungal Communities of Eucalyptus grandis Leaves Are Influenced by the Insect Pest Leptocybe invasa. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.841621

Jami F, Marincowitz S, Durán A, Slippers B, Abad JIM, Chen S, Wingfield MJ (2022) Botryosphaeriaceae diversity on Eucalyptus clones in different climate zones of Indonesia. Forest Pathology. doi: 10.1111/efp.12737

Queffelec J, Postma A, Allison JD, Slippers B (2022) Remnants of horizontal transfers of Wolbachia genes in a Wolbachia‑free woodwasp. BMC Ecology and Evolution. 22. doi: 10.1186/s12862-022-01995-x

Smith AK, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Fourie G (2022) Diversity of Lepidoptera associated with macadamia nut damage in South Africa and development of molecular tools to monitor pest populations. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. doi: 10.1111/afe.12497

Fitza KNE, Garnas JR, Slippers B (2022) Experimental admixture among distinct lineages of Deladenus siricidicola, the biocontrol agent of Sirex noctilio. Biological Control. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104875

Guignard Q, Jeremy D. A, Slippers B (2022) The evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits. BMC ecology and evolution. 22. doi: 10.1186/s12862-022-01960-8

Fourie A, Venter SN, Slippers B, Fourie G (2022) A detection assay to identify alternative food sources of the two-spotted stink bug, Bathycoelia distincta. Journal of Economic Entomology. doi: 10.1093/jee/toab256

Swart Z, Duong T, Wingfield BD, Postma A, Slippers B (2022) The relevance of studying insect–nematode interactions for human disease. Pathogens and Global Health. 116. doi: 10.1080/20477724.2021.1996796

Li G, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Chen S (2021) Variation in Botryosphaeriaceae from Eucalyptus plantations in YunNan Province in southwestern China across a climatic gradient. IMA Fungus. 11. doi: 10.1186/s43008-020-00043-x

Dittrich-Schröder G, Garnas JR, Arriagades-Cares D, Ahumada R, Hurley BP, Lawson SA, Slippers B (2021) Diversity and Introduction History of Glycaspis brimblecombei Reflects a History of Bridgeheads and Distinct Invasions. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. 4. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2021.783603

Vivas M, Mehl JWM, Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Slippers B (2021) Botryosphaeriaceae on Syzygium cordatum across a latitudinal gradient in South Africa. Fungal Biology. 125. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.021.04.006

Schröder ML, Nahrung HF, de Souza NM, Lawson SA, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Hurley BP (2021) Distribution of Gonipterus species and their egg parasitoids in Australia: Implications for biological control. Forests. 12. doi: 10.3390/f12080969

Kemler M, Wingfield MJ, Cowan DA, Slippers B (2021) Foliar fungi of the enigmatic desert plant Welwitschia mirabilis show little adaptation to their unique host plant. South African Journal of Science. 117. doi: 10.17159/sajs.2021/7666

Tola YH, Waweru JW, Ndungu NN, Nkoba K, Slippers B, Paredes JC (2021) Loss and gain of gut bacterial phylotype symbionts in Afrotropical stingless bee species (Apidae: Meliponinae). Microorganisms. 9. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms9122420

Wondafrash M, Slippers B, Asfaw BA, Makowe IA, Jenya H, Bush S, Kayumba I, Nambazimana A, van der Lingen S, Hurley BP (2021) Tracing the distribution of natural enemies of non-native invasive eucalypt insect pests in sub- Saharan Africa. Southern Forests: a Journal of Forest Science. 83. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2021.1960218

Gevers CR, Slippers B, Germishuizen I, Dittrich-Schröder G, Hurley BP (2021) The distribution and diversity of Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) and its gall associates in South Africa. Southern Forests. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2021.1944395

Zhang Y, Zhou Y, Sun W, Zhao L, Pavlic-Zupanc D, Crous PW, Slippers B, Dai Y (2021) Toward a natural classification of Botryosphaeriaceae: A study of the type specimens of Botryosphaeria sensu lato. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.737541

Nagel JH, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2021) Next-generation sequencing provides important insights into the biology and evolution of the Botryosphaeriaceae. Fungal Biology Reviews. 38. doi: 10.1016/j.fbr.2021.09.002

Bouwer MC, Scheepers L, Slippers B, Rohwer ER, Allison JD (2021) The Sex Pheromone of the Pine Brown-Tail Moth, Euproctis terminalis (Lepidoptera: Erebidae). Journal of Chemical Ecology. 47. doi: 10.1007/s10886-021-01301-x

Nagel JH, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2021) Increased abundance of secreted hydrolytic enzymes and secondary metabolite gene clusters define the genomes of latent plant pathogens in the Botryosphaeriaceae. BMC Genomics. 22. doi: 10.1186/s12864-021-07902-w

Guignard Q, Spaethe J, Slippers B, Strube-Bloss M, Allison J (2021) Evidence for UV-green dichromacy in the basal hymenopteran Sirex noctilio (Siricidae). Scientific Reports. 11. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-95107-2

Wondafrash M, Wingfield MJ, Wilson JRU, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Paap T (2021) Botanical gardens as key resources and hazards for biosecurity. Biodiversity and Conservation. doi: 10.1007/s10531-021-02180-0

Pham NQ, Marincowitz S, Solís M, Duong TA, Wingfield BD, Barnes I, Slippers B, Muro Abad JI, Durán A, Wingfield MJ (2021) Eucalyptus scab and shoot malformation: A new and serious foliar disease of Eucalyptus caused by Elsinoe necatrix sp. nov.. Plant Pathology. 70. doi: 10.1111/ppa.13348

Slippers B (2020) The Plant Disease Pyramid: The relevance of the original vision of plant pathology in 2020. South Africa Journal of Science. 116. doi: 10.17159/sajs.2020/9011

Slippers B, Hurley BP, Allison JD (2020) Harnessing the potential of Precision Pest Management in plantation forests. Southern Forests. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2020.1813651

Jactel H, Desprez-Loustau M-L, Battisti A, Brockerhoff E, Santini A, Stenlid J, Björkman C, Branco M, Dehnen-Schmutz K, Douma JC, Drakulic J, Drizou F, Eschen R, Franco JC, Gossner MM, Green S, Kenis M, Klapwijk MJ, Liebhold AM, Orazio C, Prospero S, Robinet C, Schroeder M, Slippers B, Stoev P, Sun J, van den Dool R, Wingfield MJ, Zalucki MP (2020) Pathologists and entomologists must join forces against forest pest and pathogen invasions. Neobiota. 58. doi: 10.3897/neobiota.58.54389

Bouwer MC, MacQuarrie CJK, Aguirre-Gil OJ, Slippers B, Allison JD (2020) Impact of intercept trap type on plume structure: a potential mechanism for differential performance of intercept trap designs for Monochamus species.. Journal of Pest Science. 93. doi: 10.1007/s10340-020-01204-y

Haavik LJ, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Dodds KJ, Scarr T, Turgeon JJ, Allison JD (2020) Influence of the community of associates on Sirex noctilio brood production is contextual. Ecological Entomology. 45. doi: 10.1111/een.12810

Scheepers L, Allison JD, Bouwer MC, Rohwer ER, Slippers B (2020) Pheromones as management tools for non-Scolytinae Curculionidae: development and implementation considerations. Southern Forests. 82. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2020.1858204

Tola YH, Wawera JW, Hurst GDD, Slippers B, Paredes JC (2020) Characterization of the Kenyan Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) gut microbiota: A first look at tropical and Sub-Saharan African bee associated microbiomes. Microorganisms. 8. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms8111721

Guignard, Q, Bouwer, M, Slippers, B, Allison, J (2020) Biology of a putative male aggregation-sex pheromone in Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae). 15. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244943

Bush SJ, Slippers B, Hurley BP (2020) Eucalypt susceptibility towards the invasive Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) in South Africa. Southern Forests. 82. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2020.1824556

Makunde PT, Slippers B, Burckhardt D, de Queiroz DL, Lawson SA, Hurley BP (2020) Current and potential threat of psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) on eucalypts. Southern Forests. 82. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2020.1813650

Krivak-Tetley FE, Lantschner MV, Lombardero MJ, Garnas JR, Hurley BP, Villacide JM, Slippers B, Corley J, Liebhold AM, Ayers MP (2020) Aggressive tree killer or natural thinning agent? Assessing the impacts of a globally important forest insect. Forest Ecology and Management. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.118728

Wingfield MJ, Hurley BP, Wingfield BD, Slippers B (2020) Tree health in South Africa: Retrospect and prospect. South Africa Journal of Science. 116. doi: 10.17159/sajs.2020/8038

Oates, CN, Denby, KJ, Myburg, AA, Slippers B, Naidoo, S (2020) Insect egg‐induced physiological changes and transcriptional reprogramming leading to gall formation. Plant, Cell & Environment. doi: 10.1111/pce.13930

Noeth KP, Verleur PM, Bouwer MC, Crous JW, Roux J, Hurley BP, Slippers B (2020) Mass trapping of Coryphodema tristis (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) using a sex pheromone in Eucalyptus nitens compartments in Mpumalanga, South Africa. Southern Forests. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2020.1813648

Li GQ, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Chen SF (2020) Variation in Botryosphaeriaceae from Eucalyptus plantations in YunNan Province in southwestern China across a climatic gradient. IMA Fungus. 11. doi: 10.1186/s43008-020-00043-x

Gevers CR, Dittrich-Schroder D, Slippers B, Hurley BP (2020) Interactions between hymenopteran species associated with gall-forming wasps: the Leptocybe invasa community as a case study. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. doi: 10.1111/afe.12413

Queffelec J, Allison JD, Greeff JM, Slippers B (2020) Influence of reproductive biology on establishment capacity in introduced Hymenoptera species. Biological Invasions. doi: 10.1007/s10530-020-02375-6

Bush SJ, Slippers B, Dittrich-Schröder G, Hurley BP (2020) Host specificity tests reveals new host of a global biological control agent Psyllaephagus bliteus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). African Entomology. 28. doi: 10.4001/003.028.0238

Dittrich-Schröder G, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ, Nahrung HF, Slippers B (2020) Invasive gall-forming wasps that threaten non-native plantation-grown Eucalyptus: diversity and invasion patterns. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. doi: 10.1111/afe.12402

Mhoswa L, O'Neill M, Makobatjatji MM, Oates CN, Payn KG, Slippers B, Myburg AA, Naidoo S (2020) A Genome-Wide Association Study for resistance to the insect pest Leptocybe invasa in Eucalyptus grandis reveals genomic regions and positional candidate defence genes. Plant & Cell Physiology. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcaa057

Mutitu E, TB Hoareau, Hurley BP, Garnas JR, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2020) Reconstructing early routes of invasion of the bronze bug Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae): cities as bridgeheads for global pest invasions. Biological Invasions. doi: 10.1007/s10530-020-02258-w

Wondafrash M, Slippers B, Nambazimana A, Kayumba I, Nibouche S, van der Lingen S, Asfaw BA, Jenya H, Mutitu EK, Makowe IA, Chungu D, Kiwuso P, Kulimush E, Razafindrakotomamonjy A, Bosu PP, Sookar P, Hurley BP (2020) Distribution and genetic diversity of five invasive pests of Eucalyptus in sub-Saharan Africa. Biological Invasions. 22. doi: 10.1007/s10530-020-02250-4

Vivas M, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2020) Maternal effects should be considered in the establishment of forestry plantations. Forest Ecology and Management. 460. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2020.117909

Nagel J, Cruywagen EM, Machua J, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2020) Highly transferable microsatellite markers for the genera Lasiodiplodia and Neofusicoccum. Fungal Ecology. 44. doi: 10.1016/j.funeco.2019.100903

Schröder ML, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Hurley BP (2020) Invasion history and management of Eucalyptus snout beetles in the Gonipterus scutellatus species complex. Journal of Pest Science. 93. doi: 10.1007/s10340-019-01156-y

Allison JD, Slippers B, Bouwer M, Hurley BP (2019) Simulated leks increase the capture of female Sirex noctilio in the absence of host volatiles. International Journal of Pest Management. doi: 10.1080/09670874.2019.1695074

Fitza KNE, Garnas JR, Lombardero MJ, Ayres MP, Krivak-Tetley FE, Ahumada R, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2019) The global diversity of Deladenus siricidicola in native and non-native populations. Biological Control. 132.

Hurley BP, Fitza KNE, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2019) Sequence data reflect the introduction pathways of the Sirex woodwasp parasitoid, Ibalia leucospoides (Ibaliidae, Hymenoptera). Agricultural and Forest Entomology. doi: 10.1111/afe.12367

Allison JD, Bernard Slippers, Marc Bouwer, Hurley BP (2019) Simulated leks increase the capture of female Sirex noctilio in the absence of host volatiles. International Journal of Pest Management. doi: 10.1080/09670874.2019.1695074

Postma A, Mlonyeni OX, Clasen F, Joubert F, Slippers B (2019) The draft genome of Deladenus siricidicola. Journal of Nematology. 51. doi: 10.21307/jofnem-2019-036

Messal M, Slippers B, Naidoo S, Bezuidt O, Kemler M (2019) Active fungal communities in asymptomatic Eucalyptus grandis stems differ between a susceptible and resistant clone. Microorganisms. 7. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms7100375

Jami F, Marincowitz S, Slippers B, Crous PW, Le Roux JJ, Richardson DM, Wingfield MJ (2019) Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Acacia heterophylla (La Reunion) and Acacia koa (Hawaii). Fungal Biology. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2019.07.001

Abate BA, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Conlong DE, Burger DA, Hurley BP (2019) Virulence and survival of native entomopathogenic nematodes for the management of white grubs in South Africa. Biological Control. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2019.104043

Queffelec J, Wooding AL, Greef JM, Garnas JR, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2019) Mechanisms that influence sex ratio variation in the invasive hymenopteran Sirex noctilio in South Africa. Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.5061/dryad.f3p8j8g

Naidoo S, Slippers B, Plett JM, Coles D, Oates CN (2019) The road to resistance in forest trees. Frontiers in Plant Science. 10. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00273

Wondafrash M, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Garnas J (2019) Local antagonism and resource partitioning between two invasive pine plantation pests. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. doi: 10.1111/afe.12330

Zlatkovic M, Wingfield MJ, Jami F, Slippers B (2019) Genetic uniformity characterizes the invasive spread of Neofusicoccum parvum and Diplodia sapinea in the Western Balkans. Forest Pathology. 49. doi: 10.1111/efp.12491

Fitza KNE, Garnas JR, Lombardero MJ, Ayres MP, Krivak-Tetley FE, Ahumada R, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2019) The global diversity of Deladenus siricidicola in native and non-native populations. Biological Control. 132. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2019.01.014

Kanzaki N, Tanaka SE, Ito M, Tanaka K, Slippers B, Tabata M (2018) Some additional bionomic characters of Deladenus nitobei. Nematology. 20. doi: 10.1163/15685411-00003168

Mlonyeni, X. O., Wingfield, B.D., Greeff, J.M., Hurley, B.P., Wingfield, M.J., Slippers, B. (2018) Population variation in traits of Deladenus siricidicola that could influence the biocontrol of Sirex noctilio in South Africa. International Journal of Pest Management. 64. doi: 10.1080/09670874.2017.1421327

Vivas M, Rolo V, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2018) Maternal environment regulates morphological and physiological traits in Eucalyptus grandis. Forest Ecology and Management. 432. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.10.016

Jami F, , Marincowitz S, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2018) New Botryosphaeriales on native red milkwood (Mimusops caffra). Australasian Plant Pathology. 47. doi: 10.1007/s13313-019-00652-0

Mlonyeni XO, Wingfield MJ, Greeff JM, Wingfield BD, Slippers B (2018) Genetic diversity of Amylostereum areolatum, the fungal symbiont of the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio in South Africa. Forest Pathology. doi: 10.1111/efp.12449

Clasen FJ, Pierneef RE, Slippers B, Reva O (2018) EuGI: a novel resource for studying genomic islands to facilitate horizontal gene transfer detection in eukaryotes. BMC Genomics. 19. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-4724-8

Dittrich-Schröder G, Hoareau TB, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ, Lawson S, Nahrung HF, Slippers B (2018) Population genetic analyses of complex global insect invasions in managed landscapes: a Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera) case study. Biological Invasions. 20. doi: 10.1007/s10530-018-1709-0

Nagel J, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2018) Evolution of the mating types and mating strategies in prominent genera in the Botryosphaeriaceae. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 114. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2018.03.003

Abate BA, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Malan AP, Hurley BP (2018) Diversity of entomopathogenic nematodes and their symbiotic bacteria in South African plantations and indigenous forests. Nematology. 20. doi: 10.1163/15685411-00003144

Zlatkovic M, Wingfield MJ, Jami F, Slippers B (2018) Host specificity of co-infecting Botryosphaeriaceae on ornamental and forest trees in the Western Balkans. Forest Pathology. doi: 10.1111/efp.12410

Bush SJ, Dittrich-Schröder D, Neser S, Gevers C, Baffoe KO, Slippers B, Hurley BP (2018) First record of Quadristichus mendeli, a parasitoid of Leptocybe invasa, in South Africa. Southern Forests. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2017.1318347

Slippers B, Crous PW, Jami F, Groenewald JZ, Wingfield MJ (2017) Diversity in the Botryosphaeriales : Looking back, looking forward. Fungal Biology. 121. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2017.02.002

Zlatkovic M, Keca N, Wingfield MJ, Jami F, Slippers B (2017) New and unexpected host associations for Diplodia sapinea in the Western Balkans.. Forest Pathology. 47. doi: 10.1111/efp.12328

Jami F, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M, Slippers B (2017) Diversity of tree-infecting Botryosphaeriales on native and non-native trees in South Africa and Namibia. Australasian Plant Pathology. 46. doi: 10.1007/s13313-017-0516-x

Bouwer MC, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Allison JD, Rohwer ER (2017) Optimization of Pheromone Traps for Coryphodema tristis (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 110. doi: 10.1093/jee/tox171

Hurley BP, Slippers B, Sathyapala S, Wingfield MJ (2017) Challenges to planted forest health in developing economies. Biological Invasions. 19. doi: 10.1007/s10530-017-1488-z

Wondafrash M, Slippers B, Garnas J, Hurley BP (2017) Parasitoid assemblage associated with a North American pine weevil in South Africa. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. doi: 10.1111/afe.12246

Vivas M, Kemler M, Mphahlele MM, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2017) Maternal effects on phenotype, resistance and the structuring of fungal communities in Eucalyptus grandis. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 140. doi: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.06.002

Crous CJ, Burgess TI, Le Roux JJ, Richardson DM, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2017) Ecological disequilibrium drives insect pest and pathogen accumulation in non-native trees. AoB Plants. 9. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plw081

Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Barnes I (2017) The unified framework for biological invasions: a forest fungal pathogen perspective. Biological Invasions. 19. doi: 10.1007/s10530-017-1450-0

Mehl JWM, Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Slippers B (2017) Invasive everywhere? Phylogeographic analysis of the globally distributed tree pathogen Lasiodiplodia theobromae. Forests. 8. doi: 10.3390/f8050145

Pavlic-Zupanc D, Maleme HM, Piškur B, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2017) Diversity, phylogeny and pathogenicity of Botryosphaeriaceae on non-native Eucalyptus grown in an urban environment: A case study. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening. 26. doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2017.04.009

Crous PW, Slippers B, Groenewald JZ, Wingfield MJ (2017) Botryosphaeriaceae: Systematics, pathology, and genetics. Fungal Biology. 121. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2017.01.003

Human ZR, Slippers B, De Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Venter SN (2017) Antifungal actinomycetes associated with the pine bark beetle, Orthotomicus erosus, in South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 113. doi: 10.17159/sajs.2017/20160215

Abate BA, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Hurley BP (2017) Commercialization of entomopathogenic nematodes: should import regulations be revised?. Biocontrol Science and Technology. 27. doi: 10.1080/09583157.2016.1278200

Marsberg A, Kemler M, Jami F, Nagel JH, Postma-Smidt A, Naidoo S, Wingfield MJ, Crous PW, Spatafora J, Hesse CN, Robbertse B, Slippers B (2017) Botryosphaeria dothidea: A latent pathogen of global importance to woody plant health. Molecular Plant Pathology. 18. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12495

Mehl JWM, Slippers B, Roux J, Wingfield MJ (2017) Overlap of latent pathogens in the Botryosphaeriaceae on a native and agricultural host. Fungal Biology. 121. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.07.015

Cruywagen EM, Slippers B, Roux J, Wingfield MJ (2017) Phylogenetic Species Recognition and hybridisation in Lasiodiplodia: A case study on species from baobabs. Fungal Biology. 121. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2016.07.014

Slippers B (2016) ASSAf and young scientists: Transforming the future of science in South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 112. doi: 10.17159/sajs.2016/a0189

Burgess TI, Crous CJ, Slippers B, Hantula J, Wingfield MJ (2016) Tree invasions and biosecurity: eco-evolutionary dynamics of hitchhiking fungi. AoB Plants. 8. doi: 10.1093/aobpla/plw076

Oates CN, Denby KJ, Myburg AA, Slippers B, Naidoo S (2016) Insect gallers and their plant hosts: From omics data to systems biology. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 17. doi: 10.3390/ijms17111891

Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2016) Global food and fibre security threatened by current inefficiencies in fungal identification. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 371. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0024

Fitza KNE, Tabata M, Kanzaki N, Kimura K, Garnas J, Slippers B (2016) Host specificity and diversity of Amylostereum associated with Japanese siricids. Fungal Ecology. 24. doi: 10.1016/j.funeco.2016.08.005

Kanzaki N, Tanaka SE, Fitza KNE, Kosaka H, Slippers B, Kimura K, Tsuchiya S, Tabata M (2016) Deladenus nitobei n. sp. (Tylenchomorpha: Allantonematidae) isolated from Sirex nitobei (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) from Aomori, Japan, a new member of the siricidicola superspecies. Nematology. 18. doi: 10.1163/15685411-00003025

Bush SJ, Slippers B, Neser S, Harney M, Dittrich-Schröder G, Hurley BP (2016) Six recently recorded Australian insects associated with Eucalyptus in South Africa. African Entomology. 24. doi: 10.4001/003.024.0539

Human ZR, Moon K, Bae M, De Beer ZW, Cha S, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Oh D-C, Venter SN (2016) Antifungal Streptomyces spp. associated with the infructescences of Protea spp. in South Africa. Frontiers in Microbiology. 7. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01657

Zlatković M, Keča N, Wingfield MJ, Jami F, Slippers B (2016) Shot hole disease on Prunus laurocerasus caused by Neofusicoccum parvum in Serbia. Forest Pathology. 46. doi: 10.1111/efp.12300

McTaggart AR, van der Nest MA, Steenkamp ET, Roux J, Slippers B, Shuey LS, Wingfield MJ, Drenth A (2016) Fungal Genomics Challenges the Dogma of Name-Based Biosecurity. PLoS Pathogens. 12. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005475

Wondafrash M, Slippers B, Garnas J, Roux G, Foit J, Langor DW, Hurley BP (2016) Identification and genetic diversity of two invasive Pissodes spp. Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in their introduced range in the southern hemisphere. Biological Invasions. 18. doi: 10.1007/s10530-016-1159-5

Garnas, JR, Auger-Rozenberg, Marie-anne, Roques, Alain, Bertelsmeier, Cleo, Wingfield, Michael J., Saccaggi, Davina L., Roy, Helen E., Slippers, Bernard (2016) Complex patterns of global spread in invasive insects: Eco-evolutionary and management consequences. Biological Invasions. 18. doi: 10.1007/s10530-016-1082-9

Hurley, Brett P., Garnas, Jeff, Wingfield, Michael J., Branco, Manuela, Richardson, David M., Slippers, Bernard (2016) Increasing numbers and intercontinental spread of invasive insects on eucalypts. Biological Invasions. 18. doi: 10.1007/s10530-016-1081-x

Zlatković M, Keca N, Wingfield MJ, Jami F, Slippers B (2016) Botryosphaeriaceae associated with the die-back of ornamental trees in the Western Balkans. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 109. doi: 10.1007/s10482-016-0659-8

Abate BA, Malan AP, Tiedt LR, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Hurley BP (2016) Steinernema fabii n. sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from South Africa. Nematology. 18. doi: 10.1163/15685411-00002956

Slippers B, Alisic E (2015) Leadership training for African scientists. Nature. 519. doi: 10.1038/519414c

Slippers B, Vogel C, Fioramonti L (2015) Opportunities for African research institutions. Chemical Technology. March.

Slippers B, Vogel C, Fioramonti L (2015) Global trends and opportunities for development of African research universities. South African Journal of Science. 111. doi: 10.17159/sajs.2015/a0093

Slippers B, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ (2015) Sirex Woodwasp: A model for evolving management paradigms of invasive forest pests. Annual Review of Entomology. 60. doi: 10.1146/annurev-ento-010814-021118

Rossman AY, Crous PW, Hyde KD, Hawksworth DL, Aptroot A, Bezerra JL, Bhat JD, Boehm E, Braun U, Boonmee S, Camporesi E, Chomnunti P, Dai D-Q, D'Souza MJ, Dissanayake A, Jones EBG, Groenewald JZ, Hernández-Restrepo M, Hongsanan S, Jaklitsch WM, Jayawardena R, Jing LW, Kirk PM, Lawrey JD, Mapook A, McKenzie EHC, Monkai J, Phillips AJL, Phookamsak R, Raja HA, Seifert KA, Senanayake I, Slippers B, et al. (2015) Recommended names for pleomorphic genera in Dothideomycetes. IMA Fungus. 6. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2015.06.02.14

Wingfield MJ, Brockerhoff EG, Wingfield BD, Slippers B (2015) Planted forest health: The need for a global strategy. Science. 349. doi: 10.1126/science.aac6674

Nagel JH, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M (2015) Multiple Phytophthora species associated with a single riparian ecosystem in South Africa. Mycologia. 107. doi: 10.3852/13-380

Pavlic-Zupanc D, Piskur B, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Jurc D (2015) Molecular and morphological characterization of Dothiorella species associated with dieback of Ostrya carpinifolia in Slovenia and Italy. Phytopathologia Mediterranea. 54. doi: 10.14601/Phytopathol_Mediterr-15011

Vivas M, Kemler M, Slippers B (2015) Maternal effects on tree phenotypes: considering the microbiome. Trends in Plant Science. 20. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2015.06.002

Wingfield BD, Ades PK, Al-Naemi FA, Beirn LA, Bihon W, Crouch JA, De Beer ZW, De Vos L, Duong TA, Fields CJ, Fourie G, Kanzi AM, Malapi-Wight M, Pethybridge SJ, Radwan O, Rendon G, Slippers B, Santana QC, Steenkamp ET, Taylor PWJ, Vaghefi N, Van der Merwe NA, Veltri D, Wingfield MJ (2015) IMA Genome-F 4. Draft genome sequences of Chrysoporthe austroafricana, Diplodia scrobiculata, Fusarium nygamai, Leptographium lundbergii, Limonomyces culmigenus, Stagonosporopsis tanaceti, and Thielaviopsis punctulata. IMA Fungus. 6. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2015.06.01.15

Jami F, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Loots MT, Gryzenhout M (2015) Temporal and spatial variation of Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Acacia karroo in South Africa. Fungal Ecology. 15. doi: 10.1016/j.funeco.2015.03.001

Oates CN, Külheim C, Myburg AA, Slippers B, Naidoo S (2015) The transcriptome and terpene profile of Eucalyptus grandis reveals mechanisms of defence against the insect pest, Leptocybe invasa. Plant & Cell Physiology. 56. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcv064

Cruywagen EM, Crous PW, Roux J, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2015) Fungi associated with black mould on baobab trees in southern Africa. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 108. doi: 10.1007/s10482-015-0466-7

Bouwer MC, Slippers B, Degefu D, Wingfield MJ, Lawson S, Rohwer ER (2015) Identification of the Sex Pheromone of the Tree Infesting Cossid Moth Coryphodema tristis (Lepidoptera: Cossidae). PLoS ONE. 10. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0118575

Nadel RL, Wingfield MJ, Scholes MC, Garnas JR, Lawson SA, Slippers B (2015) Population dynamics of Thaumastocoris peregrinus in Eucalyptus plantations of South Africa. Journal of Pest Science. 88. doi: 10.1007/s10340-014-0558-6

Slippers B, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Van der Walt FJJ, Jami F, Mehl JWM, Marais GJ (2014) Confronting the constraints of morphological taxonomy in the Botryosphaeriales. Persoonia. 33. doi: 10.3767/003158514X684780

Pavlic-Zupanc D, Wingfield MJ, Boissin E, Slippers B (2014) The distribution of genetic diversity in the Neofusicoccum parvum/N. ribis complex suggests structure correlated with level of disturbance. Fungal Ecology. 13. doi: 10.1016/j.funeco.2014.09.002

Bouwer MC, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Rohwer ER (2014) Chemical signatures affecting host choice in the Eucalyptus herbivore, Gonipterus sp. (Curculionidae: Coleoptera). Arthropod-Plant Interactions. 8. doi: 10.1007/s11829-014-9327-y

Dittrich-Schroder G, Harney M, Neser S, Joffe T, Bush S, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2014) Biology and host preference of Selitrichodes neseri: A potential biological control agent of the Eucalyptus gall wasp, Leptocybe invasa. Biological Control. 78. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2014.07.004

Van der Nest MA, Bihon W, De Vos L, Naidoo K, Roodt, D, Rubagotti E, Slippers, B, Steenkamp, E.T., Wilken, P.M., Wilson, A, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2014) Draft genome sequences of Diplodia sapinea, Ceratocystis manginecans, and Ceratocystis moniliformis. IMA Fungus. 5. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.01.13

Yek S-H, Slippers B (2014) Biocontrol opportunities to study microevolution in invasive populations. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 29. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2014.05.008

Mehl JWM, Slippers B, Roux J, Wingfield MJ (2014) Botryosphaeriaceae associated with die-back of Schizolobium parahyba trees in South Africa and Ecuador. Forest Pathology. 44. doi: 10.1111/efp.12116

Marsberg A, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M (2014) Endophyte isolations from Syzygium cordatum and a Eucalyptus clone (Myrtaceae) reveal new host and geographical reports for the Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae. Australasian Plant Pathology. 43. doi: 10.1007/s13313-014-0290-y

Perez G, Burgess TI, Slippers B, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2014) Teratosphaeria pseudonubilosa sp nov., a serious Eucalyptus leaf pathogen in the Teratosphaeria nubilosa species complex. Australasian Plant Pathology. 43. doi: 10.1007/s13313-013-0245-8

Jami F, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M (2014) Botryosphaeriaceae species overlap on four unrelated, native South African hosts. Fungal Biology. 118. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.11.007

Bihon, Wubetu, Wingfield, Michael J., Slippers, Bernard, Duong, Tuan A., Wingfield, Brenda D. (2014) MAT gene idiomorphs suggest a heterothallic sexual cycle in a predominantly asexual and important pine pathogen. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 62. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2013.10.013

Slippers B (2013) Young scientists: Public engagement should start early. Nature. 498. doi: 10.1038/498299d

Ahumada R, Rotella A, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2013) Pathogenicity and sporulation of Phytophthora pinifolia on Pinus radiata in Chile. Australasian Plant Pathology. 42. doi: 10.1007/s13313-013-0212-4

Phillips AJL, Alves A, Abdollahzadeh J, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Crous PW (2013) The Botryosphaeriaceae: genera and species known from culture. Studies in Mycology. 76. doi: 10.3114/sim0021

Slippers B, Boissin E, Phillips AJL, Groenewald E, Lombard L, Wingfield MJ, Postma A, Burgess T, Crous PW (2013) Phylogenetic lineages in the Botryosphaeriales: a systematic and evolutionary framework. Studies in Mycology. 76. doi: 10.3114/sim0020

Pillay K, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M (2013) Diversity and distribution of co-infecting Botryosphaeriaceae from Eucalyptus grandis and Syzygium cordatum in South Africa. South African Journal of Botany. 84. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2012.09.003

Wooding AL, Wingfield MJ, Hurley BP, Garnas JR, De Groot P, Slippers B (2013) Lack of fidelity revealed in an insect–fungal mutualism after invasion. Biology letters. 9.

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Guarro J, Cheewangkoon R, van der Bank M, Swart WJ, Stchigel AM, Cano-Lira JF, Roux J, Madrid H, Damm U, Wood AR, Shuttleworth LA, Hodges CS, Munster M, de Jesús Yáñez-Morales M, Zúñiga-Estrada L, Cruywagen EM, de Hoog GS, Silvera C, Najafzadeh J, Davison EM, Davison PJN, Barrett MD, Barrett RL, Manamgoda DS, Minnis AM, Kleczewski NM, Luke Flory S, Castlebury LA, Clay K, Hyde KD, Maússe-Sitoe SND, Chen S, Lechat C, Hairaud M, Lesage-Meessen L, Pawłowska J, Wilk M, Śliwińska-Wyrzychowska A, Mętrak M, Wrzosek M, Pavlic-Zupanc D, Maleme HM, Slippers B, MacCormack WP, Archuvy DI, Grünwald NJ, Teresa Tellería M, Dueñas M, Martín MP, Marincowitz S, de Beer ZW, et al (2013) Fungal Planet description sheets: 154–213. Persoonia. 31. doi: 10.3767/003158513X675925

van der Nest MA, Steenkamp ET, Wilken MP, Stenlid J, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Slippers B (2013) Mutualism and asexual reproduction influence recognition genes in a fungal symbiont. Fungal Biology. 117. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.05.001

Kemler M, Garnas JR, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M, Pillay KA, Slippers B (2013) Ion Torrent PGM as tool for fungal community analysis: A case study of endophytes in Eucalyptus grandis reveals high taxonomic diversity. PLoS ONE. 8. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081718

Jami F, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M (2013) Botryosphaeriaceae diversity greater in healthy than associated diseased Acacia karroo tree tissue. Australasian Plant Pathology. 42. doi: 10.1007/s13313-013-0209-z

Mutitu EK, Garnas JR, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ, Harney M, Bush SJ, Slippers B (2013) Biology and rearing of Cleruchoides noackae (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid for the biological control of Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae). Journal of Economic Entomology. 106. doi: 10.1603/EC13135

Nagel JH, Gryzenhout M, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Hardy GE, Stukely MJC, Burgess TI (2013) Characterization of Phytophthora hybrids from ITS clade 6 associated with riparian ecosystems in South Africa and Australia. Fungal Biology. 117. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2013.03.004

Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Garnas J, Myburg AA, Wingfield BD (2013) Established and new technologies reduce increasing pest and pathogen threats to Eucalypt plantations. Forest Ecology and Management. 301. doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.09.002

Degefu DT, Hurley BP, Garnas JR, Wingfield MJ, Ahumada R, Slippers B (2013) Parallel host range expansion in two unrelated cossid moths infesting Eucalyptus nitens on two continents. Ecological Entomology. 38. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2012.01396.x

Wooding AL, Wingfield MJ, Hurley BP, Garnas JR, De Groot P, Slippers B (2013) Lack of fidelity revealed in an insect-fungal mutualism after invasion. Biology Letters. 9. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.0609

Slippers B (2012) Young scientists reflect on how to effect real change for Rio+4. South African Journal of Science. 6/7. doi: 10.4102/sajs.v108i7/8.1340

Slippers B (2012) Small science: view from developing nations. Science. 338. doi: 10.1126/science.338.6109.882-b

Ahumada R, Rotella A, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2012) Potential of Phytophthora pinifolia to spread via sawn green lumber: A preliminary investigation. Southern Forests. 74. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2012.717381

Pérez G, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Carnegie AJ, Burgess TI (2012) Cryptic species, native populations and biological invasions by a eucalypt forest pathogen. Molecular Ecology. 21. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05714.x

Begoude Boyogueno AD, Slippers B, Perez G, Wingfield MJ, Roux J (2012) High gene flow and outcrossing within populations of two cryptic fungal pathogens on a native and non-native host in Cameroon. Fungal Biology. 116. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.12.001

Leal I, Foord B, Davis C, de Groot P, Mlonyeni XO, Slippers B (2012) Distinguishing isolates of Deladenus siricidicola, a biological control agent of Sirex noctilio, from North America and the Southern Hemisphere using PCR-RFLP. Canadian Journal of Forest Research-Revue Canadienne De Recherche Forestiere. 42. doi: 10.1139/X2012-058

Dittrich-Schroder G, Wingfield MJ, Klein H, Slippers B (2012) DNA extraction techniques for DNA barcoding of minute gall-inhabiting wasps. Molecular Ecology Resources. 12.

Jami F, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M (2012) Five new species of the Botryosphaeriaceae from Acacia karroo in South Africa. Cryptogamie Mycologie. 33. doi: 10.7872/crym.v33.iss3.2012.245

Dittrich-Schröder G, Wingfield MJ, Klein H, Slippers B (2012) DNA extraction techniques for DNA barcoding of minute gall-inhabiting wasps. Molecular Ecology Resources. 12. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03074.x

Boissin E, Hurley B, Wingfield MJ, Vasaitis R, Stenlid J, Davis C, De Groot P, Ahumada R, Carnegie A, Goldarazena A, Klasmer P, Wermelinger B, Slippers B (2012) Retracing the routes of introduction of invasive species: The case of the Sirex noctilio woodwasp. Molecular Ecology. 21. doi: 10.1111/mec.12065

Garnas JR, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2012) Biological control of forest plantation pests in an interconnected world requires greater international focus. International Journal of Pest Management. 58. doi: 10.1080/09670874.2012.698764

Bihon W, Slippers B, Burgess T, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2012) Diverse sources of infection and cryptic recombination revealed in South African Diplodia pinea populations. Fungal Biology. 116. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2011.10.006

Hurley BP, Hatting HJ, Wingfield MJ, Klepzig KD, Slippers B (2012) The influence of Amylostereum areolatum diversity and competitive interactions on the fitness of the Sirex parasitic nematode Deladenus siricidicola. Biological Control. 61. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2012.02.006

Nadel RL, Wingfield MJ, Scholes MC, Lawson SA, Noack AE, Neser S, Slippers B (2012) Mitochondrial DNA diversity of Cleruchoides noackae (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae): A potential biological control agent for Thaumastocoris peregrinus (Hemiptera: Thaumastocoridae). BioControl. 57. doi: 10.1007/s10526-011-9409-z

Bihon W, Burgess T, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2012) High levels of genetic diversity and cryptic recombination is widespread in introduced Diplodia pinea populations. Australasian Plant Pathology. 41. doi: 10.1007/s13313-011-0086-2

Nadel RL, Wingfield MJ, Scholes MC, Lawson SA, Slippers B (2012) The potential for monitoring and control of insect pests in Southern Hemisphere forestry plantations using semiochemicals. Annals of Forest Science. 69. doi: 10.1007/s13595-012-0200-9

Hurley BP, Slippers J, Wingfield MJ, Dyer C, Slippers B (2012) Perception and knowledge of the Sirex woodwasp and other forest pests in South Africa. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 14. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2012.00570.x

Dittrich-Schröder G, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B (2012) Diversity in Eucalyptus susceptibility to the gall-forming wasp Leptocybe invasa. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 14. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2012.00583.x

Wingfield BD, Steenkamp ET, Santana QC, Coetzee MPA, Bam S, Barnes I, Beukes CW, Chane W-Y, de Vos L, Fourie G, Friend M, Gordon TR, Herron DA, Holt C, Korf I, Kvas M, Martin SH, Mlonyeni XO, Naidoo K, Phasha MM, Postma A, Reva O, Roos H, Simpson M, Slinski S, Slippers B, Sutherland R, van der Merwe NA, van der Nest MA, Venter SNV, Wilken PM, Yandell M, Zipfel R, Wingfield MJ (2012) First fungal genome sequence from Africa: a preliminary analysis. South African Journal of Science. 108. doi: 10.4102/sajs.v108i1/2.537

Wingfield, Michael J., De Beer, Z. Wilhelm, Slippers, Bernard, Wingfield, Brenda D., Groenewald, Johannes Z., Lombard, Lorenzo, Crous, Pedro W. (2012) One fungus, one name promotes progressive plant pathology. Molecular Plant Pathology. 13. doi: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00768.x

Slippers B, Majozi T, Nelwamondo FV, Steenkamp CM, Van Heerden E, Wright CY (2011) Internet access constrains science development and training at South African universities. South African Journal of Science. 107. doi: 10.4102/sajs. v107i9/10.685

Bergeron MJ, Leal I, Foord B, Ross G, Davis C, Slippers B, de Groot P, Hamelin RC (2011) Putative origin of clonal lineages of Amylostereum areolatum, the fungal symbiont associated with Sirex noctilio, retrieved from Pinus sylvestris, in eastern Canada. Fungal Biology. 115.

Begoude BAD, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Roux J (2011) The pathogenic potential of endophytic Botryosphaeriaceous fungi on Terminalia species in Cameroon. Forest Pathology. 41. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2010.00671.x

Iturritxa E, Slippers B, Mesanza N, Wingfield MJ (2011) First report of Neofusicoccum parvum causing canker and die-back of Eucalyptus in Spain. Australasian Plant Disease Notes. 6. doi: 10.1007/s13314-011-0019-5

Six DL, Poulsen M, Hansen AK, Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Eggleton P, Slippers B, Paine TD (2011) Anthropogenic effects on interaction outcomes: Examples from insect-microbial symbioses in forest and savanna ecosystems. Symbiosis. 53. doi: 10.1007/s13199-011-0119-1

Chen SF, Pavlic D, Roux J, Slippers B, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD (2011) Characterization of Botryosphaeriaceae from plantation-grown Eucalyptus species in South China. Plant Pathology. 60. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2011.02431.x

Mehl JWM, Slippers B, Roux J, Wingfield MJ (2011) Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Pterocarpus angolensis (kiaat) in South Africa. Mycologia. 103. doi: 10.3852/10-003

van der Nest MA, Steenkamp ET, Slippers B, Mongae A, van Zyl K, Stenlid J, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2011) Gene expression associated with vegetative incompatibility in Amylostereum areolatum. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 48. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2011.08.001

Heath RN, Roux J, Slippers B, Drenth A, Pennycook SR, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2011) Occurrence and pathogenicity of Neofusicoccum parvum and N. mangiferae on ornamental Tibouchina species. Forest Pathology. 41. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2009.00635.x

Bihon W, Slippers B, Burgess T, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2011) Diplodia scrobiculata found in the southern hemisphere. Forest Pathology. 41. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2010.00649.x

Bihon W, Slippers B, Burgess T, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2011) Sources of Diplodia pinea endophytic infections in Pinus patula and P. radiata seedlings in South Africa. Forest Pathology. 41. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2010.00691.x

Piškur B, Pavlic D, Slippers B, Ogris N, Maresi G, Wingfield MJ, Jurc D (2011) Diversity and pathogenicity of Botryosphaeriaceae on declining Ostrya carpinifolia in Slovenia and Italy following extreme weather conditions. European Journal of Forest Research. 130. doi: 10.1007/s10342-010-0424-x

Mlonyeni XO, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Ahumada R, Klasmer P, Leal I, De Groot P, Slippers B (2011) Extreme homozygosity in Southern Hemisphere populations of Deladenus siricidicola, a biological control agent of Sirex noctilio. Biological Control. 59. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2011.09.009

Bihon W, Burgess T, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2011) Distribution of Diplodia pinea and its genotypic diversity within asymptomatic Pinus patula trees. Australasian Plant Pathology. 40. doi: 10.1007/s13313-011-0060-z

Hawksworth, D. L., Crous, P.W., Redhead, S. A., Reynolds, Don R., Samson, R.A., Seifert, K.A., Taylor, J.W., Wingfield, M.J., Abaci, Ozlem, Aime, Catherine, Asan, Ahmet, Bai, Feng-Yan, De Beer, Z.W., Begerow, D., Berikten, Derya, Boekhout, Teun, Buchanan, Peter K., Burgess, T., Buzina, W., Cai, Lei, Cannon, P.F., Crane, J. L., Damm, U., Daniel, H.-M., Van Diepeningen, A.D., Druzhinina, Irina, Dyer, P.S., Eberhardt, U., Fell, J. W., Frisvad, J.C., Geiser, David M., Geml, J., Glienke, C., Gräfenhan, T., Groenewald, J.Z., Groenewald, M., De Gruyter, J., Guého-Kellermann, E. , Guo, L.-D., Hibbett, David S., Hong, Seung-Beom, De Hoog, G. S., Houbraken, J., Huhndorf, S.M., Hyde, K. D., Ismail, A., Johnston, Peter R., Kadaifciler, D.G., Kirk, P. M., Kõljalg, U., Kurtzman, Cletus P., Lagneau, P.E., Lévesque, C.A., Liu, Xingzhong, Lombard, L., Meyer, W., Miller, Andrew N., Minter, D.W., Najafzadeh, N.J., Norvell, L., Ozerskaya, S.M., Öziç, R., Pennycook, S.R., Peterson, S.W., Pettersson, O.V., Quaedvlieg, W., Robert, V.A., Ruibal, C., Schnürer, J., Schroers, H. J., Shivas, R., Slippers, B., et al (2011) The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature. IMA Fungus. 2. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2011.02.01.14

Tsopelas P, Slippers B, Gonou-Zagou Z, Wingfield MJ (2010) First report of Diplodia corticola in Greece on kermes oak (Quercus coccifera). Plant Pathology. 59.

Begoude BAD, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Roux J (2010) Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Terminalia catappa in Cameroon, South Africa and Madagascar. Mycological Progress. 9. doi: 10.1007/s11557-009-0622-4

Pérez G, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Hunter GC, Wingfield MJ (2010) Micro- and macrospatial scale analyses illustrates mixed mating strategies and extensive geneflow in populations of an invasive haploid pathogen. Molecular Ecology. 19. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04584.x

Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2010) Emerging cryptic diseases of forest trees. Journal of Plant Pathology. 92.

Durán A, Gryzenhout M, Drenth A, Slippers B, Ahumada R, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2010) AFLP analysis reveals a clonal population of Phytophthora pinifolia in Chile. Fungal Biology. 114. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.06.008

Nadel RL, Slippers B, Scholes MC, Lawson SA, Noack AE, Wilcken CF, Bouvet JP, Wingfield MJ (2010) DNA bar-coding reveals source and patterns of Thaumastocoris peregrinus invasions in South Africa and South America. Biological Invasions. 12. doi: 10.1007/s10530-009-9524-2

Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Wingfield BD (2010) Novel associations between pathogens, insects and tree species threaten world forests. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science. 40.

Pérez CA, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Altier NA, Blanchette RA (2010) Endophytic and canker-associated Botryosphaeriaceae occurring on non-native Eucalyptus and native Myrtaceae trees in Uruguay. Fungal Diversity. 41. doi: 10.1007/s13225-009-0014-8

Hurley BP, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Govender P, Smith JE, Wingfield MJ (2010) Genetic diversity of Bradysia difformis (Sciaridae: Diptera) populations reflects movement of an invasive insect between forestry nurseries. Biological Invasions. 12. doi: 10.1007/s10530-009-9509-1

Slippers B , Burgess T, Pavlic D, Ahumada R, Maleme H, Mohali S, Rodas C.A, Wingfield M.J (2009) A diverse assemblage of Botryosphaeriaceae infect Eucalyptus in native and non-native environments. Southern Forests. 71. doi: 10.2989/SF.2009.71.2.3.818

Bergeron MJ, Leal I, Foord B, Ross G, Davis C, Slippers B, de Groot P, Hamelin RC (2009) Multilocus genotyping of Amylostereum areolatum, the fungal symbiont of Sirex noctilio on Pinus spp.. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology-Revue Canadienne De Phytopathologie. 31.

Slippers B, Burgess TI, Pavlic D, Ahumada R, Maleme H, Mohali S, Rodas C, Wingfield MJ (2009) A diverse assemblage of Botryosphaeriaceae infect Eucalyptus in native and non-native environments. Southern Forests. 71.

Aanen DK, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2009) Biological pest control in beetle agriculture. Trends in Microbiology. 17. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2009.02.006

Pérez G, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Finkenauer E, Wingfield MJ (2009) Mycosphaerella leaf disease (MLD) outbreak on Eucalyptus globulus in Brazil caused by Teratosphaeria (Mycosphaerella) nubilosa. Phytopathologia Mediterranea. 48.

De Wet J, Slippers B, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Tsopelas P, Wingfield MJ (2009) Molecular and morphological characterization of Dothiorella casuarini sp. nov. and other Botryosphaeriaceae with Diplodia-like conidia. Mycologia. 101. doi: 10.3852/07-180

Rodas CA, Slippers B, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ (2009) Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Eucalyptus canker diseases in Colombia. Forest Pathology. 39. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2008.00569.x

Durán A, Slippers B, Gryzenhout M, Ahumada R, Drenth A, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2009) DNA-based method for rapid identification of the pine pathogen, Phytophthora pinifolia: Research letter. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 298. doi: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01700.x

Pérez G, Hunter GC, Slippers B, Pérez C, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2009) Teratosphaeria (Mycosphaerella) nubilosa, the causal agent of Mycosphaerella leaf disease (MLD), recently introduced into Uruguay. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 125. doi: 10.1007/s10658-009-9463-x

Mohali SR, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2009) Pathogenicity of seven species of the Botryosphaeriaceae on Eucalyptus clones in Venezuela. Australasian Plant Pathology. 38. doi: 10.1071/AP08085

Rodas C.A, Sleppers B, Gryzenhout M., Wingfield M.J (2009) Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Eucalyptus canker diseases in Colombia. Forest Pathology. 39. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0329.2008.00569.x

van der Nest MA, Slippers B, Steenkamp ET, De Vos L, van Zyl K, Stenlid J, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2009) Genetic linkage map for Amylostereum areolatum reveals an association between vegetative growth and sexual and self recognition. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 46.

Schoch CL, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Boehm EWA, Burgess TI, de Gruyter J, de Hoog GS, Dixon LJ, Grube M, Gueidan C, Harada Y, Hatakeyama S, Hirayama K, Hosoya T, Huhndorf SM, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Kohlmeyer J, Kruys Å, Li YM, Lücking R, Lumbsch HT, Marvanová L, Mbatchou JS, McVay AH, Miller AN, Mugambi GK, Muggia L, Nelsen MP, Nelson P, Owensby CA, Phillips AJL, Phongpaichit S, Pointing SB, Pujade-Renaud V, Raja HA, Plata ER, Robbertse B, Ruibal C, Sakayaroj J, Sano T, Selbmann L, Shearer CA, Shirouzu T, Slippers B, Suetrong S, Tanaka K, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B, Wingfield MJ, Wood AR, Woudenberg JHC, Yonezawa H, Zhang Y, Spatafora JW (2009) A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes. Studies in Mycology. 64. doi: 10.3114/sim.2009.64.01

Pérez CA, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Altier NA, Blanchette RA (2009) Neofusicoccum eucalyptorum, a Eucalyptus pathogen, on native Myrtaceae in Uruguay. Plant Pathology. 58. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2009.02116.x

Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2009) Molecular and phenotypic characterization of three phylogenetic species discovered within the Neofusicoccum parvum/N. ribis complex. Mycologia. 101. doi: 10.3852/08-193

Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2009) Multiple gene genealogies and phenotypic data reveal cryptic species of the Botryosphaeriaceae: A case study on the Neofusicoccum parvum/N. ribis complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.017

van der Nest MA, Slippers B, Steenkamp ET, De Vos L, Van Zyl K, Stenlid J, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2009) Genetic linkage map for Amylostereum areolatum reveals an association between vegetative growth and sexual and self-recognition. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 46. doi: 10.1016/j.fgb.2009.06.002

Visser, A. A., Ros, V. I. D., De Beer, Z.W., Debets, A. J. M., Hartog, E., Kuyper, T. W., Læssøe, T., Slippers, B., Aanen, D.K. (2009) Levels of specificity of Xylaria species associated with fungus-growing termites: a phylogenetic approach. Molecular Ecology. 18. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04036.x

Durán A, Gryzenhout M, Slippers B, Ahumada R, Rotella A, Flores F, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2008) Phytophthora pinifolia sp. nov. associated with a serious needle disease of Pinus radiata in Chile. Plant Pathology. 57. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2008.01893.x

De Wet J, Slippers B, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2008) Phylogeny of the Botryosphaeriaceae reveals patterns of host association. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 46. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.08.016

Pérez CA, Altier N, Simeto S, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Blanchette RA (2008) Botryosphaeriaceae from Eucalyptus and native Myrtaceae in Uruguay. Agrociencia. 12.

Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Roux J (2008) Eucalypt pests and diseases: Growing threats to plantation productivity. Southern Forests. 70. doi: 10.2989/SOUTH.FOR.2008.70.2.9.537

Pavlic D, Wingfield MJ, Barber P, Slippers B, Hardy GESJ, Burgess TI (2008) Seven new species of the Botryosphaeriaceae from baobab and other native trees in Western Australia. Mycologia. 100. doi: 10.3852/08-020

van der Nest MA, Slippers B, Stenlid J, Wilken PM, Vasaitis R, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2008) Characterization of the systems governing sexual and self-recognition in the white rot homobasidiomycete Amylostereum areolatum. Current Genetics. 53. doi: 10.1007/s00294-008-0188-8

Hurley BP, Slippers B, Croft PK, Hatting HJ, van der Linde M, Morris AR, Dyer C, Wingfield MJ (2008) Factors influencing parasitism of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) by the nematode Deladenus siricidicola (Nematoda: Neotylenchidae) in summer rainfall areas of South Africa. Biological Control. 45. doi: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2008.02.010

Slippers B, Smit WA, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2007) Taxonomy, phylogeny and identification of Botryosphaeriaceae associated with pome and stone fruit trees in South Africa and other regions of the world. Plant Pathology. 56. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2006.01486.x

Mohali SR, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2007) Identification of Botryosphaeriaceae from Eucalyptus, Acacia and Pinus in Venezuela. Fungal Diversity. 25.

Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2007) Botryosphaeriaceae as endophytes and latent pathogens of woody plants: diversity, ecology and impact. Fungal Biology Reviews. 21. doi: 10.1016/j.fbr.2007.06.002

Hurley BP, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Govender P, Wingfield MJ (2007) Molecular detection of fungi carried by Bradysia difformis (Sciaridae: Diptera) in South African forestry nurseries. Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal. 69. doi: 10.2989/SHFJ.2007.69.2.5.291

Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2007) Botryosphaeriaceae occurring on native Syzygium cordatum in South Africa and their potential threat to Eucalyptus. Plant Pathology. 56. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01608.x

Hurley BP, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2007) A comparison of control results for the alien invasive woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, in the southern hemisphere. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. 9. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-9563.2007.00340.x

Aanen D, Ros V, de Fine Licht H, Mitchell J, de Beer ZW, Slippers B, Rouland-LeFevre C, Boomsma J (2007) Patterns of interaction specificity of fungus-growing termites and Termitomyces symbionts in South Africa. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 7. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-7-115

Slippers B, Vasiliauskas R, Hurley BP, Stenlid J, Wingfield MJ (2006) A collaborative project to better understand Siricid-Fungal symbioses. Proceedings of SNS Meeting.

Mohali S, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2006) Two new Fusicoccum species from Acacia and Eucalyptus in Venezuela, based on morphology and DNA sequence data. Mycological Research. 110. doi: 10.1016/j.mycres.2006.01.006

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Rong IH, Samson RA (2006) 100 Years of fungal biodiversity in southern Africa: Preface. Studies in Mycology. 55.

Crous PW, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Rheeder J, Marasas WFO, Philips AJL, Alves A, Burgess T, Barber P, Groenewald JZ (2006) Phylogenetic lineages in the Botryosphaeriaceae. Studies in Mycology. 55. doi: 10.3114/sim.55.1.235

Crous, P. W., Rong, I. H., Wood, A., Lee, S., Glen, H., Botha, W., Slippers, B., de Beer, Z. W., Wingfield, M. J., Hawksworth, D. L. (2006) How many species of fungi are there at the tip of Africa?. Studies in Mycology. 55. doi: 10.3114/sim.55.1.13

Slippers B, Stenlid J, Wingfield MJ (2005) Emerging pathogens: Fungal host jumps following anthropogenic introduction. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 20. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2005.05.002

Slippers B, Johnson GI, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2005) Phylogenetic and morphological re-evaluation of the Botryosphaeria species causing diseases of Mangifera indica. Mycologia. 97.

Slippers B, Summerell BA, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2005) Preliminary studies on Botryosphaeria species from Southern Hemisphere conifers in Australasia and South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology. 34. doi: 10.1071/AP05020

Rodas CA, Lombard L, Gryzenhout M, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2005) Cylindrocladium blight of Eucalyptus grandis in Colombia. Australasian Plant Pathology. 34. doi: 10.1071/AP05012

Rodas C.A, Lombard L, Gryzenhout M., Slippers B , Wingfield M.J (2005) Cylindrocladium blight of Eucalyptus grandis in Colombia. Australasian Plant Pathology. 34. doi: 10.1071/AP05012

Barber PA, Burgess TI, Hardy GESJ, Slippers B, Keane PJ, Wingfield MJ (2005) Botryosphaeria species from Eucalyptus in Australia are pleoanamorphic, producing Dichomera synanamorphs in culture. Mycological Research. 109. doi: 10.1017/S0953756205003989

Slippers B, Fourie G, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield MJ (2004) Speciation and distribution of Botryosphaeria spp. on native and introduced Eucalyptus trees in Australia and South Africa. Studies in Mycology. 50.

Slippers B, Fourie G, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2004) Multiple gene sequences delimit Botryosphaeria australis sp. nov. from B. lutea. Mycologia. 96.

Slippers B, Crous PW, Denman S, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2004) Combined multiple gene genealogies and phenotypic characters differentiate several species previously identified as Botryosphaeria dothidea. Mycologia. 96.

Slippers B, Burgess T, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2004) Development of simple sequence repeat markers for Botryosphaeria spp. with Fusicoccum anamorphs. Molecular Ecology Notes. 4. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00780.x

Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ (2004) Lasiodiplodia gonubiensis sp. nov., a new Botryosphaeria anamorph from native Syzygium cordatum in South Africa. Studies in Mycology. 50.

Gezahgne A, Roux J, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2004) Identification of the causal agent of Botryosphaeria stem canker in Ethiopian Eucalyptus plantations. South African Journal of Botany. 70.

Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2003) A review of the genus Amylostereum and its association with woodwasps. South African Journal of Science. 99.

De Wet J, Burgess T, Slippers B, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2003) Multiple gene genealogies and microsatellite markers reflect relationships between morphotypes of Sphaeropsis sapinea and distinguish a new species of Diplodia. Mycological Research. 107. doi: 10.1017/S0953756203007706

Denman S, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2003) Circumscription of Botryosphaeria species associated with Proteaceae based on morphology and DNA sequence data. Mycologia. 95.

Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2002) DNA sequence and RFLP data reflect geographical spread and relationships of Amylostereum areolatum and its insect vectors. Molecular Ecology. 11. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01572.x

Hunter GC, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Yamada T (2001) A study of symbiotic white rot fungi of Sirex and Urocerus from the southern hemisphere and Japan. South African Journal of Science. 97.

Meyer L, Slippers B, Korsten L, Kotzé JM, Wingfield MJ (2001) Two distinct Guignardia species associated with citrus in South Africa. South African Journal of Science. 97.

Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD (2001) Population structure and possible origin of Amylostereum areolatum in South Africa. Plant Pathology. 50. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2001.00552.x

Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Roux J, Wingfield BD (2001) Worldwide movement of exotic forest fungi, especially in the tropics and the southern Hemisphere. BioScience. 51.

Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Zhou XD, De Beer ZW, Govender P, Wingfield BD (2001) Global spread of insect-associated fungi on exotic plantation pines. IUFRO World Series. 11.

Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA (2000) Relationships among Amylostereum species associated with siricid woodwasps inferred from mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences. Mycologia. 92.

Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Tribe G (1996) The Amylostereum symbiont of Sirex noctilio in South Africa. Phytopathology. 86.

News and Views Articles (12)

Slippers B, Kleinsmith L, Nieuwenhuis R (2023) National surveillance efforts bridge knowledge gaps. SA Grain Magazine.

Pal E, Hurley, BP, Allison, J, Slippers, B, Fourie G (2022) Potential management tactics hidden in the life cycle of stink bugs. SAMAC Journal.

Maduke, A, Slippers, B, van der Linde, E, Wingfield, MJ, Fourie G (2022) Botryosphaeriaceae on Macadamia leaves, nuts and racemes and their association with disease. SAMAC Journal.

Maduke A, Slippers B, Van der Linde E, Wingfield MJ, Fourie G (2021) Macadamia branch dieback and decline in South Africa. SAMAC Journal.

Smith AK, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Fourie G (2021) Nut borers in South African macadamia orchards: the main culprit and research towards improving control. SAMAC Journal.

Fourie, A, Venter, NA, Slippers B, Fourie, G (2021) It takes "guts" to understand stink bugs. SAMAC Journal.

Slippers B, Visser M, Roux J (2020) Why it’s so critical to continuously monitor and manage plant diseases. The Conversation.

Pal E, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Fourie G (2020) Progress towards characterisation of pheromones of Bathycoelia distincta. SAMAC Journal.

Smith A, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Fourie G (2020) Life stage characterisation of Thaumatotibia batrachopa on an artificial diet.

Other Publications (18)

Goundar P, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Lawson SA (2025) Classical biological control of bark and wood borers in Pinus plantations. Biological Control of Insect Pests in Plantation Forests.

Wondafrash M, Slippers B, Hurley BP (2025) Accidental introductions of natural enemies in plantation forests. Biological Control of Insect Pests in Plantation Forests.

Slippers B, Fitza KNE, Garnas JR (2025) Genetic diversity should be considered in biological control programmes in plantation forestry. Biological Control of Insect Pests in Plantation Forests.

Hurley BP, Slippers B, Lawson SA (2025) Biological control in plantation forests: trends and opportunities. Biological Control of Insect Pests in Plantation Forests.

Garnas JR, Hurley BP, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Roux J (2016) Insects and Diseases of Mediterranean Forests: A South African Perspective. Insects and Diseases of Mediterranean Forest Systems.

Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Wingfield BD, Slippers B (2013) Ceratocystis and Ophiostoma: international spread, new associations and plant health. The Ophiostomatoid Fungi: Expanding Frontiers.

Mehl JWM, Slippers B, Roux J, Wingfield MJ (2013) Cankers and other diseases caused by the Botryosphaeriaceae. Infectious Forest Diseases.

Nagel JH, Gryzenhout M, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ (2013) The Occurrence and Impact of Phytophthora on the African Continent. Phytophthora: A Global Perspective.