Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) · University of Pretoria
Email: wubetu.bihon@fabi.up.ac.za
Research groups: DST/NRF Centre of Excellence in Plant Health Biotechnology · Tree Protection Co-operative Programme
Dr Wubetu Bihon
Extra-ordinary Lecturer
About
My research interest is in fungal biology in general and more specifically dealing with population genetics, genetic diversity, mating systems, genomes and ecology of plant pathogenic fungi. I am a researcher at the Agricultural Research Council (ARC), South Africa www.arc.agric.za.
My Publications
Journal Articles (15)
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
Bihon W, Cloete M, Gerrano AS, Oelofse D, Adebola P (2016) Draft Genome Sequence of Alternaria alternata Isolated from Onion Leaves in South Africa. Genome Announcement. 4. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01022-16
Bihon W, Cloete M, Gerrano AS, Adebola P, Oelofse D (2015) First Report of Alternaria alternata Causing Leaf Blight of Onion in South Africa. Plant Disease. 99. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-03-15-0331-PDN
Taole M, Bihon W, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Burgess TI (2015) Multiple introductions from multiple sources: invasion patterns for an important Eucalyptus leaf pathogen. Ecology and Evolution.
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doi: 10.1002/ece3.1693
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
Mbenoun M, Wingfield MJ, Letsoalo T, Bihon W, Wingfield BD, Roux J (2015) Independent origins and incipient speciation among host-associated populations of Thielaviopsis ethacetica in Cameroon. Fungal Biology. 119. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2015.05.009
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
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
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
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
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
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
de Wet J, Bihon W, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2011) Characterization of a novel dsRNA element in the pine endophytic fungus Diplodia scrobiculata. Archives of Virology. 156. doi: 10.1007/s00705-011-0978-z
Burgess TI, Bihon W, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD (2009) A simple and rapid method to determine vegetative compatibility groups in fungi. Inoculum: Newsletter of the Mycological Society of America. 60.
My Publications
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 10.1093/g3journal/jkaf239
Bihon W, Cloete M, Gerrano AS, Oelofse D, Adebola P. (2016) Draft Genome Sequence of Alternaria alternata Isolated from Onion Leaves in South Africa. Genome Announcement 10.1128/genomeA.01022-16
Bihon W, Cloete M, Gerrano AS, Adebola P, Oelofse D. (2015) First Report of Alternaria alternata Causing Leaf Blight of Onion in South Africa. Plant Disease 10.1094/PDIS-03-15-0331-PDN
Taole M, Bihon W, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Burgess TI. (2015) Multiple introductions from multiple sources: invasion patterns for an important Eucalyptus leaf pathogen. Ecology and Evolution 10.1002/ece3.1693