Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) · University of Pretoria
Email: teresa.coutinho@fabi.up.ac.za
Research groups: Phytobacteriology
Prof Teresa Coutinho
Professor
About
My research programme focuses on plant pathogenic bacteria. The hosts include Eucalyptus, native and stone fruit trees, maize, bananas, tomatoes and to a lesser extent potatoes. The programme has four areas of interest:
identification and characterisation of new and emerging bacterial diseasesunderstanding how bacteria, not generally considered to be primary plant pathogens, cause symptoms in their hostsdetermining the role played by abiotic and biotic factors in disease outbreaks caused by opportunistic bacterial plant pathogensinvestigating how bacterial pathogens that typically infect herbaceous plants adapt and infect woody hosts
The approaches we use to achieve these goals are diverse. They include multilocus sequence analysis and typing, genomics, metagenomics and transcriptomics. Currently we focus on five pathogens, viz. Pantoea ananatis, Pseudomonas syringae, Ralstonia solanacearum, R. pseudosolanacearum and Xanthomonas vasicola. Our ultimate aim is facilitate in the development of novel approaches for disease control, diagnostic, tracking and improving quarantine regulations.
My Publications
Journal Articles (125)
Knoppersen RS, Bose T, Coutinho TA, Hammerbacher A (2025) Inside the Belly of the Beast: Exploring the Gut Bacterial Diversity of Gonipterus sp. n. 2. Microbial Ecology. 88. doi: 10.1007/s00248-025-02524-1
Coutinho TA, van der Waals JE (2024) Historical perspective on 120 years of agriculture: Highlights from research published in the SAJS. South African Journal of Science. 120. doi: 10.17159/sajs.2024/18965
Coutinho TA, Carstensen G, Venter SN, Chen SF, Tarigan M, Wingfield MJ (2024)
Bacterial community in apparently healthy and asymptomatic Eucalyptus trees and those with symptoms of bacterial wilt.
Journal of Plant Pathology.
doi: 10.1007/s42161-024-01697-x
Liakos C, Ibanez V, Lebre P, Derie ML, van der Waals JE, du Toit L, Dutta B, Kvitko B, Cowan D, Coutinho TA (2024) The Bacterial and Viral Communities Associated with OnionBacterial Bulb Rot. Phytobiomes Journal. doi: 10.1094/PBIOMES-11-23-0121-R
Gush SL, Lebre P, Coutinho TA, Cowan D, van der Waals JE (2024) Disentangling Shifts in the Soil Microbiome of Potatoes Infected with Rhizoctonia solani Anastomosis Group 3-PT in Search of Potential Biocontrol Agents. Phytobiomes Journal. 8. doi: 10.1094/PBIOMES-06-23-0046-R
Gush S, Lebre P, Coutinho TA, Cowan DA, van der Waals JE (2024) Disentangling shifts in the soil microbiome of potatoes infected with Rhizoctonia solani Anastomosis Group 3-PT in search of potential biocontrol agents. Phytobiomes Journal. doi: 10.1094/PBIOMES-06-23-0046-R
Theron E, Bophela K, Bisschoff J, Shin G, Coutinho TA, van der Waals JE (2023) Survey of Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae Infecting Potatoes in South Africa. Potato Research. 66. doi: 10.1007/s11540-022-09598-1
Bose T, Hammerbacher A, Spies CFJ, Coutinho TA (2023) Phytophthora: an underestimated threat to agriculture, forestry, and natural ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa. Mycological Progress. 22. doi: 10.1007/s11557-023-01926-0
Theron, E., Bophela, K.N., Bisschoff, J., Shin, G., Coutinho, T.A., van der Waals, J.E. (2022) Survey of Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae Infecting Potatoes in South Africa. Potato Research. doi: 10.1007/s11540-022-09598-1
Khanal M, Timilsina S, Bhatta BP, Bophela K, Coutinho T, Cochran K, Malla S (2022)Pseudomonas uvaldensis sp. nov., a bacterial pathogen causing onion bulb rot. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 72. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005311
Shin G, Schacterle JK, Shyntum DY, Moleleki LN, Coutinho T, Sundin GW (2019) Functional characterization of a global virulence regulator Hfq and identification of Hfq-dependent sRNAs in the plant pathogen Pantoea ananatis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 10. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02075
Hammerbacher A, Coutinho TA, Gershenzon J (2019) Roles of plant volatiles in defense against microbial pathogens and microbial exploitation of volatiles. Plant Cell and Environment. 42.
Khumbuzile Bophela, Yolanda Petersen, Carolee Theresa Bull, Teresa Ann Coutinho (2019) Identification of Pseudomonas isolates associated with bacterial canker of stone fruit trees in the Western Cape, South Africa. Plant Disease. doi: 10.1094/PDIS-05-19-1102-RE
Bophela KN, Venter SN, Wingfield MJ, Duran A, Tarigan M, Coutinho TA (2019) Xanthomonas perforans: A tomato and pepper pathogen associated with bacterial blight and dieback of Eucalyptus pellita seedlings in Indonesia.. Australasian Plant Pathology. doi: 10.1007/s13313-019-00657-9
Shutt VM, Shin G, van der Waals JE, Goszczynska T, Coutinho T (2018) Characterization of Ralstonia strains infecting tomato plants in South Africa. Crop Protection. 112. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2018.05.013
Otto M, Hammerbacher A, Petersen Y, Pierneef R, Coutinho TA (2018) Phenolic compound degradation by Pseudomonas syringae phylogroup 2 strains. Journal of Plant Pathology. 100.
Otto M, Petersen, Y., Roux, J., Wright, J., Courtinho (2018) Bacterial canker of cherry trees, Prunus avium, in South Africa. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 151. doi: 10.1007/s10658-017-1384-5
Siphathele Sibanda, Stanford Kwenda, Collins K. Tanui, Divine Shyntum, Teresa Coutinho, Lucy Moleleki (2018) Transcriptome profiling reveals the EanI/R quorum sensing regulon in Pantoea ananatis LMG 2665T. Genes. 9. doi: 10.3390/genes9030148
Breedt G, Coutinho TA, Labuschagne N (2017) Seed treatment with selected plant growth promoting rhizobacteria increases maize yield in the field. Annals of Applied Biology. 171.
Zimudzi J, Coutinho TA, van der Waals J (2017) Pathogenicity of fungi isolated from atypical skin blemishes on potatoes in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Potato Research. 60.
Moloto V, Goszczynska T, du Toit L, Coutinho TA (2017) A new pathovar of Pseudomonas syringae, pathovar allii, isolated from onion plants exhibiting symptoms of blight. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 147.
De Maayer P, Aliyu H, Vikram S, Blom J, Duffy B, Cowan DA, Smits THM, Venter SN, Coutinho TA (2017) Phylogenomic, pan-genomic, pathogenomic and evolutionary genomic insights into the agronomically relevant enterobacteria Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea stewartii. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01755
Venter SN, Palmer M, Beukes CW, Chan W-Y, Shin G, Van Zyl E, Seale T, Coutinho TA, Steenkamp ET (2017) Practically delineating bacterial species with genealogical concordance. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 110. doi: 10.1007/s10482-017-0869-8
Palmer M, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Chan W-Y, Van Zyl E, De Maayer P, Coutinho TA, Blom J, Smits THM, Duffy B, Venter SN (2017) Phylogenomic resolution of the bacterial genus Pantoea and its relationship with Erwinia and Tatumella. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 110. doi: 10.1007/s10482-017-0852-4
Weller-Stuart T, De Maayer P, Coutinho T (2017)Pantoea ananatis: genomic insights into a versatile pathogen. Molecular Plant Pathology. 18. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12517
Nesamari R, Coutinho TA, Roux J (2017) Investigations into Encephalartos insect pests and diseases in South Africa identifies Phytophthora cinnamomi as a pathogen of the Modjadji cycad. Plant Pathology. 66. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12619
Weller-Stuart, T, Toth, I, de Maayer, P, Coutinho, T (2017) Swimming and twitching motility are essential for attachment and virulence of Pantoea ananatis in onion seedlings. Molecular Plant Pathology. 18. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12432
Carstensen GD, Venter SN, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA (2016) Two Ralstonia species associated with bacterial wilt of Eucalyptus. Plant Pathology. 66. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12577
Sibanda S, Theron J, Shyntum DY, Moleleki LN, Coutinho TA (2016) Characterization of two LuxI/R homologs in Pantoea ananatis LMG 2665 T. Canadian Journal of Microbiology. 62. doi: 10.1139/cjm-2016-0143
Palmer M, De Maayer P, Poulsen M, Steenkamp ET, Van Zyl E, Coutinho TA, Venter SN (2016) Draft genome sequences of Pantoea agglomerans and Pantoea vagans isolates associated with termites. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 11. doi: 10.1186/s40793-016-0144-z
du Raan S, Coutinho TA, van der Waals JE (2015) Cardinal temperature differences, determined in vitro, between closely related species and subspecies of pectinolytic bacteria responsible for blackleg and soft rot on potatoes. European Journal of Plant Pathology. 144. doi: 10.1007/s10658-015-0773-x
Coutinho TA, van der Westhuizen L, Roux J, McFarlane SA, Venter SN (2015) Significant host jump of Xanthomonas vasicola from sugarcane to a Eucalyptus grandis clone in South Africa. Plant Pathology. 64. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12298
De Maayer P, Chan W-Y, Martin DAJ , Blom J, Venter SN, Duffy B, Cowan DA, Smits THM, Coutinho TA (2015) Integrative conjugative elements of the ICEPan family play a potential role in Pantoea ananatis ecological diversification and antibiosis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00576
Nesamari R, Millar IM, Coutinho TA, Roux J (2015) South African cycads at risk: Aulacaspis yasumatsui (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae) in South Africa. African Entomology. 23.
Shyntum D, Theron J, Moleleki L, Toth I, Venter SN, Coutinho TA (2015)Pantoea ananatis utilizes a type VI secretion system for pathogenesis and bacterial competition. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 28. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-07-14-0219-R
Bull CT, Coutinho TA, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer-Le Saux M, Li X, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y (2014) In memoriam--John M. Young (1942-2013). International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology. 64. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.066415-0
Bull CT, Coutinho TA, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer-Le Saux M, Li X, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y (2014) List of new names of plant pathogenic bacteria (2011-2012). Journal of Plant Pathology. 96. doi: 10.4454/JPP.V96I2.026
Ngadze E, Coutinho TA, Icishahayo D, van der Waals JE (2014) Effect of calcium soil amendments on phenolic compounds and soft rot resistance in potato tubers. Crop Protection. 62. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2014.04.009
Weller-Stuart T, Chan W-Y, Coutinho TA, Venter SN, Smits THM, Duffy B, Goszczynska T, Cowan DA, de Maayer P (2014) Draft genome sequences of the onion center rot pathogen Pantoea ananatis PA4 and maize brown stalk rot pathogen P. ananatis BD442. Genome Announcements. 2. doi: e00750-14
De Maayer P, Chan WY, Rubagotti E, Venter SN, Toth IK, Birch PR, Coutinho TA (2014) Analysis of the Pantoea ananatis pan-genome reveals factors underlying its ability to colonize and interact with plant, insect and vertebrate hosts. BMC Genomics. 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-404
Mitchell RG, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET, Roux J, Verryn S, Coutinho TA (2014) Comparison of the tolerance of Pinus patula seedlings and established trees to infection by Fusarium circinatum. Southern Forests. 76. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2014.899061
Shyntum DY, Venter SN, Moleleki LN, Toth I, Coutinho TA (2014) Comparative genomics of type VI secretion systems in strains of Pantoea ananatis from different environments. BMC Genomics. 15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-163
Steenkamp ET, Makhari OM, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2014) Evidence for a new introduction of the pitch canker fungus Fusarium circinatum in South Africa. Plant Pathology. 63. doi: 10.1111/ppa.12136
Kubheka GC, Coutinho T, Moleleki N, Moleleki LN (2013) Colonisation patterns of a mCherry-tagged Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense in potato. Phytopathology. 103. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-02-13-0049-R
Roux J, Greyling I, Coutinho TA, Verleur M, Wingfield MJ (2013) The Myrtle rust pathogen, Puccinia psidii, discovered in Africa. IMA Fungus. 4. doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.01.14
Mitchell RG, Wingfield MJ, Hodge GR, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA (2013) The tolerance of Pinus patula × Pinus tecunumanii, and other pine hybrids, to Fusarium circinatum in greenhouse trials. New Forests. 44. doi: 10.1007/s11056-012-9355-3
Mitchell RG, Wingfield MJ, Hodge GR, Dvorak WS, Coutinho TA (2013) Susceptibility of provenances and families of Pinus maximinoi and Pinus tecunumanii to frost in South Africa. New Forests. 44. doi: 10.1007/s11056-012-9306-z
Brady Carrie L, Cleenwerck I, van der Westhuizen L., Venter S. N., Coutinho T.A., De Vos P. (2012) Pantoea rodasii sp. nov., Pantoea rwandensis sp. nov. and Pantoea wallisii sp. nov., isolated from Eucalyptus. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 62. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.032615-0
Mitchell RG, Coutinho TA, Steenkamp E, Herbert M, Wingfield MJ (2012) Future outlook for Pinus patula in South Africa in the presence of the pitch canker fungus (Fusarium circinatum). Southern Forests. 74. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2012.741792
De Maayer P, Chan WY, Blom J, Venter SN, Duffy B, Smits THM, Coutinho TA (2012) The large universal Pantoea plasmid LPP-1 plays a major role in biological and ecological diversification. BMC Genomics. 13. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-625
De Maayer P, Chan WY, Rezzonico F, Buhlmann A, Venter SN, Blom J, Goesmann A, Frey JE, Smits THM, Duffy B, Coutinho TA (2012) Complete Genome Sequence of Clinical Isolate Pantoea ananatis LMG 5342. Journal of Bacteriology. 194. doi: 10.1128/JB.06715-11
Mitchell RG, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA (2012) Tolerance of Pinus patula full-sib families to Fusarium circinatum in a greenhouse study. Southern Forests. 74. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2012.741788
Mitchell RG, Wingfield MJ, Hodge GR, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA (2012) Selection of Pinus spp. in South Africa for tolerance to infection by the pitch canker fungus. New Forests. 43. doi: 10.1007/s11056-011-9293-5
Coutinho TA, Brady CL, Vaart MVD, Venter SN, Telechea N, Rolfo M, Perez C, Wingfield MJ (2011) A new shoot and stem disease of Eucalyptus species caused by Erwinia psidii. Australasian Plant Pathology. 40. doi: 10.1007/s13313-010-0013-y
Mitchell RG, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2011) The pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum: Implications for South African forestry. Southern Forests. 73. doi: 10.2989/20702620.2011.574828
De Maayer P, Chan WY, Venter SN, Toth IK, Birch PRJ, Joubert F, Coutinho TA (2010) Genome Sequence of Pantoea ananatis LMG20103, the Causative Agent of Eucalyptus Blight and Dieback. Journal of Bacteriology. 192. doi: 10.1128/JB.00060-10
Jacobs A, Van Wyk PS, Marasas WFO, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA (2010)Fusarium ananatum sp. nov. in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex from pineapples with fruit rot in South Africa. Fungal Biology. 114. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.03.013
Porter B, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA (2009) Susceptibility of South African native conifers to the pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum. South African Journal of Botany. 75. doi: 10.1016/j.sajb.2008.11.003
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
Brady CL, Venter SN, Cleenwerck I, Engelbeen K, De Vos P, Wingfield MJ, Telechea N, Coutinho TA (2009) Isolation of Enterobacter cowanii from Eucalyptus showing symptoms of bacterial blight and dieback in Uruguay. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 49. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02692.x
Hammerbacher A, Wright LP, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA (2009) Factors affecting pine pitch canker modelled on Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Botany. 87. doi: 10.1139/B08-129
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
Wingfield MJ, Hammerbacher A, Ganley RJ, Steenkamp ET, Gordon TR, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA (2008) Pitch canker caused by Fusarium circinatum - A growing threat to pine plantations and forests worldwide. Australasian Plant Pathology. 37. doi: 10.1071/AP08036
Jacobs A, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Ahumada R, Wingfield BD (2007) Characterization of the pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum, from Chile. South African Journal of Science. 103.
Coutinho TA, Steenkamp ET, Mongwaketsi K, Wilmot M, Wingfield MJ (2007) First outbreak of pitch canker in a South African pine plantation. Australasian Plant Pathology. 36. doi: 10.1071/AP07017
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
Hurley BP, Govender P, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2007) Fungus gnats and other Diptera in South African forestry nurseries and their possible association with the pitch canker fungus. South African Journal of Science. 103.
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
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
Maseko B, Burgess TI, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2007) Two new Phytophthora species from South African Eucalyptus plantations. Mycological Research. 111. doi: 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.08.011
Fouche-Weich J, Berger D, Poussier S, Trigalet-Demery D, Coutinho T (2006) Molecular identification of some African strains of Ralstonia solanacearum from eucalypt and potato. Journal of General Plant Pathology. 72.
Britz H, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ (2005) Diversity and differentiation in two populations of Gibberella circinata in South Africa. Plant Pathology. 54. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2004.01108.x
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
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.
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.
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
Telechea N, Rolfo M, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2003)Puccinia psidii on Eucalyptus globulus in Uruguay. Plant Pathology. 52. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2003.00853.x
Gryzenhout M, Eisenberg BE, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2003) Pathogenicity of Cryphonectria eucalypti to Eucalyptus clones in South Africa. Forest Ecology and Management. 176. doi: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00309-2
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.
Britz H, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Marasas WFO (2002) Validation of the description of Gibberella circinata and morphological differentiation of the anamorph Fusarium circinatum. Sydowia. 54.
Coutinho TA, Preisig O, Mergaert J, Cnockaert MC, Riedel KH, Swings J, Wingfield MJ (2002) Bacterial blight and dieback of Eucalyptus species, hybrids, and clones in South Africa. Plant Disease. 86.
Van Zyl LM, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2002) Morphological, cultural and pathogenic characteristics of Coniothyrium zuluense isolates from different plantation regions in South Africa. Mycopathologia. 155. doi: 10.1023/A:1020471227055
Van Zyl LM, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Pongpanich K, Wingfield BD (2002) Morphological and molecular relatedness of geographically diverse isolates of Coniothyrium zuluense from South Africa and Thailand. Mycological Research. 106. doi: 10.1017/S0953756201005093
Smith H, Coutinho TA, Wolfaardt FW, Wingfield MJ (2002) Relative susceptibility of northern and southern provenances of Pinus greggii to infection by Sphaeropsis sapinea. Forest Ecology and Management. 166. doi: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00667-3
Pakela YP, Aveling TAS, Coutinho TA (2002) Effect of plant age, temperature and dew period on the severity of anthracnose of cowpea caused by Colletotrichum dematium. African Plant Protection. 1.
Smith H, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA (2002) The role of latent Sphaeropsis sapinea infections in post-hail associated die-back on Pinus patula. Forest Ecology and Management. 164.
Venter M, Myburg H, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2002) A new species of Cryphonectria from South Africa and Australia, pathogenic to Eucalyptus. Sydowia. 54.
Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Roux J, Wingfield BD (2002) The future of exotic plantation forestry in the tropics and southern Hemisphere: Lessons from pitch canker. Southern African Forestry Journal. 195.
Wingfield MJ, Jacobs A, Coutinho TA, Ahumada R, Wingfield BD (2002) First report of the pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum, on pines in Chile. Plant Pathology. 51. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2002.00710.x
Britz H, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ (2002) Two new species of Fusarium section Liseola associated with mango malformation. Mycologia. 94.
Britz H, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2002) Sequence characterized amplified polymorphic markers for the pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum. Molecular Ecology Notes. 2. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00324.x
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
De Wet J, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho T, Wingfield BD (2002) Characterisation of the 'C' morphotype of the pine pathogen Sphaeropsis sapinea. Forest Ecology and Management. 161. doi: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00479-0
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.
Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Coutinho T, Govender P, Wingfield BD (2001) Plantation disease and pest management in the next century. Southern African Forestry Journal.
Roux J, Coutinho TA, Mujuni Byabashaija D, Wingfield MJ (2001) Diseases of plantation Eucalyptus in Uganda. South African Journal of Science. 97.
Venter M, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD (2001) Molecular characterization of Endothia gyrosa isolates from Eucalyptus in South Africa and Australia. Plant Pathology. 50. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2001.00556.x
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
Maseko B, Burgess T, Coutinho T, Wingfield M (2001) First report of Phytophthora nicotianae associated with Eucalyptus die-back in South Africa. Plant Pathology. 50. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2001.00578.x
Smith H, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD (2001)Botryosphaeria eucalyptorum sp. nov., a new species in the B. dothidea-complex on Eucalyptus in South Africa. Mycologia. 93.
Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA, Desjardins AE, Wingfield BD, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ (2001)Gibberella fujikuroi mating population E is associated with maize and teosinte. Molecular Plant Pathology. 2. doi: 10.1046/j.1464-6722.2001.00072.x
Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Harrington TC, Steimel J, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2001) The root rot fungus Armillaria mellea introduced into South Africa by early Dutch settlers. Molecular Ecology. 10. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01187.x
Coutinho TA, Roux J, Riedel KH, Terblanche J, Wingfield MJ (2000) First report of bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum on eucalypts in South Africa. Forest Pathology. 30.
Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Zeller KA, Wingfield MJ, Marasas WFO, Leslie JF (2000) PCR-based identification of MAT-1 and MAT-2 in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 66.
Roux J, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Bouillet JP (2000) Diseases of plantation Eucalyptus in the Republic of Congo. South African Journal of Science. 96.
Smith H, Wingfield MJ, De Wet J, Coutinho TA (2000) Genotypic diversity of Sphaeropsis sapinea from South Africa and Northern Sumatra. Plant Disease. 84.
De Wet J, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD (2000) Characterization of Sphaeropsis sapinea isolates from South Africa, Mexico, and Indonesia. Plant Disease. 84.
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.
Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Harrington TC, Dalevi D, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2000) Geographical diversity of Armillaria mellea s. s. based on phylogenetic analysis. Mycologia. 92.
Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ (2000) Identification of the causal agent of Armillaria root rot of Pinus species in South Africa. Mycologia. 92.
Steenkamp E, Britz H, Coutinho T, Wingfield B, Marasas W, Wingfield M (2000) Molecular characterization of Fusarium subglutinans associated with mango malformation. Molecular Plant Pathology. 1.
Britz H, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Marasas WFO, Gordon TR, Leslie JF (1999)Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini represents a distinct mating population in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65.
Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Marasas WFO (1999) Differentiation of Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini by histone gene sequence data. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 65.
Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Alfenas AC, Crous PW (1998)Eucalyptus rust: A disease with the potential for serious international implications. Plant Disease. 82.
Smith H, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA (1998)Eucalyptus die-back in South Africa associated with Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. South African Journal of Botany. 64.
Britz H, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Marasas WFO, Leslie JF (1998) Female fertility and mating type distribution in a South African population of Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 64.
Viljoen A, Wingfield MJ, Marasas WFO, Coutinho TA (1997) Pitch canker of pines - A contemporary review. South African Journal of Science. 93.
Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Tribe G (1996) The Amylostereum symbiont of Sirex noctilio in South Africa. Phytopathology. 86.
Wingfield MJ, Crous PW, Coutinho TA (1996) A serious canker disease of Eucalyptus in South Africa caused by a new species of Coniothyrium. Mycopathologia. 136.
Viljoen A, Wingfield MJ, Marasas WFO, Coutinho TA (1995) Characterization of Fusarium isolates from gladiolus corms pathogenic to pines. Plant Disease. 79.
Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ Ralstonia solanacearum and R. pseudosolanacearum on Eucalyptus: opportunists or primary pathogens. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8.
Other Publications (15)
Siphathele Sibanda, Lucy Moleleki, Divine Shyntum, Teresa Coutinho (2018) Quorum Sensing in Gram-Negative Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Advances in Plant Pathology.
Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Roux J (2007) Eucalypt pests and diseases: Growing threats to plantation productivity. Proceedings, IUFRO 2007 Working Group 2.08.03 Meeting “Eucalypts and Diversity: Balancing Productivity and Sustainability”.
Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Myburg AA, Wingfield BD (2004) Management of pathogens in exotic plantation forestry. Plantation Forest Biotechnology for the 21st Century.
Wingfield MJ, Myburg AA, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD (2004) Pest and disease risks in exotic plantations. Plantation Forest Biotechnology for the 21st Century.
Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Govender P, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD (2000) Plantation disease and pest management in the next century. Proceedings of the IUFRO Symposium on Forest Genetics and Tree Improvement. Durban, October 2000.
Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Viljoen A, Britz H, Steenkamp ET (1999) Pitch canker: A South African perspective. Proceedings of the IMPACT Monterey Workshop, Monterey California. CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products Technical Report NO 112.
Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Viljoen A, Britz H, Steenkamp ET (1999) Pitch Canker: A South African Perspective. Current and potential impacts of pitch canker in radiata pine. Proceedings of the IMPACT Monterey Workshop, California, USA, vol. 30.
Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, de Wet J, Slippers B (1999) Fungal diseases of exotic plantation pines: a southern hemisphere perspective. Sustainability of pine forests in relation to pine wilt and decline. Proceedings of International Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, 27-28 October, 1998.
Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA (1998) Identification of the causal agent of Armillaria root rot in South African forest plantations. Root and butt rots of forest trees. 9th International Conference on Root and Butt Rots, Carcans-Maubuisson (France), 1–7 September 1997: Paris: INRA (Les Colloques no. 89).
Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Viljoen A, Marasas WFO (1997) Pitch canker of pines: A Southern African perspective. Proceedings of the ISTA Tree Seed Pathology Workshop. Opucno, Czech Republic, October 9-11, 1996.
Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Crous PW, van Zyl LM (1997)Coniothyrium canker: a serious new disease in South Africa. Proceedings of IUFRO Conference on Silviculture and Improvement of Eucalypts. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. August 1997.
van Heerden SW, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, van Zyl LM, Wright JA (1997) Diversity of Cryphonectria cubensis isolates in Venezuela and Indonesia. Proceedings of IUFRO Conference on Silviculture and Improvement of Eucalypts. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. August 1997.
van Zyl LM, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA (1997) Diversity among isolates of Coniothyrium zuluense. A newly recorded Eucalyptus stem pathogen in South Africa. Proceedings of IUFRO Conference on Silviculture and Improvement of Eucalypts. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. August 1997.
Smith H, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA (1997) The canker pathogen Botryosphaeria dothidea, as an endophyte of Eucalyptus spp. in South Africa. Proceedings of IUFRO Conference on Silviculture and Improvement of Eucalypts. Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. August 1997.
Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA (1997) Conifer diseases in Africa. Compendium of Conifer Diseases.
Coutinho TA, van der Waals JE. (2024) Historical perspective on 120 years of agriculture: Highlights from research published in the SAJS. South African Journal of Science 10.17159/sajs.2024/18965
Coutinho TA, Carstensen G, Venter SN, Chen SF, Tarigan M, Wingfield MJ. (2024) Bacterial community in apparently healthy and asymptomatic Eucalyptus trees and those with symptoms of bacterial wilt. Journal of Plant Pathology 10.1007/s42161-024-01697-x
Liakos C, Ibanez V, Lebre P, Derie ML, van der Waals JE, du Toit L, Dutta B, Kvitko B, Cowan D, Coutinho TA. (2024) The Bacterial and Viral Communities Associated with OnionBacterial Bulb Rot. Phytobiomes Journal 10.1094/PBIOMES-11-23-0121-R
Gush SL, Lebre P, Coutinho TA, Cowan D, van der Waals JE. (2024) Disentangling Shifts in the Soil Microbiome of Potatoes Infected with Rhizoctonia solani Anastomosis Group 3-PT in Search of Potential Biocontrol Agents. Phytobiomes Journal 10.1094/PBIOMES-06-23-0046-R
Gush S, Lebre P, Coutinho TA, Cowan DA, van der Waals JE. (2024) Disentangling shifts in the soil microbiome of potatoes infected with Rhizoctonia solani Anastomosis Group 3-PT in search of potential biocontrol agents. Phytobiomes Journal 10.1094/PBIOMES-06-23-0046-R
Bose T, Hammerbacher A, Spies CFJ, Coutinho TA. (2023) Phytophthora: an underestimated threat to agriculture, forestry, and natural ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa. Mycological Progress 10.1007/s11557-023-01926-0
