Publications

Oct 2024

Six type-I PKS classes and highly conserved melanin and elsinochrome gene clusters found in diverse Elsinoë species

van Heerden A, Pham NQ, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ et al.

BMC Genomics

Elsinoë species are phytopathogenic fungi that cause serious scab diseases on economically important plants. The disease symptoms...

Aug 2024

Polyandry contributes to Gonipterus platensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) rearing

Ribeiro MF, Cavallini G, Solce GN, Favoreto AL et al.

PeerJ

Background Gonipterus platensis Marelli, 1926 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is one of the main defoliating beetles in Eucalyptus...

Aug 2024

First line of defence: Eucalyptus leaf waxes influence infection by an aggressive fungal leaf pathogen

Solís M, Naidoo S, Wingfield MJ, Joubert J et al.

Plant Biology

Abstract Leaf epicuticular waxes provide important anatomical and chemical defences against fungi that infect leaves. In this...

Oct 2024

High-resolution melting curve analysis: A detection assay for Ceratocystis eucalypticola and C. manginecans in infected Eucalyptus

Lynn KMT, Wingfield MJ, Hammerbacher A, Barnes I

Fungal Biology

Eucalyptus spp. in plantations are negatively affected by canker and wilt diseases caused by several species of Ceratocystis,...

2024

Recent advances in the population biology and management of maize foliar fungal pathogens Exserohilum turcicum, Cercospora zeina and Bipolaris maydis in Africa

Nsibo DL, Barnes I, Berger DK

Frontiers in Plant Science

Jul 2024

Cultures as types and the utility of viable specimens for fungal nomenclature

Yurkov, A., Visagie, C. M., Crous, P. W., Hashimoto, A. et al.

IMA Fungus

The debates over the requirement of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (ICNafp) for a viable...

Oct 2024

Diversity of Calonectria species from leaves and soils in diseased southern China Eucalyptus plantation

Liu QL, Wingfield MJ, Duong TA, Wingfield BD et al.

Fungal Biology

Calonectria leaf blight (CLB) is one of the best-known diseases of Eucalyptus spp., particularly in Asia and South America....

2024

What are the 100 most cited fungal genera?

Bhunjun, CS, Chen, YJ, Phukhamsakda, C, Boekhout, T et al.

Studies in Mycology

The global diversity of fungi has been estimated between 2 to 11 million species, of which only about 155 000 have been named....

Jul 2024

Biology and pathogenicity of fungi causing husk rot of macadamia in South Africa

Twiddy D, Fouché, A, Akinsanmi OA, Fourie G

European Journal of Plant Pathology

AbstractFungal diseases of macadamia fruit in South Africa have the potential to cause notable economic damage in this rapidly...