Publications

Jul 2014

Ectomycorrhizal symbiosis in declining and non-declining Quercus ilex

Corcobado T, Vivas M, Moreno G, Solla A

Forest Ecology and Management

Quercus ilex decline and the presence of the soil-borne pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi are hypothesised to be associated with...

Apr 2014

Culture-independent detection and quantification of Fusarium circinatum in a pine-producing seedling nursery

Fourie G, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Jones NB et al.

Southern Forests

May 2014

Bark and ambrosia beetles (Curculionidae: Scolytinae), their phoretic mites (Acari) and associated Geosmithia species (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) from Virgilia trees in South Africa

Machingambi NM, Roux J, Dreyer LL, Roets F

Fungal Biology

Bark and ambrosia beetles are ecologically and economically important phloeophagous insects that often have complex symbiotic...

Apr 2014

Microsatellite and mating type primers for the maize and sorghum pathogen, Exserohilum turcicum

Haasbroek MP, Craven M, Barnes I, Crampton BG

Australasian Plant Pathology

Mar 2014

Comparison of the tolerance of Pinus patula seedlings and established trees to infection by Fusarium circinatum

Mitchell RG, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET, Roux J et al.

Southern Forests

Jun 2013

Molecular phylogenetic analyses reveal three new Ceratocystis species and provide evidence for geographic differentiation of the genus in Africa

Mbenoun, M., Wingfield, M.J., Begoude Boyogueno, A.D., Wingfield, B.D. et al.

Mycological Progress

The emergence of wattle wilt disease on non-native Acacia mearnsii trees in Africa, caused by the indigenous fungus Ceratocystis...

Mar 2014

DNA loss at the Ceratocystis fimbriata mating locus results in self-sterility

Wilken PM, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield MJ, De Beer ZW et al.

PLoS ONE

Fungi have evolved a remarkable diversity of reproductive strategies. Some of these, most notably those of the model fungi, have...

Mar 2014

Characterization of a novel citrus tristeza virus genotype within three cross-protecting source GFMS12 sub-isolates in South Africa by means of Illumina sequencing

Zablocki, Olivier, Pietersen, Gerhard

Archives of Virology

Tristeza disease (caused by citrus tristeza virus, CTV) is currently controlled in South Africa by means of cross-protection. In...

Mar 2014

Characterization of Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum and brasiliense from diseased potatoes in Kenya

Onkendi EM, Moleleki LN

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Using a DNA-based typing method, 48 bacterial strains isolated from infected potato (Solanum tuberosum) tubers originating from...