Publications
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Jul 2022
Lecanosticta pharomachri and its newly discovered sexual state causing a serious needle disease of Pinus spp. in Colombia
Theron CA, Marincowitz S, Rodas CA, Wingfield MJ et al.
Plant Disease
Brown spot needle blight (BSNB), caused by the fungal pathogen Lecanosticta acicola, is a well-known disease of Pinus spp. in...
Feb 2022
Draft genome assemblies of Fusarium marasasianum, Huntiella abstrusa, two Immersiporthe knoxdaviesiana isolates, Macrophomina pseudophaseolina, Macrophomina phaseolina, Naganishia randhawae, and Pseudocercospora cruenta
Wingfield BD, De Vos L, Wilson AM, Duong AT et al.
IMA Fungus
May 2022
Uncovering the mycorrhizal community of two Habenaria orchids in South Africa
Makwela MC, Hammerbacher A, Vivas M, Coetzee MPA et al.
South African Journal of Botany
Feb 2022
Toxicity of the pesticides Imidacloprid, Difenoconazole and Glyphosate alone and in binary and ternary mixtures to winter honey bees: Effects on survival and antioxidative defenses
Pal E, Almasri H, Paris L, Diogon M et al.
Toxics
To explain losses of bees that could occur after the winter season, we studied the effects of the insecticide imidacloprid, the...
Jun 2022
Experimental admixture among distinct lineages of Deladenus siricidicola, the biocontrol agent of Sirex noctilio
Fitza KNE, Garnas JR, Slippers B
Biological Control
Deladenus siricidicola is a principal biological control agent used to suppress populations of the globally invasive pine pest,...
Feb 2022
Invasion frameworks: a forest pathogen perspective
Paap T, Wingfield MJ, Burgess TI, Wilson JRU et al.
Current Forestry Reports
Jul 2022
Population genetic analyses of Phytophthora cinnamomi reveals three lineages and movement between natural vegetation and avocado orchards in South Africa
Engelbrecht, J, Duong TA, Paap T, Hulbert JM et al.
Phytophthora cinnamomi is the causal agent of root rot, canker, and dieback of thousands of plant species around the globe. This...
Feb 2022
Epidemic spread of smut fungi (Quambalaria) by sexual reproduction in a native pathosystem.
McTaggart AR, Drenth A, Wingfield MJ, O'Dwyer C et al.
European Journal of Plant Pathology
AbstractQuambalaria are fungal pathogens of Corymbia, Eucalyptus and related genera of Myrtaceae. They are smut fungi...
Jan 2022
The evolution of insect visual opsin genes with specific consideration of the influence of ocelli and life history traits
Guignard Q, Jeremy D. A, Slippers B
BMC ecology and evolution
Abstract Background Visual opsins are expressed in the compound eyes and ocelli of insects and enable light detection. Three...