Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Genetics
Wingfield, BD
BSc(Natal)(Hons) BSc (Med)(Hons) UCT MSc(Minnesota) PhD(Stell) - Professor
NRF Rating: B3
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3946
Fax number: 012 420 3947
E-mail address: brenda.wingfield@fabi.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Molecular genetics of eucalyptus and pines
Forest biotechnology
Molecular systematics of micro-organisms
Sustainable insect management
Panama disease of bananas
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Van Wyk M, Al-Adawi A O, Wingfield BD, Al-Subhi A M, Deadman M L, Wingfield MJ: 2005. DNA based characterization ofCeratocystis fimbriataisolates associated with mango decline in Oman. Australasian Plant Pathology, 34, pp 587-590.
Slippers B, Summerell B A, 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, pp 213-220.
Gryzenhout M, Myburg H, Wingfield BD, Montenegro F, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Chrysoporthe doradensis sp. Nov. pathogenic to Eucalyptus in Ecuador. Fungal Diversity, 20, pp 39-57.
Nakabonge G, Cortinas MN, Roux J, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the fungal tree pathogen Cryphonectria eucalypti. Molecular Ecology Notes, 5 (3), pp 558-561.
Bogale M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET: 2005. Simple sequence repeat markers for species in theFusarium oxysporum complex. Molecular Ecology Notes, 5, pp 622-624.
Slippers B, Johnson G I, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Phylogenetic and morphological re-evaluation of the Botrysophaeria species causing diseases of Mangifera indica. Mycologia, 97 (1), pp 99-110.
Schroers HJ, Geldenhuis MM, Wingfield MJ, Schoeman MH, Yen YF, Shen W-C, Wingfield BD: 2005. Classification of the guava wilt fungus Myxosporium psidii, the palm pathogen Gliocladium vermoesenii and the persimmon wilt fungus Acremonium diospyri in Nalanthamala. Mycologia, 97 (2), pp 375-395.
Slippers B, Johnson G I, Crous P W, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Phylogenetic and morphological re-evaluation of the Botryosph aeria species causing diseases of Mangifera indica. Mycologia, 97 (1), pp 99-110.
Marin M, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Kirisits T, Yamaoka Y, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Phenotypic and DNA sequence data comparisons reveal three discrete species in the Ceratocystis polonica species complex. Mycological Research, 109 (10) / Oct, pp 1137-1148.
Coetzee P, Wingfield BD, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences reveal species partitions amongst isolates of Armillaria from Africa. Mycological Research, 109 (11) / Nov, pp 1223-1234.
Jacobs K, Solheim T, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Taxonomic re-evaluation of Leptographium lundbergii based on DNA sequence comparisons and morphology. Mycological Research, 109 (10) / Oct, pp 1149-1161.
Aghayeva DN, Wingfield MJ, Kirisits T, Wingfield BD: 2005. Ophiostoma dentifundum sp. nov. from oak in Europe, characterized using molecular phylogenetic data and morphology. Mycological Research, 109 (10) / Oct, pp 1127-1136.
Gryzenhout M, Myburg H, Wingfield BD, Montenegro F, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Rostraureum tropicalegen.sp.nov. (Diaporthales) associated with dying Terminalia ivorensis in Ecuador. Mycological Research, 109 (9) / Sep, pp 1029-1044.
van Heerden SW, Amerson HV, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Relative pathogenicity of Cryphonectria cubensis on Eucalyptus clones differing in their resistance to C. cubensis. Plant Disease, 89 (6) / Jun, pp 659-662.
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, pp 46-52.
Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Kirisits T, Chhetri D B, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Identification ofArmillariaisolates from Bhutan based on DNA sequence comparisons. Plant Pathology, 54, pp 36-45.
Barnes I, Nakabonge G, Roux J, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Comparison of populations of the wilt pathogen Ceratocystis albifundus in South Africa and Uganda. Plant Pathology, 54, pp 189-195.
Rodas C, Gryzenhout M, Myburg H, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Discovery of the Eucalyptus canker pathogen Chrysoporthe cubensis on native Miconia (Melastomataceae) in Colombia. Plant Pathology, 54, pp 460-470.
Gryzenhout M, Glen HF, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2005. (1686) Proposal to conserve the name Cryphonectria (Diaporthales) with a conserved type. Taxon, 54 (2) / May, pp 539-540.
Gryzenhout M, Glen HF, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Amphilogia gen. nov. for Cryphonectria-like fungi from Elaeocarpus spp. in New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Taxon, 54 (4) / Nov, pp 1009-1021.
Chapters in books:
Wingfield MJ, Myburg AA, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD: 2005. Pest and disease risks in exotic plantations. In Plantation Forest Biotechnology in the 21st Century, CSIRO.
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