Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Genetics
Wingfield, MJ
BSc(Hons)(Natal) MSc(Stell) PhD (Minnesota) - Professor en Director: FABI
NRF Rating: A2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3939
Fax number: 012 420 3960
E-mail address: mike.wingfield@up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Molecular genetics of eucalyptus and pines
Production of disease tolerant forest trees
Sustainable insect management
Forest biotechnology
Molecular systematics of micro-organisms
Production of disease tolerant forest trees
Panama disease of bananas
Plantation tree pathology
Forestry/ tree pathology
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Gezahgne A, Cortinas MN, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2005. Characterisation of the Coniothyrium stem canker pathogen on Eucalyptus camaldulensis in Ethiopia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 34, pp 85-90.
Rodas C, Lombard L, Gryzenhout M, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Cylindrocladium blight of Eucalyptus grandis in Colombia. Australasian Plant Pathology, 34, pp 143-149.
Alfenas AC, Zauza EAV, Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Glen H: 2005. Heteropyxis natalensis, a new host of Puccinia psidii rust. Australasian Plant Pathology, 34, pp 285-286.
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.
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.
Mohali S, Burgess TI, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Diversity and host association of the tropical tree endophyte Lasiodiplodia theobromae revealed using simple sequence repeat markers. Forest Pathology, 35 (6) / Dec, pp 385-396.
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.
Fandohan P, Zoumenou D, Hounhouigan DJ, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ, Hell K: 2005. Fate of aflatoxins and fumonisins during the processing of maize into food products in Benin. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 98, pp 249-259.
Fandohan P, Gnonlonfin B, Hell K, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Natural occurrence ofFusarium and subsequent fumonisin contamination in preharvest and stored maize in Benin, West Africa. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 99, pp 173-183.
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.
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.
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.
Crous P W, Allegrucci N, Arambarri AM, Cazau MC, Groenewald J Z, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Dematiocladium celtidisgen. sp. nov. (Nectriaceae, Hypocreales), a new genus from Celtis leaf litter in Argentina. Mycological Research, 109 (7) / Jul, pp 833-840.
Kim Jae-, Lim Y W, Breuil C, Wingfield MJ, Zhou X D, Kim G H: 2005. A new Leptographiumspecies associated with Tomicus piniperda infesting pine logs in Korea. Mycological Research, 109 (3) / Mar, pp 275-284.
Barber J, Burgess T J, Hardy GE S, Slippers B, Keane P, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Botryosphaeria species from Eucalyptus in Australia are pleoanamorphic, producing Dichomera synanamorphs in culture. Mycological Research, 109 (12) / Dec, pp 1347-1363.
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.
Six D L, de Beer ZW, Beaver R A, Visser L, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Exotic invasive elm bark beetle, Scolytus kirschii, detected in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 101 / May/Jun, pp 229-232.
Gebeyehu S, Hurley B, Wingfield MJ: 2005. A new lepidopteran insect pest discovered on commercially grown Eucalyptus nitens in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 101 / Jan/Feb, pp 26-28.
Adams GC, Wingfield MJ, Common R, Roux J: 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and morphology ofCytosporaspecies and related teleomorphs (Ascomycota, Diaporthales, Valsaceae) fromEucalyptus. Studies in Mycology, 52, pp 1-144.
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.
Slippers B, Stenlid J, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Emerging pathogens: Fungal host jumps following anthropogenic introduction. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 20 (8) / Aug, pp 420-421.
Chapters in books:
Govender P, Wingfield MJ: 2005. Overview on the entomological research in the Mediterranean forest ecosystems of South Africa. In Entomological Research in Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems, INRA, Paris, France, pp 43-52.
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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