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:
Maphosa L, Wingfield BD, Coetzee MPA, Mwenje E, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Phylogenetic relationships among Armillaria species inferred from partial elongation factor 1-alpha DNA sequence data. Australasian Plant Pathology, 35, pp 513-520.
Gryzenhout M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. New taxonomic concepts for the important forest pathogen Cryphonectria parasitica and related fungi. Fems Microbiology Letters, 258, pp 161-172.
Hunter GC, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Pongpanich K, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Pseudocercospora flavomarginata sp. Nov., from Eucalyptus leaves in Thailand. Fungal Diversity, 22 / Jun, pp 71-90.
Van Wyk M, Roux J, Barnes I, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Molecular phylogeny of the Ceratocystis moniliformis complex and description of C.tribiliformis sp.nov.. Fungal Diversity, 21 / Feb, pp 181-201.
Bogale M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET: 2006. Characterization of Fusarium oxysporum isolates from Ethiopia using AFLP, SSR and DNA sequence analyses. Fungal Diversity, 23 / Oct, pp 51-66.
Cortinas MN, Barnes I, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Eucalyptus fungal pathogen Colletogloeopsis zuluensis. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, pp 780-783.
Hunter GC, Cortinas MN, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the Eucalyptus leaf pathogen Mycosphaerella nubilosa. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, pp 900-903.
Wright LP, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Brenneman T, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Cylindrocladium parasiticum. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6, pp 110-112.
Gryzenhout M, Myburg H, Rodas CA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Aurapex penicillata gen. sp. Nov. from native Miconia theaezans and Tibouchina spp. in Colombia. Mycologia, 98 (1), pp 105-115.
Gryzenhout M, Myburg H, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Cryphonectriaceae (Diaporthales), a new family including Cryphonectria, Chrysoporthe, Endothia and allied genera. Mycologia, 98 (2), pp 239-249.
Cortinas MN, Burgess TI, Dell B, Xu D, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. First record of Colletogloeopsis zuluense comb. Nov., causing a stem canker of Aucalyptus in China. Mycological Research, 110, pp 229-236.
Geldenhuis MM, Roux J, Cilliers AJ, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Clonality in South African isolates and evidence for a European origin of the root pathogen Thielaviopsis basicola. Mycological Research, 110, pp 306-311.
Gryzenhout M, Rodas CA, Portales JM, Clegg P, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Novel host of the Eucalyptus canker pathogen Chrysoporthe cubensis and a new Chrysoporthe species from Colombia. Mycological Research, 110, pp 833-845.
Marasas WFO, Ploetz R, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Steenkamp ET: 2006. Mango malformation disease and the associated Fusarium species. Phytopathology, 96 (6), pp 667-672.
Mwenje E, Wingfield BD, Coetzee MPA, Nemato H, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Armillaria species on tea in Kenya identified using isozyme and DNA sequence comparisons. Plant Pathology, 55, pp 343-350.
Van Wyk M, van der Merwe NA, Roux J, Wingfield BD, Kamgan GN, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Population genetic analyses suggest that the Eucalyptus fungal pathogen Ceratocystis fimbriata has been introduced into South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 102, pp 259-263.
Zipfel R, de Beer ZW, Jacobs K, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Multi-gene phylogenies define Ceratocystiopsis and Grosmannia distinct from Ophiostoma. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 75-97.
Cortinas MN, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Multi-gene phylogenies and phenotypic characters distinguish two species within the Colletogloeopsis zuluensis complex associated with Eucalyptus stem cankers. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 133-146.
Gryzenhout M, Myburg H, Hodges CS, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. Microthia, Holocryphia and Ursicollum, three new genera on Eucalyptus and Coccoloba for fungi previously known as Cryphonectria. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 35-52.
Maier WFA, Khoza T, Harmse N, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2006. A disease epidemic on Zizyphus mucronata in the Kruger National Park caused by Coniodictyum chevalieri. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 279-288.
Nakabonge G, Gryzenhout M, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2006. Celoporthe dispersa gen. et sp. Nov. from native Myrtales in South Africa. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 255-267.
Hunter GC, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ: 2006. A multi-gene phylogeny for species of< I>Mycosphaerella occurring on Eucalyptus leaves. Studies in Mycology, 55, pp 147-161.
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