Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology
Coutinho, TA
BSc(Hons) MSc PhD(Natal) - Professor
NRF Rating: C2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3934
Fax number: 012 420 3960
E-mail address: teresa.coutinho@FABI.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Production of disease tolerant forest trees
Production of disease tolerant forest trees
Panama disease of bananas
Plantation tree pathology
Forestry/ tree pathology
Sustainable insect management
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Wingfield MJ, Hammerbacher A, Ganley RJ, Steenkamp ET, Gordon TR, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA: 2008. Pitch canker caused by Fusarium circinatum - a growing threat to pine plantations and forest worldwide. Australasian Plant Pathology, 37, pp 319-334.
Young JM, Allen C, Coutinho TA, Denny T, Elphinstone J, Fegan M, Gottwald MG, Graham JH, Iacobellis NS, Janse JD, Jacques M-A, Lopes MM, Parkinson N, Prior P, Pruvost O, Neto J Ro, Scortichini M, Upper YT: 2008. Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria as Biological Weapons - Real Threats?. Phytopathology, 98 (10) / Oct, pp 1060-1065.
Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Roux J: 2008. Eucalypt pests and diseases: Growing threats to plantation productivity. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science, 70 (2), pp 139-144.
Brady C, Cleenwerck I, Venter SN, Vancanneyt M, Swings J, Coutinho TA: 2008. Phylogeny and identification of Pantoea species associated with plants, humans and the natural environment based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA). Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 31, pp 447-460, Full Text
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