Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Genetics
Wingfield, BD
BSc(Natal) BSc(Med)(Hons)(Cape Town) MSc(Minnesota) PhD(Stell) - Professor
NRF Rating: B2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3946
Fax number: 012 420 2954
E-mail address: brenda.wingfield@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
Microbial Evolution and Diversity
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Santana QC, Coetzee MPA, Steenkamp ET, Mlonyeni OX, Hammond GNA, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2009. Microsatellite discovery by deep sequencing of enriched genomic libraries. Biotechniques, 46 (3), pp 217-223.
Hammerbacher A, Wright LP, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA: 2009. Factors affecting pine pitch canker modeled on Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Botany-Botanique, 87, pp 36-42, Full Text
Bogale M, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2009. Diverse Fusarium solaniisolates colonise agricultural environments in Ethiopia. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 124, pp 369-378.
Perez G, Hunter GC, Slippers B, Perez C, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Teratosphaeria (Mycosphaerella) nubilosa,the causal agent of Mycosphaerella leaf disease (MLD), recently introduced into Uruguay. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 125, pp 109-118.
Duran A, Slippers B, Gryzenhout M, Ahumada R, Drenth A, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2009. DNA-based method for rapid identification of the pine pathogen,Phytophthora pinifolia. Fems Microbiology Letters, 298, pp 99-104.
Marin M, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Kirisits T, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Single sequence repeat markers reflect diversity and geographic barriers in Eurasian population of the conifer pathogen Ceratocystis polonica. Forest Pathology, 39, pp 249-265.
Wingfield BD, Maphosa L, Coetzee MPA, Mwenje E, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Characterisation of Zimbabwean Armillaria using IGS-1 sequences and AFLP analysis. Fungal Diversity, 34, pp 185-194, Full Text
Van Wyk M, Wingfield BD, Mohali S, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Ceratocystis fimbriatomima, a new species in theC. fimbriata sensu latocomplex isolated fromEucalyptustrees in Venezuela. Fungal Diversity, 34, pp 175-185, Full Text
Coetzee MPA, Maphosa L, Mwenje E, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2009. Characterisation of Armillaria species based on pectic isozyme analyses. Fungal Diversity, 36, pp 9-16, Full Text
Heath RN, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Meke G, Mbaga A, Roux J: 2009. Ceratocystis species on Acacia mearnsii and Eucalyptusspp. In eastern and southern Africa including six new species. Fungal Diversity, 34, pp 41-67, Full Text
Kvas M, Marasas WFO, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET: 2009. Diversity and evolution of Fusarium species in the Gibberella fujikuroi complex. Fungal Diversity, 34, pp 1-21, Full Text
van der Nest MA, Slippers B, Steenkamp ET, De Vos L, Van Zyl K, Stenlid J, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2009. Genetic linkage map for Amylostereum areolatum reveals an association between vegetative growth and sexual and self-recognition. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 46, pp 632-641, Full Text
Grobbelaar JW, Barnes I, Cortinas MN, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2009. Development and characterization of polymorphic markers for the sap-stain fungus Ophiostoma quercus. Molecular Ecology Resources, 9, pp 399-401.
de Wet J, Slippers B, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Tsopelas P, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Molecular and morphological characterization of Dorthiorella casuarinisp. nov. and other Botryosphaeriaceae with diplodia-like conidia. Mycologia, 101 (4), pp 503-511, Full Text
Grobbelaar JW, Aghayeva DN, de Beer ZW, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2009. Delimitation of Ophiostoma quercus and its synonyms using multiple gene phylogenies. Mycological Progress, 8, pp 221-236.
Pildain MB, Coetzee MPA, Rajchenberg M, Petersen RH, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2009. Molecular phylogeny of Armillaria from the Patagonian Andes. Mycological Progress, 8, pp 181-194.
Lombard L, Rodas CA, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Calonectria (Cylindrocladium) species assocated with dying Pinuscuttings. Persoonia, 23, pp 41-47, Full Text
Van Wyk M, Wingfield BD, Clegg PA, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Ceratocystis larium sp. nov., a new species fromStyrax benzoinwounds associated with incense harvesting in Indonesia. Persoonia, 22, pp 75-82, Full Text
Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Summerell BA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Co-occurring species of TeratosphaeriaonEucalyptus. Persoonia, 22, pp 38-48, Full Text
Lombard L, Rodas CA, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Calonectria (Cylindrocladium)species associated with dyingPinuscuttings. Persoonia, 23, pp 41-47, Full Text
Perez G, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Finkenauer E, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Mycosphaerella leaf disease (MLD) outbreak on Eucalyptus globulus in Brazil caused by Teratosphaeria (Mycosphaerella) nubilosa. Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 48, pp 302-306.
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