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: A1
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:
Mohali S, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Pathogenicity of seven species of the Botryosphaeriaceae on Eucalyptusclones in Venezuela. Australasian Plant Pathology, 38, pp 135-140.
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.
Roets F, Roets F, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Dreyer LL: 2009. Mite-mediated hyperphoretic dispersal ofOphiostomaspp. from the infructescences of South AfricanProteaspp. Environmental Entomology, 38 (1), pp 143-152, Full Text
Heath RN, Wingfield MJ, Van Wyk M, Roux J: 2009. Insect associates of Ceratocystis albifundusand patterns of association in a native Savanna ecosystem in South Africa. Environmental Entomology, 38 (2), pp 356-364, Full Text
Perez CA, Wingfield MJ, Altier NA, Blanchette RA: 2009. Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae associated withEucalyptusleaf diseases and stem cankers in Uruguay. Forest Pathology, 39, pp 349-360.
Lu M, Zhou X-D, de Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Sun J-H: 2009. Ophiostomatoid fungi associated with the invasive pine-infesting bark beetle, Dendroctonus valens, in China. Fungal Diversity, 38, pp 133-145, Full Text
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
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.
Hunter GC, Crous PW, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Teratosphaeria nubilosa, a serious leaf disease pathogen of Eucalyptus spp. in native and introduced areas. Molecular Plant Pathology, 10 (1), pp 1-14.
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.
Crous PW, Summerell BA, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield MJ, Groenewald JZ: 2009. Novel species of Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae. Persoonia, 23, pp 119-146, 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, Braun U, Wingfield MJ, Wood AR, Shin HD, Summerell BA, Alfenas AC, Cumagun CJR, Groenewald JZ: 2009. Phylogeny and taxonomy of obscure genera of microfungi. Persoonia, 22, pp 139-161, 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
Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Groenewald JZ: 2009. Niche sharing reflects a poorly understood biodiversity phenomenon. Persoonia, 22, pp 83-94, Full Text
Pegg GS, Webb RI, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield MJ, Drenth A: 2009. Infection and disease development ofQuambalariaspp. on Corymbiaand Eucalyptusspecies. Plant Pathology, 58, pp 642-654.
Perez CA, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Altier NA, Blanchette RA: 2009. Neofusicoccum eucalyptorum a Eucalyptus pathogen, on native Myrtaceae in Uruguay. Plant Pathology, 58, pp 964-970.
Slippers B, Burgess T, Pavlic D, Ahumada R, Maleme H, Mohali S, Rodas CA, Wingfield MJ: 2009. A diverse assemblage of Botryosphaeriaceae infect Eucalyptus in native and non-native environments. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science, 71 (2), pp 101-110.
Pegg GS, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield MJ, Drenth A: 2009. Quambalaria species: increasing threat to eucalypt plantations in Australia. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science, 71 (2), pp 111-114.
Roux J, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Ceratocystis species: emerging pathogens of non-native plantation Eucalyptus andAcacia species. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science, 71 (2), pp 115-120.
Schoch CL, Crous PW, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Groenewald JZ, Boehm EWA, Burgess TI, de Gruyter J, de Hoog GS, Dixon LJ, Grube M, Gueidan C, Harada Y, Hatakeyama S, Hirayama K, Huhndorf SM, Hyde KD, Jones EBG, Kohlmeyer J, Kruys A, Li YM, Lucking R, Lumbsch HT, Marvanova L, Mbatchou JS, McVay AH, Miller AN, Mugambi GK, Muggia L, Nelsen MP, Nelson P, Owensby CA, Phillips AJL, Phongpaichit S, Pointing SB, Pujade-Renaud V, Raja HA, Rivas Plata E, Robbertse B, Ruibal C, Sakayaroj J, Sano T, Shirouzu T, Selbmann L, Suetrong S, Shearer CA, Tanaka K, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B, Wood AR, Woudenberg JHC, Yonezawa H, Zhang Y, Spatafora JW: 2009. A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes. Studies in Mycology, 64, pp 1-15, Full Text
Schoch CL, Sung G-H, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M, Miadlikowska J, Hofstetter V, Robbertse B, Matheny JP, Kauff F, Wang Z, Gueidan C, Andrie RM, Trippe K, Ciufetti LM, Wynns A, Fraker E, Hodkinson BP, Bonito G, Groenewald JZ, Arzanlou M, de Hoog GS, Crous PW, Hewitt D, Pfister DH, Peterson K, Townsend JP, Lopez-Giraldez F, Aptroot A, Suh S-O, Blackwell M, Hillis DM, Griffith GW, Castlebury LA, Rossman AY, Lumbsch HT, Lucking R, Budel B, Rauhut A, Diederich P, Ertz D, Geiser DM, Hosaka K, Inderbitzin P, Kohlmeyer J, Volkmann-Kohlmeyer B, Mostert L, Odonnell K, Sipman H, Rodgers JD, Shoemaker RA, Sugiyama J, Summerbell RC, Untereiner W, Johnston PR, Stenroos S, Zuccaro A, Dyer PS, Crittenden PD, Cole MS, Hansen K, Trappe JM, Yahr R, Lutzoni F, Spatafora JW: 2009. The Ascomycota tree of life: A phylum-wide phylogeny clarifies the origin and evolution of fundamental reproductive and ecological traits. Systematic Biology, 58 (2), pp 224-239.
Aanen DK, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Biological pest control in beetle agriculture. Trends in Microbiolog, 17 (5), pp 179-182.
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