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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Genetics

Slippers, B

BSc BSc(Hons) MSc(UFS) PhD(Pret) - Associate Professor

NRF Rating: P

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Telephone number: 012 4202463
Fax number: 012 4203960
E-mail address: bernard.slippers@fabi.up.ac.za

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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.

Liu A, Samils N, Higgins B, Stenlid J, Slippers B, Nairn CJ, Covert SF: 2009. Microsatellite markers for the wood decay fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea. Conservation Genetics, 10 (5) / Oct, pp 1566-1572.

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.

Rodas CA, Slippers B, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Eucalyptuscanker diseases in Colombia. Forest Pathology, 39, pp 110-123.

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

Visser AA, Ros VID, de Beer ZW, Debets AJM, Hartog E, Kuyper TW, Laessoe T, Slippers B, Aanen DK: 2009. Levels of specificity of Xylaria species associated with fungus-growing termites: A phylogenetic approach. Molecular Ecology, 18, pp 553-567.

Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Multiple gene genealogies and phenotypic data reveal cryptic species of the Botryosphaeriaceae: A case study on the Neofusicoccum parvum/N. ribis complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 51, pp 259-268.

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

Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ: 2009. Molecular and phenotypic characterization of three phylogenetic species discovered within theNeofusicoccum parvum/N. ribiscomplex. Mycologia, 101 (5), pp 636-647, Full Text

Vasaitis R, Menkis A, Lim Y W, Seok S, Tomsovsky M, Jankovsky L, Lygis V, Slippers B, Stenlid J: 2009. Genetic variation and relationships in Laetiporus sulphureus s. lat., as determined by ITS rDNA sequences and in vitro growth rate. Mycological Research, 113, pp 326-336.

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.

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.

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

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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