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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Genetics

Wingfield, BD

BSc(Natal) BSc(Med)(Hons)(Cape Town) MSc(Minnesota) PhD(Stell) - Deputy Dean

NRF Rating: B2

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Contact Details:

Telephone number: 012 420 6471
Fax number: 012 420 3960
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

Microbial Evolution and Diversity

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Cortinas MN, Barnes I, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2010. Genetic diversity in the Eucalyptus stem pathogen Teratosphaeria zuluensis. Australasian Plant Pathology, 39, pp 383-393, Full Text

Hurley B, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Govender P, Smith JE, Wingfield MJ: 2010. Genetic diversity of Bradysia difformis (Sciaridae: Diptera) populations reflects movement of an invasive insect between forestry nurseries. Biological Invasions, 12, pp 729-733, Full Text

Wright LP, Davis AJ, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Brenneman T, Wingfield MJ: 2010. Population structure of Cylindrocladium parasiticum infecting peanuts (Arachis hypogaea) in Georgia, USA. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 127, pp 199-206, Full Text

Heath RN, van der Linde MJ, Groeneveld HT, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2010. Factors influencing infection of Acacia mearnsii by the wilt pathogen Ceratocystis albifundus in South Africa. Forest Pathology, 40, pp 500-509, Full Text

Jacobs A, van Wyk PS, Marasas WFO, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA: 2010. Fusarium ananatum sp. Nov. in theGibberella fujikuroi species complex from pineapples with fruit rot in South Africa. Fungal Biology Reviews, 114, pp 515-527, Full Text

van der Merwe NA, Gryzenhout M, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2010. Multigene phylogenetic and population differentation data confirm the existence of a cryptic species within Chrysoporthe cubensis. Fungal Biology Reviews, 114, pp 966-979, Full Text

Duran A, Gryzenhout M, Drenth A, Slippers B, Ahumada R, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2010. AFLP analysis reveals a clonal population of Phytophthora pinifolia in Chile. Fungal Biology Reviews, 114, pp 746-752, Full Text

Van der Merwe NA, Gryzenhout M, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2010. Multigene phylogenetic and population differentiation data confirm the existence of a cryptic species within Chrysoporthe cubensis. Fungal Biology Reviews, 114, pp 966-979, Full Text

Van Wyk M, Wingfield BD, Marin M, Wingfield MJ: 2010. New Ceratocystis species infecting coffee, cacao, citrus and native trees in Colombia. Fungal Diversity, 40, pp 103-117, Full Text

Wingfield MJ, Coetzee MPA, Crous PW, Six D, Wingfield BD: 2010. Fungal phoenix rising from the ashes?. IMA Fungus - The Global Mycological Journal, 1 (2), pp 149-153, Full Text

Perez G, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Hunter GC, Wingfield MJ: 2010. Micro- and macrospatial scale analyses illustrates mixed mating strategies and extensive geneflow in populations of an invasive haploid pathogen. Molecular Ecology, 19 (9), pp 1801-1813, Full Text

Van Zuydam NR, Paciura D, Jacobs K, Wingfield MJ, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD: 2010. Barcoding and microcoding using "identiprimers" withLeptographiumspecies. Mycologia, 102 (6), pp 1274-1287, Full Text

Pildain MB, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Rajchenberg M: 2010. Taxonomy ofArmillariain the Patagonian forests of Argentina. Mycologia, 102 (2), pp 392-403, Full Text

Moses LM, Marasas WFO, Vismer HF, De Vos L, Rheeder JP, Proctor RH, Wingfield BD: 2010. Molecular Characterization ofFusarium globosumStrains from South African Maize and Japanese Wheat. Mycopathologia, 170, pp 237-249, Full Text

Grobbelaar JW, de Beer ZW, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2010. Ophiostoma tsotsisp. nov., A Wound-infesting Fungus of Hardwood Trees in Africa. Mycopathologia, 169, pp 413-423, Full Text

Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Wingfield BD: 2010. Novel associations between pathogens, insects and tree species threaten world forests. New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science, 40, pp 95-103, Full Text

Roets F, Wingfield BD, de Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Dreyer LL: 2010. Two new Ophiostoma species fromProtea caffrain Zambia. Persoonia, 24, pp 18-28, Full Text

Lombard L, Zhou XD, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2010. Calonectriaspecies associated with cutting rot ofEucalyptus. Persoonia, 24 / June, pp 1-11, Full Text

Lombard L, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2010. Phylogeny and systematics of the genusCalonectria. Studies in Mycology, 66 (1), pp 31-69, Full Text

Lombard L, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2010. Species concepts inCalonectria (Cylindrocladium). Studies in Mycology, 66 (1), pp 1-13, Full Text

Lombard L, Crous PW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2010. Multigene phylogeny and mating tests reveal three cryptic species related toCalonectria pauciramosa. Studies in Mycology, 66 (1), pp 15-30, Full Text

 

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