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
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
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:
de Wet J, Bihon Legesse W, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2011. Characterization of a novel dsRNA element in the pine endophytic fungus Diplodia scrobiculata. Archives of Virology, 156, pp 1199-1208, Full Text
Bihon Legesse W, Burgess T, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2011. Distribution of Diplodia pinea and its genotypic diversity within asymptomatic Pinus patula trees. Australasian Plant Pathology, 40, pp 540-548, Full Text
Cortinas MN, Barnes I, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2011. Unexpected genetic diversity revealed in the Eucalyptus canker pathogen Teratosphaeria gauchensis. Australasian Plant Pathology, 40, pp 497-503, Full Text
Mlonyeni XOM, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Ahumada R, Klasmer P, Leal I, de Groot P, Slippers B: 2011. Extreme homozygosity in Southern Hemisphere populations of Deladenus siricidicola , a biological control agent of Sirex noctilio. Biological Control, 59, pp 348-353, Full Text
Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Wingfield BD: 2011. Insect pests and pathogens of Australian acacias grown as non-natives - an experiment in biogeography with far-reaching consequences. Diversity and Distributions, 17, pp 968-977, Full Text
Moleleki N, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Preisig O: 2011. Effect of Diaporthe RNA virus 1 (DRV1) on growth and pathogenicity of different Diaporthe species. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 131, pp 261-268, Full Text
Heath RN, Roux J, Slippers B, Drenth A, Pennycook SR, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2011. Occurrence and pathogenicity of Neofusicoccum parvum and N. mangiferae on ornamental Tibouchina species. Forest Pathology, 41, pp 48-51, Full Text
Bihon Legesse W, Slippers B, Burgess T, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2011. Diplodia scrobiculata found in the southern hemisphere. Forest Pathology, 41, pp 175-181, Full Text
Barnes I, Kirisits T, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2011. Needle blight of pine caused by two species of Dothistroma in Hungary. Forest Pathology, 41, pp 361-369, Full Text
Bihon Legesse W, Slippers B, Burgess T, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2011. Sources of Diplodia pinea endophytic infections in Pinus patula and P. radiata seedlings in South Africa. Forest Pathology, 41, pp 370-375, Full Text
De Vos L, Van der Nest MA, Van der Merwe NA, Myburg AA, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2011. Genetic analysis of growth, morphology and pathogenicity in the F 1 progeny of an interspecific cross between Fusarium circinatum and Fusarium subglutinans. Fungal Biology, 115, pp 902-908, Full Text
Roets F, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Dreyer LL: 2011. Mites are the most common vectors of the fungus Gondwanamyces proteae in Protea infrictescences. Fungal Biology, 115, pp 343-350, Full Text
Van Wyk M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2011. Four new Ceratocystis spp. Associated with wounds on Eucalyptus, Schizolobium and Terminalia trees in Ecuador. Fungal Diversity, 46, pp 111-131, Full Text
Martin SH, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET: 2011. Structure and evolution of the Fusarium mating type locus: New insights from the Gubberella fujikuroi complex. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 48, pp 731-740, Full Text
Van der Nest MA, Steenkamp ET, Slippers B, Mongae A, Van Zyl K, Stenlid J, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2011. Gene expression associated with vegetative incompatibility in Amylostereum areolatum. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 48, pp 1034-1043, Full Text
Martin SH, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET: 2011. Causes and Consequences of Variability in Peptide Mating Pheromones of Ascomycete Fungi. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 28 (7), pp 1987-2003, Full Text
Grobbelaar JW, De Beer ZW, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD, Wingfield BD: 2011. Discovery of Ophiostoma tsotsi on Eucalyptus wood chips in China. Mycoscience, 52, pp 111-118, Full Text
Van Wyk M, Wingfield BD, Al-Adawi AO, Rossetto CJ, Fumiko Ito M, Wingfield MJ: 2011. Two new Ceratocystis species associated with mango disease in Brazil. Mycotaxon, 117, pp 381-404, Full Text
Oh E, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2011. First report of Phytophthora cinnamomiassociated with stem cankers ofQuercus cerrisin South Africa. New Disease Reports, 24, p. 11.
Coetzee MPA, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2011. Paleogene Radiation of a Plant Pathogenic Mushroom. Plos One, 6 (12), pp e28545 (1-8), Full Text
Wingfield BD: 2011. Can we improve postgraduate degree throughput rates?. South African Journal of Science, 107 (11/12), pp 1-2.
Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Golani GD, Tjahjono B, Gafur A, Wingfield MJ: 2011. A single dominant Ganoderma species is responsible for root rot of Acacia mangium and Eucalyptus in Sumatra. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science (Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal), 73 (3&4), pp 175-180, Full Text
Chapters in books:
Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Roux J, Wingfield BD: 2011. Fifty years of tree pest and pathogen invasions, increasingly threatening world forests. In Fifty years of Invasion Ecology. The Legacy of Charles Elton, (8) / 1, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, pp 89-99.
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