Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Genetics
Slippers, B
BSc BSc(Hons) MSc(UFS) PhD(Pret) - Associate Professor
NRF Rating: P
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 4202463
Fax number: 012 4203960
E-mail address: bernard.slippers@fabi.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Molecular systematics of micro-organisms
Forest biotechnology
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
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
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
Piskur B, Pavlic D, Slippers B, Ogris N, Maresi G, Wingfield MJ, Jurc D: 2011. Diversity and pathogenicity of Botryosphaeriaceae on declining Ostrya carpinifolia in Slovenia and Italy following extreme weather conditions. European Journal of Forest Research, 130, pp 235-249, Full Text
Begoude BAD, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2011. The pathogenic potential of endophytic Botryosphaeriaceous fungi on Terminalia species in Cameroon. Forest Pathology, 41, pp 281-292, 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
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
Luchi N, Pratesi N, Pazzagli M, Capretti P, Scala A, Slippers B, Pinzani P: 2011. High-resolution melting analysis : a new molecular approach for the early detection of Diplodia pinea in Austrian pine. Fungal Biology, 115 (8) / Aug, pp 715-723.
Bergeron J, Leal I, Foord B, Ross G, Davis C, Slippers B, de Groot P, Hamelin RC: 2011. Putative origin of clonal lineages of Amylostereum areolatum, the fungal symbiont associated with Sirex noctilio, retrieved from Pinus sylvestris, in eastern Canada. Fungal Biology, 115 (8), pp 750-758.
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
Mehl JWM, Slippers B, Roux J, Wingfield MJ: 2011. Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Pterocarpus angolensis (kiaat) in South Africa. Mycologia, 103 (3), pp 534-553, Full Text
Hawksworth DL, Crous PW, Redhead SA, Reynolds DR, Samson RA, Seifert KA, Taylor JW, Wingfield MJ, Abaci O, Aime C, Asan A, Slippers B, De Beer ZW, et al : 2011. 2. The Amsterdam Declaration on fungal nomenclature. Mycotaxon, 116, pp 491-500, Full Text
Chen SF, Pavlic D, Roux J, Slippers B, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD: 2011. Characterization of Botryosphaeriaceae from plantation-grown Eucalyptus species in South China. Plant Pathology, 60, pp 739-751, Full Text
Slippers B, Majozi T, Nelwamondo FV, Steenkamp CM, van Heerden E, Wright CY: 2011. Internet access constrains science development and training at South African universities. South African Journal of Science, 107 (7/8), p. 1, Full Text
Six DL, Poulsen M, Hansen AK, Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Eggleton P, Slippers B, Paine TD: 2011. Anthropogenic effects on interaction outcomes: examples from insect-microbial symbioses in forest and savanna ecosystems. Symbiosis, 53, pp 101-121, 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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