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Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology

Wingfield, MJ

BSc(Hons)(Natal) MSc(Stell) PhD(Minnesota) - Professor en Director: FABI

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Telephone number: 012 420 3939
Fax number: 012 420 3960
E-mail address: mike.wingfield@up.ac.za

Research Interests:

Microbial Evolution and Diversity

Research Output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals:

Coutinho TA, Brady CL, van der Vaart M, Venter SN, Telechea N, Rolfo M, Perez C, Wingfield MJ: 2011. A new shoot and stem disease ofEucalyptus species caused byErwinia psidii. Australasian Plant Pathology, 40, pp 55-60, Full Text

Chen SF, Barnes I, Chungu D, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Xie YJ, Zhou XD: 2011. High population diversity and increasing importance of the Eucalyptus stem canker pathogen, Teratosphaeria zuluensis, in South China. Australasian Plant Pathology, 40, pp 407-415.

Kamgan Nkuekam G, de Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Mohammed C, Carnegie AJ, Pegg GS, Roux J: 2011. Ophiostoma species (Ophiostomatales, Ascomycota), including two new taxa on eucalypts in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany, 59, pp 283-297, 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

Iturritxa E, Ganley RJ, Wright J, Heppe E, Steenkamp ET, Gordon TR, Wingfield MJ: 2011. A genetically homogenous population of Fusarium circinatum causes pitch canker of Pinus radiata in the Basque Country, Spain. Fungal Biology, 115, pp 288-295, 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

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

Vermeulen M, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2011. New records of the Cryphonectriaceae from Souhtern Africa including Latruncellus aurorae gen. sp. nov.. Mycologia, 103 (3), pp 554-569, Full Text

Chen SF, Gryzenhout M, Roux J, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD: 2011. Novel species of Celoporthe from Eucalyptus and Syzygium trees in China and Indonesia. Mycologia, 103 (6), pp 1384-1410, 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.

Chen SF, Lombard L, Roux J, Xie YJ, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD: 2011. Novel species of Calonectria associated with Eucalyptus leaf blight in Southeast China. Persoonia, 26, pp 1-12, 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

Tarigan M, Roux J, Van Wyk M, Tjahjono B, Wingfield MJ: 2011. A new wilt and die-back disease of Acacia mangium associated with Ceratocystis manginecans and C. acaciivora sp. nov.in Indonesia. South African Journal of Botany, 77, pp 292-304, Full Text

Mitchell R G, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ: 2011. The pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum : implications for South African forestry. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science (Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal), 73 (1), pp 1-13, Full Text

van der Linde JA, Six DL, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2011. Lasiodiplodia species associated with dying Euphorbia ingens in South Africa. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science (Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal), 73 (3&4), pp 165-173, Full Text

Tarigan M, Wingfield MJ, Van Wyk M, Tjahjono B, Roux J: 2011. Pruning quality affects infection of Acacia mangium and A. crassicarpa by Ceratocystis acaciivora and Lasiodiplodia theobromae. Southern Forests: A Journal of Forest Science (Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal), 73 (3&4), pp 187-191, Full Text

 

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