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Coutinho TA, Carstensen G, Venter SN, Chen SF, Tarigan M, Wingfield MJ. (2024) Bacterial community in apparently healthy and asymptomatic Eucalyptus trees and those with symptoms of bacterial wilt. Journal of Plant Pathology 10.1007/s42161-024-01697-x

Gush S, Lebre P, Coutinho TA, Cowan DA, van der Waals JE. (2024) Disentangling shifts in the soil microbiome of potatoes infected with Rhizoctonia solani Anastomosis Group 3-PT in search of potential biocontrol agents. Phytobiomes Journal 10.1094/PBIOMES-06-23-0046-R

Claassens R, Venter SN, Beukes CW, Stępkowski T, Chan WY, Steenkamp ET. (2023) Bradyrhizobium xenonodulans sp. nov. isolated from nodules of Australian Acacia species invasive to South Africa. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 10.1016/j.syapm.2023.126452

Theron E, Bophela KN, Bisschoff J, Shin G, Coutinho TA, Van der Waals JE. (2022) Survey of Soft Rot Pectobacteriaceae Infecting Potatoes in South Africa. Potato Research 10.1007/s11540-022-09598-1

Khanal M, Timilsina S, Bhatta BP, Bophela K, Coutinho T, Cochran K, Malla S. (2022) Pseudomonas uvaldensis sp. nov., a bacterial pathogen causing onion bulb rot. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 72(4) 10.1099/ijsem.0.005311

Avontuur JR, Palmer M, Beukes CW, Wai YC, Tasiya T, van Zyl E, Coetzee MPA, Stepkowski T, Venter SN, Steenkamp ET. (2022) Bradyrhizobium altum sp. nov., Bradyrhizobium oropedii sp. nov. and Bradyrhizobium acaciae sp. nov. from South Africa show locally restricted and pantropical nodA phylogeographic patterns. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 167 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107338

Van der Nest M, Hlongwane N, Hadebe K, Chan W, Van der Merwe N, De Vos L, Greyling B, Kooverjee B, Soma P, Dzomba E, Bradfield M, Muchadeyi F. (2021) Breed ancestry, divergence, admixture, and selection patterns of the Simbra crossbreed. Frontiers in Genetics 11:1796. 10.3389/fgene.2020.608650

Khumbuzile Bophela, Yolanda Petersen, Carolee Theresa Bull, Teresa Ann Coutinho. (2019) Identification of Pseudomonas isolates associated with bacterial canker of stone fruit trees in the Western Cape, South Africa. Plant Disease 10.1094/PDIS-05-19-1102-RE

Bophela KN, Venter SN, Wingfield MJ, Duran A, Tarigan M, Coutinho TA. (2019) Xanthomonas perforans: A tomato and pepper pathogen associated with bacterial blight and dieback of Eucalyptus pellita seedlings in Indonesia. . Australasian Plant Pathology 10.1007/s13313-019-00657-9

Beukes CW, Sereme TK, Phalane FL, Mthombeni LS, Palmer M, Hassen AI, Chan WY, Avontuur J, van Zyl E, Steenkamp ET, Venter SN. (2019) Paraburkholderia strydomiana sp. nov. and Paraburkholderia steynii sp. nov.: rhizobial symbionts of the fynbos legume Hypocalyptus sophoroides. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 10.1007/s10482-019-01269-5

Avontuur JR, Palmer M, Beukes CW, Chan WY, Coetzee MPA, Blom J, Stępkowski T, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Shapiro N, Whitman WB, Venter SN, Steenkamp ET. (2019) Genome-informed Bradyrhizobium taxonomy: where to from here?. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 10.1016/j.syapm.2019.03.006

van der Nest MA, Wingfield MJ, McTaggart AR, Van Wyk S, De Vos L, Trollip C, Santana QC, Naidoo K, Dong TA, Wilken PM, Chan W-Y, Palmer M, Soal NA, Roodt D, Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD. (2019) Genomic analysis of the aggressive tree pathogen Ceratocystis albifundus. Fungal Biology 10.1016/j.funbio.2019.02.002

Shin G, Schacterle JK, Shyntum DY, Moleleki LN, Coutinho T, Sundin GW. (2019) Functional characterization of a global virulence regulator Hfq and identification of Hfq-dependent sRNAs in the plant pathogen Pantoea ananatis. Frontiers in Microbiology 10:1-19. 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02075

Hammerbacher A, Coutinho TA, Gershenzon J. (2019) Roles of plant volatiles in defense against microbial pathogens and microbial exploitation of volatiles. Plant Cell and Environment 42:2827-2841.

Shutt VM, Shin G, van der Waals JE, Goszczynska T, Coutinho T. (2018) Characterization of Ralstonia strains infecting tomato plants in South Africa. Crop Protection 112:56-62. 10.1016/j.cropro.2018.05.013

Siphathele Sibanda, Stanford Kwenda, Collins K. Tanui, Divine Shyntum, Teresa Coutinho, Lucy Moleleki. (2018) Transcriptome profiling reveals the EanI/R quorum sensing regulon in Pantoea ananatis LMG 2665T. Genes 9(3):148. 10.3390/genes9030148

Palmer M, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Avontuur JR, Chan WY, Van Zyl E, Blom J, Venter SN. (2018) Mixta gen. nov., a new genus in the Erwiniaceae. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 68:1396-1407. 10.1099/ijsem.0.002540

Otto M, Hammerbacher A, Petersen Y, Pierneef R, Coutinho TA. (2018) Phenolic compound degradation by Pseudomonas syringae phylogroup 2 strains. Journal of Plant Pathology 100(2):279-286.

Siphathele Sibanda, Lucy Moleleki, Divine Shyntum, Teresa Coutinho. 2018. Quorum Sensing in Gram-Negative Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. In: Advances in Plant Pathology. Intechopen., London SE1 9SG, United Kingdom, pp 67-89.

Otto M, Petersen Y, Roux J, Wright J, Courtinho. (2018) Bacterial canker of cherry trees, Prunus avium, in South Africa. European Journal of Plant Pathology 151:427-438. 10.1007/s10658-017-1384-5

De Maayer P, Aliyu H, Vikram S, Blom J, Duffy B, Cowan DA, Smits THM, Venter SN, Coutinho TA. (2017) Phylogenomic, pan-genomic, pathogenomic and evolutionary genomic insights into the agronomically relevant enterobacteria Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea stewartii. Frontiers in Microbiology 8(1755) 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01755

Beukes CW, Palmer M, Manyaka P, Chan W-Y, Avontuur JR, Van Zyl E, Huntemann M, Clum A, Pillay M, Palaniappan K, Varghese N, Mikhailova N, Stamatis D, Reddy TBK, Daum C, Shapiro N, Markowitz V, Ivanova N, Kyrpides N, Woyke T, Blom J, Whitman WB, Venter SN, Steenkamp ET. (2017) Genome data provides high support for generic boundaries in Burkholderia sensu lato. Frontiers in Microbiology 8(1154) 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01154

Venter SN, Palmer M, Beukes CW, Chan W-Y, Shin G, Van Zyl E, Seale T, Coutinho TA, Steenkamp ET. (2017) Practically delineating bacterial species with genealogical concordance. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 110(10):1311-132. 10.1007/s10482-017-0869-8

Palmer M, Steenkamp ET, Coetzee MPA, Chan W-Y, Van Zyl E, De Maayer P, Coutinho TA, Blom J, Smits THM, Duffy B, Venter SN. (2017) Phylogenomic resolution of the bacterial genus Pantoea and its relationship with Erwinia and Tatumella. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 110(10):1287-1309. 10.1007/s10482-017-0852-4

Weller-Stuart T, De Maayer P, Coutinho T. (2017) Pantoea ananatis: genomic insights into a versatile pathogen. Molecular Plant Pathology 18(9):1191-1198. 10.1111/mpp.12517

Weller-Stuart T, Toth I, De Maayer P, Coutinho T. (2017) Swimming and twitching motility are essential for attachment and virulence of Pantoea ananatis in onion seedlings. Molecular Plant Pathology 18(5):734-745. 10.1111/mpp.12432

Breedt G, Coutinho TA, Labuschagne N. (2017) Seed treatment with selected plant growth promoting rhizobacteria increases maize yield in the field. Annals of Applied Biology 171:229-236.

Moloto V, Goszczynska T, du Toit L, Coutinho TA. (2017) A new pathovar of Pseudomonas syringae, pathovar allii, isolated from onion plants exhibiting symptoms of blight. European Journal of Plant Pathology 147:591-603.

Zimudzi J, Coutinho TA, van der Waals J. (2017) Pathogenicity of fungi isolated from atypical skin blemishes on potatoes in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Potato Research 60:119-144.

Carstensen GD, Venter SN, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA. (2016) Two Ralstonia species associated with bacterial wilt of Eucalyptus. Plant Pathology 66:393-403. 10.1111/ppa.12577

Sibanda S, Theron J, Shyntum DY, Moleleki LN, Coutinho TA. (2016) Characterization of two LuxI/R homologs in Pantoea ananatis LMG 2665 T. Canadian Journal of Microbiology 62(11):893-903. 10.1139/cjm-2016-0143

Palmer M, De Maayer P, Poulsen M, Steenkamp ET, Van Zyl E, Coutinho TA, Venter SN. (2016) Draft genome sequences of Pantoea agglomerans and Pantoea vagans isolates associated with termites. Standards in Genomic Sciences 11(23) 10.1186/s40793-016-0144-z

Kwenda S, Gorshkov V, Ramesh AM, Naidoo S, Rubagotti E, Birch PRJ, Moleleki LN. (2016) Discovery and profiling of small RNAs responsive to stress conditions in the plant pathogen Pectobacterium atrosepticum. BMC Genomics 17(1) 10.1186/s12864-016-2376-0

du Raan S, Coutinho TA, van der Waals JE. (2015) Cardinal temperature differences, determined in vitro, between closely related species and subspecies of pectinolytic bacteria responsible for blackleg and soft rot on potatoes. European Journal of Plant Pathology 144(2):361-369. 10.1007/s10658-015-0773-x

Steenkamp ET, van Zyl E, Beukes CW, Avontuur J, Chan W-Y, Palmer M, Mthombeni LS, Phalane FL, Sereme TK, Venter SN. (2015) Burkholderia kirstenboschensis sp. nov. nodulates papilionoid legumes indigenous to South Africa. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 38(8):545-554. 10.1016/j.syapm.2015.09.003

De Maayer P, Chan W-Y, Martin DAJ , Blom J, Venter SN, Duffy B, Cowan DA, Smits THM, Coutinho TA. (2015) Integrative conjugative elements of the ICEPan family play a potential role in Pantoea ananatis ecological diversification and antibiosis. Frontiers in Microbiology 6:576. 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00576

Nesamari R, Millar IM, Coutinho TA, Roux J. (2015) South African cycads at risk: Aulacaspis yasumatsui (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae) in South Africa. African Entomology 23(1):198-206.

Shyntum D, Theron J, Moleleki L, Toth I, Venter SN, Coutinho TA. (2015) Pantoea ananatis utilizes a type VI secretion system for pathogenesis and bacterial competition. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 28(4):420-431. 10.1094/MPMI-07-14-0219-R

Coutinho TA, van der Westhuizen L, Roux J, McFarlane SA, Venter SN. (2015) Significant host jump of Xanthomonas vasicola from sugarcane to a Eucalyptus grandis clone in South Africa. Plant Pathology 64(3):576-581. 10.1111/ppa.12298

Weller-Stuart T, Chan W-Y, Coutinho TA, Venter SN, Smits THM, Duffy B, Goszczynska T, Cowan DA, de Maayer P. (2014) Draft genome sequences of the onion center rot pathogen Pantoea ananatis PA4 and maize brown stalk rot pathogen P. ananatis BD442. Genome Announcements 2(4) e00750-14

De Maayer P, Chan WY, Rubagotti E, Venter SN, Toth IK, Birch PR, Coutinho TA. (2014) Analysis of the Pantoea ananatis pan-genome reveals factors underlying its ability to colonize and interact with plant, insect and vertebrate hosts. BMC Genomics 15:404. 10.1186/1471-2164-15-404

Ngadze E, Coutinho TA, Icishahayo D, van der Waals JE. (2014) Effect of calcium soil amendments on phenolic compounds and soft rot resistance in potato tubers. Crop Protection 62:40-45. 10.1016/j.cropro.2014.04.009

Mitchell RG, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET, Roux J, Verryn S, Coutinho TA. (2014) Comparison of the tolerance of Pinus patula seedlings and established trees to infection by Fusarium circinatum. Southern Forests 76(3):151-159. 10.2989/20702620.2014.899061

Shyntum DY, Venter SN, Moleleki LN, Toth I, Coutinho TA. (2014) Comparative genomics of type VI secretion systems in strains of Pantoea ananatis from different environments. BMC Genomics 15:163. 10.1186/1471-2164-15-163

Steenkamp ET, Makhari OM, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2014) Evidence for a new introduction of the pitch canker fungus Fusarium circinatum in South Africa. Plant Pathology 63(3):530-538. 10.1111/ppa.12136

Bull CT, Coutinho TA, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer-Le Saux M, Li X, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. (2014) List of new names of plant pathogenic bacteria (2011-2012). Journal of Plant Pathology 96(2):223-226. 10.4454/JPP.V96I2.026

Reva ON, Chan WY, Benzuidt OKI, Lapa SV, Safronova LA, Avdeeva LV, Borriss R. 2014. Genetic barcoding of bacteria and its microbiological and biotechnological applications. In: Bioinformatics and Data Analysis in Microbiology. Bishop OT. (eds). Caister Academic Press, Norfolk, pp 231-245.

Roux J, Greyling I, Coutinho TA, Verleur M, Wingfield MJ. (2013) The Myrtle rust pathogen, Puccinia psidii, discovered in Africa. IMA Fungus 4:155-159. 10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.01.14

Chan WY, Dietel K, Lapa SV, Avdeeva LV, Borriss R, Reva ON. (2013) Draft genome sequence of Bacillus atrophaeus UCMB-5137, a plant-growth-promoting rhizobacterium. Genome Announcements 1(3):1-2. 10.1128/genomeA.00233-13

Kubheka GC, Coutinho T, Moleleki N, Moleleki LN. (2013) Colonisation patterns of a mCherry-tagged Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. brasiliense in potato. Phytopathology 103(12):1269-1279. 10.1094/PHYTO-02-13-0049-R

Le Roux WJ, Chan WY, De Maayer P, De Maayer P, Venter SN. (2013) Genome Sequence of Vibrio cholerae G4222, a South African Clinical Isolate. Genome Announcements 1(2):1-2. 10.1128/genomeA.00040-13

Mitchell RG, Wingfield MJ, Hodge GR, Dvorak WS, Coutinho TA. (2013) Susceptibility of provenances and families of Pinus maximinoi and Pinus tecunumanii to frost in South Africa. New Forests 44:135-146. 10.1007/s11056-012-9306-z

Mitchell RG, Wingfield MJ, Hodge GR, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA. (2013) The tolerance of Pinus patula × Pinus tecunumanii, and other pine hybrids, to Fusarium circinatum in greenhouse trials. New Forests 44:443-456. 10.1007/s11056-012-9355-3

Amy Charkowski, Sylvie Reverchon, Pablo Rodr´ıguez Palenzuela, Michael San Francisco, Ian Toth, Shinji Tsuyumu, Jacquie van der Waals, Jan van der Wolf, Fr´ed´erique Van Gijsegem, Ching-Hong Yang, Nicole Perna, Andrew Pitman, Minna Pirhonen, Carlos Blanco, Guy Condemine, Dominique Expert, Thierry Franza, Christopher Hayes, Nicole Hugouvieux-Cotte-Pattat, Emilia L´ opez Solanilla, David Low, Lucy Moleleki, Iris Yedidia. (2012) The role of secretion systems and small molecules in soft rot Enterobacteriaceae pathogenicity. Annual Review of Phyotopathology 50:425-49. 10.1146/annurev-phyto-081211-173013

De Maayer P, Chan WY, Blom J, Venter SN, Duffy B, Smits THM, Coutinho TA. (2012) The large universal Pantoea plasmid LPP-1 plays a major role in biological and ecological diversification. BMC Genomics 13(625):1-12. 10.1186/1471-2164-13-625

Wingfield BD, Steenkamp ET, Santana QC, Coetzee MPA, Bam S, Barnes I, Beukes CW, Chane W-Y, de Vos L, Fourie G, Friend M, Gordon TR, Herron DA, Holt C, Korf I, Kvas M, Martin SH, Mlonyeni XO, Naidoo K, Phasha MM, Postma A, Reva O, Roos H, Simpson M, Slinski S, Slippers B, Sutherland R, van der Merwe NA, van der Nest MA, Venter SNV, Wilken PM, Yandell M, Zipfel R, Wingfield MJ. (2012) First fungal genome sequence from Africa: a preliminary analysis. South African Journal of Science 108:104-122. 10.4102/sajs.v108i1/2.537

De Maayer P, Chan WY, Rezzonico F, Buhlmann A, Venter SN, Blom J, Goesmann A, Frey JE, Smits THM, Duffy B, Coutinho TA. (2012) Complete Genome Sequence of Clinical Isolate Pantoea ananatis LMG 5342. Journal of Bacteriology 194(6):1615-1616. 10.1128/JB.06715-11

Brady Carrie L, Cleenwerck I, van der Westhuizen L., Venter S. N., Coutinho T.A., De Vos P.. (2012) Pantoea rodasii sp. nov., Pantoea rwandensis sp. nov. and Pantoea wallisii sp. nov., isolated from Eucalyptus. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 62:1457–1464. 10.1099/ijs.0.032615-0

Mitchell RG, Wingfield MJ, Hodge GR, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA. (2012) Selection of Pinus spp. in South Africa for tolerance to infection by the pitch canker fungus. New Forests 43:473-489. 10.1007/s11056-011-9293-5

Mitchell RG, Coutinho TA, Steenkamp E, Herbert M, Wingfield MJ. (2012) Future outlook for Pinus patula in South Africa in the presence of the pitch canker fungus (Fusarium circinatum). Southern Forests 74:203-210. 10.2989/20702620.2012.741792

Mitchell RG, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA. (2012) Tolerance of Pinus patula full-sib families to Fusarium circinatum in a greenhouse study. Southern Forests 74:247-252. 10.2989/20702620.2012.741788

Coutinho TA, Brady CL, Vaart MVD, Venter SN, Telechea N, Rolfo M, Perez C, Wingfield MJ. (2011) A new shoot and stem disease of Eucalyptus species caused by Erwinia psidii. Australasian Plant Pathology 40(1):55-60. 10.1007/s13313-010-0013-y

Mitchell RG, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ. (2011) The pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum: Implications for South African forestry. Southern Forests 73(1):1-13. 10.2989/20702620.2011.574828

De Maayer P, Chan WY, Venter SN, Toth IK, Birch PRJ, Joubert F, Coutinho TA. (2010) Genome Sequence of Pantoea ananatis LMG20103, the Causative Agent of Eucalyptus Blight and Dieback. Journal of Bacteriology 192(11):2936-2937. 10.1128/JB.00060-10

Jacobs A, Van Wyk PS, Marasas WFO, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA. (2010) Fusarium ananatum sp. nov. in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex from pineapples with fruit rot in South Africa. Fungal Biology 114(7):515-527. 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.03.013

Brady CL, Venter SN, Cleenwerck I, Engelbeen K, De Vos P, Wingfield MJ, Telechea N, Coutinho TA. (2009) Isolation of Enterobacter cowanii from Eucalyptus showing symptoms of bacterial blight and dieback in Uruguay. Letters in Applied Microbiology 49(4):461-465. 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02692.x

Hammerbacher A, Wright LP, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA. (2009) Factors affecting pine pitch canker modelled on Michaelis-Menten kinetics. Botany 87(1):36-42. 10.1139/B08-129

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(2):259-268. 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.12.017

Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ. (2009) Molecular and phenotypic characterization of three phylogenetic species discovered within the Neofusicoccum parvum/N. ribis complex. Mycologia 101(5):636-647. 10.3852/08-193

Porter B, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA. (2009) Susceptibility of South African native conifers to the pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum. South African Journal of Botany 75(2):380-382. 10.1016/j.sajb.2008.11.003

van den Berg N, Berger DK, Hein I, Birch PRJ, Wingfield MJ, Viljoen A. (2009) Genes up-regulated in tolerant cavendish banana roots in response to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense infection. Acta Horticulturae 828:273-282.

Toth IK , Birch PRJ , Liu H , Pritchard L , Humphries s, Ravensdale M , Moleleki L , Gilroy EM. (2008) What will a genome sequence do for fire blight research? Pectobacterium atrosepticum and potato - A case study. Acta Horticulturae 793:157-162.

Wingfield MJ, Hammerbacher A, Ganley RJ, Steenkamp ET, Gordon TR, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA. (2008) Pitch canker caused by Fusarium circinatum - A growing threat to pine plantations and forests worldwide. Australasian Plant Pathology 37(4):319-334. 10.1071/AP08036

Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Roux J. (2008) Eucalypt pests and diseases: Growing threats to plantation productivity. Southern Forests 70(2):139-144. 10.2989/SOUTH.FOR.2008.70.2.9.537

Whisson SC, Pritchard L, Toth IK, Hein I, Chapman S, van West P, Grouffaud S, Armstrong MR, Gilroy EM, Morales JG, Avrova AO, Moleleki L, Boevink PC, Birch PR. (2007) A translocation signal for delivery of oomycete effector proteins into host plant cells. Nature 7166 :115-8. 10.1038/nature06203

Toth IK, Birch PRJ, Liu H, Pritchard L, Humphris S, Ravensdale M, Moleleki L, Gilroy EM. (2007) What will a genome sequence do for fire blight research? Pectobacterium atrosepticum and potato - A case study. Acta Horticulturae 793:157-162.

Wingfield MJ, Slippers B, Hurley BP, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Roux J. 2007. Eucalypt pests and diseases: Growing threats to plantation productivity. In: Proceedings, IUFRO 2007 Working Group 2.08.03 Meeting “Eucalypts and Diversity: Balancing Productivity and Sustainability”. pp .

Coutinho TA, Steenkamp ET, Mongwaketsi K, Wilmot M, Wingfield MJ. (2007) First outbreak of pitch canker in a South African pine plantation. Australasian Plant Pathology 36(3):256-261. 10.1071/AP07017

Hurley BP, Govender P, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2007) Fungus gnats and other Diptera in South African forestry nurseries and their possible association with the pitch canker fungus. South African Journal of Science 103(1-2):43-46.

Hurley BP, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Govender P, Wingfield MJ. (2007) Molecular detection of fungi carried by Bradysia difformis (Sciaridae: Diptera) in South African forestry nurseries. Southern Hemisphere Forestry Journal 69(2):103-109. 10.2989/SHFJ.2007.69.2.5.291

Jacobs A, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Ahumada R, Wingfield BD. (2007) Characterization of the pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum, from Chile. South African Journal of Science 103:253-257.

Maseko B, Burgess TI, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ. (2007) Two new Phytophthora species from South African Eucalyptus plantations. Mycological Research 111(11):1321-1338. 10.1016/j.mycres.2007.08.011

Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ. (2007) Botryosphaeriaceae occurring on native Syzygium cordatum in South Africa and their potential threat to Eucalyptus. Plant Pathology 56(4):624-636. 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2007.01608.x

Slippers B, Smit WA, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2007) Taxonomy, phylogeny and identification of Botryosphaeriaceae associated with pome and stone fruit trees in South Africa and other regions of the world. Plant Pathology 56(1):128-139. 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2006.01486.x

van den Berg N, Berger DK, Hein I, Birch PRJ, Wingfield MJ, Viljoen A. (2007) Tolerance in banana to Fusarium wilt is associated with early up-regulation of cell wall-strengthening genes in the roots. Molecular Plant Pathology 8(3):333-341. 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2007.00389.x

Fouche-Weich J, Berger D, Poussier S, Trigalet-Demery D, Coutinho T. (2006) Molecular identification of some African strains of Ralstonia solanacearum from eucalypt and potato. Journal of General Plant Pathology 72:369-373.

Britz H, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ. (2005) Diversity and differentiation in two populations of Gibberella circinata in South Africa. Plant Pathology 54(1):46-52. 10.1111/j.1365-3059.2004.01108.x

Slippers B, Summerell BA, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2005) Preliminary studies on Botryosphaeria species from Southern Hemisphere conifers in Australasia and South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology 34(2):213-220. 10.1071/AP05020

Slippers B, Johnson GI, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2005) Phylogenetic and morphological re-evaluation of the Botryosphaeria species causing diseases of Mangifera indica. Mycologia 97(1):99-110.

Wingfield MJ, Myburg AA, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD. 2004. Pest and disease risks in exotic plantations. In: Plantation Forest Biotechnology for the 21st Century. Walter C, Carson M. (eds). Research Signpost, Kerala, India, pp 43-59.

Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Myburg AA, Wingfield BD. 2004. Management of pathogens in exotic plantation forestry. In: Plantation Forest Biotechnology for the 21st Century. Walter C, Carson M. (eds). Research Signpost, Kerala, India, pp .

Pavlic D, Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ. (2004) Lasiodiplodia gonubiensis sp. nov., a new Botryosphaeria anamorph from native Syzygium cordatum in South Africa. Studies in Mycology 50:313-322.

Slippers B, Burgess T, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ. (2004) Development of simple sequence repeat markers for Botryosphaeria spp. with Fusicoccum anamorphs. Molecular Ecology Notes 4(4):675-677. 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2004.00780.x

Slippers B, Crous PW, Denman S, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2004) Combined multiple gene genealogies and phenotypic characters differentiate several species previously identified as Botryosphaeria dothidea. Mycologia 96(1):83-101.

Slippers B, Fourie G, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2004) Multiple gene sequences delimit Botryosphaeria australis sp. nov. from B. lutea. Mycologia 96(5):1030-1041.

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