Hlongwane NL, Dzomba EF, Hadebe K,
van der Nest MA, Pierneef R, Muchadeyi FC. (2024)
Identification of signatures of positive selection that have shaped the genomic landscape of South African pig populations.
Animals 14:235.
10.3390/ani14020236
Kooverjee BB, Soma P,
van der Nest MA, Scholtz MM, Neser FWC. (2023)
Copy Number Variation Discovery in South African Nguni-Sired and Bonsmara-Sired Crossbred Cattle.
Animals 13(15):2513.
10.3390/ani13152513
Dzomba EF,
Van der Nest MA, Mthembu JNT, Soma P, Snyman MA, Chimonyo M, Muchadeyi FC. (2023)
Selection signature analysis and genome-wide divergence of South African Merino breeds from their founders.
Frontiers in Genetics 13:932272.
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Wingfield BD,
Berger DK,
Coetzee MPA,
Duong TA, Martin A,
Pham NQ,
Van den Berg N,
Wilken PM, Arun-Chinnappa KS,
Barnes I,
Buthelezi S, Dahanayaka BA, Durán A,
Engelbrecht J, Feurtey A,
Fourie A,
Fourie G,
Hartley J, Kabwe ENK,
Maphosa M,
Narh Mensah DL,
Nsibo DL, Potgieter L, Poudel B, Stukenbrock EH,
Thomas C, Vaghefi N,
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Wingfield MJ. (2022)
IMA genome‑F17 Draft genome sequences of an Armillaria species from Zimbabwe, Ceratocystis colombiana, Elsinoë necatrix, Rosellinia necatrix, two genomes of Sclerotinia minor, short‑read genome assemblies and annotations of four Pyrenophora teres isolates from barley grass, and a long-read genome assembly of Cercospora zeina.
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Backer R,
Engelbrecht J,
van den Berg N. (2022)
Differing Responses to Phytophthora cinnamomi Infection in Susceptible and Partially Resistant Persea americana (Mill.) Rootstocks: A Case for the Role of Receptor-Like Kinases and Apoplastic Proteases.
Frontiers in Plant Science 13
10.3389/fpls.2022.928176 
Kooverjee BB, Soma P, Neser FWC,
Van der Nest MA, Scholtz MM. (2022)
Selection Signatures in South African Nguni and Bonsmara Cattle Populations Reveal Genes Relating to Environmental Adaptation..
Frontiers in Genetics 13:909012.
10.3389/fgene.2022.909012
Wingfield BD,
De Vos L,
Wilson AM,
Duong AT, Vaghefi N, Botes A, Kharwar RN, Chand R, Poudel B, Aliyu H, Barbetti MJ,
Chen S, de Maayer P,
Liu F, Navathe S, Sinha S,
Steenkamp ET,
Suzuki H, Tshisekedi KA,
van der Nest MA,
Wingfield MJ. (2022)
Draft genome assemblies of Fusarium marasasianum, Huntiella abstrusa, two Immersiporthe knoxdaviesiana isolates, Macrophomina pseudophaseolina, Macrophomina phaseolina, Naganishia randhawae, and Pseudocercospora cruenta.
IMA Fungus 13(1):3.
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Kooverjee BB, Soma P, Neser FWC,
Van der Nest MA, Scholtz MM. 2022.
Copy number variation analysis in Nguni and Bonsmara crossbred cattle. In:
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Duong AT,
Aylward J, Ametrano CG, Poudel E,
Santana QC,
Wilken PM, Martin A, Arun-Chinnappa KS,
De Vos L, DiStefano I, Grewe F, Huhndorf S, Lumbsch HT,
Rakoma JR,
Steenkamp ET, Sun Y,
van der Nest MA,
Wingfield MJ,
Yilmaz N,
Wingfield BD. (2021)
Draft genome assembly of Fusarium pilosicola, Meredithiella fracta, Niebla homalea, Pyrenophora teres hybrid WAC10721, and Teratosphaeria viscida.
IMA Fungus 12(1):30.
10.1186/s43008-021-00077-9
van der Nest MA, Chávez R,
De Vos L,
Duong TA, Gil-Durán C, Ferreira MA,
Lane FA, Levicán G,
Santana QC,
Steenkamp ET,
Suzuki H, Tello M, Rakoma JR, Vaca I, Valdés N,
Wilken PM,
Wingfield MJ,
Wingfield BD. (2021)
Draft genome sequences of Penicillium roqueforti, Fusarium sororula, Chrysoporthe puriensis, and Chalaropsis populi.
IMA Fungus 12:5.
10.1186/s43008-021-00055-1
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.
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Mufamadi Z,
Fourie G, Willis-Boyum A,
van den Berg N. (2020)
Husk rot disease: causal agents and disease epidemiology.
SAMAC Journal
Welgemoed T, Pierneef R, Sterck L, Van de Peer Y,
Swart V,
Scheepers KD,
Berger DK. (2020)
De novo assembly of transcriptomes from a B73 maize line introgressed with a QTL for resistance to gray leaf spot disease reveals a candidate allele of a lectin receptor-like kinase.
Frontiers in Plant Science
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Wingfield BD, van Heerden CJ,
van der Nest MA,
Steenkamp ET, Roets F, Geiser DM,
Duong TA, Dreyer LL,
Coetzee MPA,
Barnes I,
Aylward J,
Bushula-Njah VS,
Simpson MC,
Fourie A,
Wingfield MJ. (2019)
Draft genome sequences of Fusarium xylarioides, Teratosphaeria gauchensis and T. zuluensis and genome annotation for Ceratocystis fimbriata.
IMA Fungus 10(13)
10.1186/s43008-019-0013-7
Palmer M,
Venter SN,
McTaggart AR,
Coetzee MPA,
Van Wyk S,
Avontuur JR,
Beukes CW,
Fourie G,
Santana QC,
Van der Nest MA, Blom J,
Steenkamp ET. (2019)
The synergistic effect of concatenation in phylogenomics: the case in Pantoea.
PeerJ
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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,
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Wingfield BD. (2019)
Genomic analysis of the aggressive tree pathogen Ceratocystis albifundus.
Fungal Biology
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Zumaquero A, Martinez-Ferri E, Matas AJ, Reeksting B,
Olivier NA, Pliego-Alfaro F, Barcelo A,
van den Berg N, Pliego C. (2019)
Rosellinia necatrix infection induces differential gene expression between tolerant and susceptible avocado rootstocks.
PLoS ONE 14(2):e0212359.
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Kuhn DN, Livingstone DS, Richards JH, Manosalva P,
van den Berg N, Chambers AH. (2019)
Application of genomic tools to avocado (Persea americana) breeding: SNP discovery for genotyping and germplasm characterization.
Scientia Horticulturae 246:1-11.
10.1016/j.scienta.2018.10.011
Wingfield BD, Kolarik M, Menzies JG,
Naidoo K, Pochopski O, Shoukouhi P,
Santana QC, Seifert KA,
Soal NA,
Steenkamp ET,
Tatham CT,
Van der Nest MA,
Havenga M, Findlay W, Liu M, Nguyen HDT,
Lane FA,
Morgan SW,
De Vos L,
Wilken PM,
Doung TA,
Aylward J,
Coetzee MPA, Dadej K,
De Beer ZW,
Wingfield MJ. (2018)
Nine draft genome sequences of Claviceps purpurea s.lat., including C. arundinis, C. humidiphila, and C. cf. spartinae, pseudomolecules for the pitch canker pathogen Fusarium circinatum, draft genome of Davidsoniella eucalypti, Grosmannia galeiformis, Quambalaria eucalypti, and Teratosphaeria destructans.
IMA Fungus 9(2):401-418.
10.5598/imafungus.2018.09.02.10
Wingfield BD, Bills GF, Dong Y, Huang W,
Nel WJ,
Swalarsk-Parry BS, Vaghefi N,
Wilken PM, An Z,
de Beer ZW,
De Vos L, Chen L,
Duong TA, Gao Y,
Hammerbacher A, Kikkert JR, Li Y, Li H, Li K, Li Q, Liu X, Ma X,
Naidoo K, Pethybridge SJ, Sun J,
Steenkamp ET,
van der Nest M,
van Wyk S,
Wingfield MJ, Xiong C, Yue Q, Zhang X. (2018)
IMA Genome-F 9 Draft genome sequence of Annulohypoxylon stygium, Aspergillus mulundensis, Berkeleyomyces basicola (syn. Thielaviopsis basicola), Ceratocystis smalleyi, two Cercospora beticola strains, Coleophoma cylindrospora, Fusarium fracticaudum, Phialophora cf. hyalina, and Morchella septimelata.
IMA Fungus 9(1):199-223.
10.5598/imafungus.2018.09.01.13
Wingfield BD,
Berger DK,
Steenkamp ET, Lim H-J,
Duong TA, Bluhm BH,
De Beer ZW,
De Vos L,
Fourie G,
Naidoo K,
Olivier NA, Lin Y, Van der Peer Y, Joubert F,
Crampton BG,
Swart V, Soal N,
Tatham C,
Van der Nest MA,
Van der Merwe NA,
Van Wyk S,
Wilken PM,
Wingfield MJ. (2017)
IMA Genome-F 8 Draft genome of Cercospora zeina, Fusarium pininemorale, Hawksworthiomyces lignivorus, Huntiella decipiens and Ophiostoma ips.
IMA Fungus 8 (2):385‑396.
10.5598/imafungus.2017.08.02.10
Swart V,
Crampton BG, Ridenour JB, Bluhm BH, Olivier NA, Meyer JJM,
Berger DK. (2017)
Complementation of CTB7 in the maize pathogen Cercospora zeina overcomes the lack of in vitro cercosporin production.
Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 30(9):710-724.
10.1094/MPMI-03-17-0054-R
Christie N,
Myburg AA, Joubert F, Murray SL,
Carstens M, Lin Y-C,
Meyer J,
Crampton BG, Christensen SA, Ntuli JF, Wighard SS, Van de Peer Y,
Berger DK. (2017)
Systems genetics reveals a transcriptional network associated with susceptibility in the maize-gray leaf spot pathosystem.
The Plant Journal 89(4):746-763.
10.1111/tpj.13419
Wingfield BD,
Duong TA,
Hammerbacher A,
van der Nest MA,
Wilson A,
Chang R,
de Beer ZW,
Steenkamp ET,
Wilken PM,
Naidoo K,
Wingfield MJ. (2016)
IMA Genome-F 7 Draft genome sequences for Ceratocystis fagacearum, C. harringtonii, Grosmannia penicillata, and Huntiella bhutanensis.
IMA Fungus 7(2):317-323.
10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.02.11
Wingfield BD, Ambler JM,
Coetzee MPA,
De Beer ZW,
Duong TA, Joubert F,
Hammerbacher A,
McTaggart AR,
Naidoo K, Nguyen HDT, Ponomareva E,
Santana QS, Seifert KA,
Steenkamp ET,
Trollip C,
Van der Nest MA,
Visagie CM,
Wilken PM,
Wingfield MJ,
Yilmaz N. (2016)
IMA Genome-F 6: Draft genome sequences of Armillaria fuscipes, Ceratocystiopsis minuta, Ceratocystis adiposa, Endoconidiophora laricicola, E. polonica and Penicillium freii DAOMC 242723.
IMA Fungus 7(1):217-227.
10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.01.11
Carstens M,
Berger DK. 2016.
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van der Nest MA,
Wingfield MJ,
Wilken PM,
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Naidoo K,
Roodt D, Sauerman E,
Godlonton T,
Trollip C,
McTaggart AR,
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Saprophytic and pathogenic fungi in the Ceratocystidaceae differ in their ability to metabolize plant-derived sucrose.
BMC Evolutionary Biology 15:273.
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Wingfield BD,
Barnes I,
De Beer ZW,
De Vos L,
Duong TA,
Kanzi AM,
Naidoo K, Nguyen HDT,
Santana QC,
Sayari M, Seifert KA,
Steenkamp ET,
Trollip C,
Van der Merwe N,
Van der Nest MA,
Wilken PM,
Wingfield MJ. (2015)
Draft genome sequences of Ceratocystis eucalypticola, Chrysoporthe cubensis, C. deuterocubensis, Davidsoniella virescens, Fusarium temperatum, Graphilbum fragrans, Penicillium nordicum, and Thielaviopsis musarum.
IMA Fungus 6(2):493-506.
10.5598/imafungus.2015.06.02.13
Van der Nest MA, Beirn LA, Crouch JA, Demers JE,
De Beer ZW,
De Vos L, Gordon TR, Moncalvo JM,
Naidoo K, Sanchez-Ramirez S,
Roodt D,
Santana QC,
Slinksi SL, Stata M,
Taerum SJ,
Wilken PM,
Wilson AM,
Wingfield MJ,
Wingfield BD. (2014)
Draft genomes of Amanita jacksonii, Ceratocystis albifundus, Fusarium circinatum, Huntiella omanensis, Leptographium procerum, Rutstroemia sydowiana, and Sclerotinia echinophila.
IMA Fungus 5(2):473-486.
10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.02.11
Van der Nest MA,
Bihon W,
De Vos L,
Naidoo K,
Roodt D, Rubagotti E,
Slippers B,
Steenkamp ET,
Wilken PM,
Wilson A,
Wingfield MJ,
Wingfield BD. (2014)
Draft genome sequences of Diplodia sapinea, Ceratocystis manginecans, and Ceratocystis moniliformis.
IMA Fungus 5(1):135-140.
10.5598/imafungus.2014.05.01.13
van der Nest M, Olson Å, Lind M, Vélëz H, Dalman K, Brandström-Durling M, Karlsson M, Stenlid J. (2014)
Distribution and evolution of het gene homologs in the Basidiomycota.
Fungal Genetics and Biology 64:45–57.
10.1016/j.fgb.2013.12.007
Reeksting BJ, Taylor N,
van den Berg N. (2014)
Flooding and Phytophthora cinnamomi: Effects on photosynthesis and chlorophyll fluorescence in shoots of non-grafted Persea americana (Mill.) rootstocks differing in tolerance to Phytophthora root rot.
South African Journal of Botany 95:40-53.
10.1016/j.sajb.2014.08.004
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
Lind M,
van der Nest M, Olson Å, Brandström-Durling M, Stenlid J. (2012)
A full 2nd generation linkage map of Heterobasidion annosum s.l. based on in silica anchoring of AFLP-markers.
PLoS ONE 7:e48347.
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Nola S, Daigaku R, Smolarczyk K,
Carstens M, Martin-Martin B, Longmore G, Bailly M, Braga VMM. (2011)
Ajuba is required for Rac activation and maintenance of E-cadherin adhesion.
The Journal of Cell Biology 195(5):855-871.
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.
Endah R, Beyene G, Kiggundu A,
van den Berg N, Schlütera U, Kunert K, Chikwambaab R. (2008)
Elicitor and Fusarium-induced expression of NPR1-like genes in banana.
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 46(11)
10.1016/j.plaphy.2008.06.007
Wilson AM, Godlonton T, van der Nest MA, Wilken PM, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD. (2015) Unisexual Reproduction in Huntiella moniliformis. Fungal Genetics and Biology 80:1-9.
10.1016/j.fgb.2015.04.008 
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 F1 progeny of an interspecific cross between Fusarium circinatum and Fusarium subglutinans. Fungal Biology 115(9):902-908.
10.1016/j.funbio.2011.07.003