Journals

Publication
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
Bose T, Hammerbacher A, Spies CFJ, Coutinho TA. (2023) Phytophthora: an underestimated threat to agriculture, forestry, and natural ecosystems in sub-Saharan Africa. Mycological Progress 22:78. 10.1007/s11557-023-01926-0
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
Mavima L, Beukes CW, Palmer M, De Meyer SE, James EK, Maluk M, Gross E, dos Reis Junior FB, Avontuur JR, Chan WY, Venter SN, Steenkamp ET. (2020) Paraburkholderia youngii sp. nov. and 'Paraburkholderia atlantica' - Brazilian and Mexican Mimosa-associated rhizobia that were previously known as Paraburkholderia tuberum sv. mimosae. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 10.1016/j.syapm.2020.126152
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.
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
Nesamari R, Coutinho TA, Roux J. (2017) *Investigations into Encephalartos* insect pests and diseases in South Africa identifies Phytophthora cinnamomi as a pathogen of the Modjadji cycad*. Plant Pathology* 66(4):612-622. 10.1111/ppa.12619
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.
Kwenda S, Motlolometsi TV, Birch PRJ, Moleleki LN. (2016) RNA-seq profiling reveals defense responses in a tolerant potato cultivar to stem infection by Pectobacterium carotovorum ssp. brasiliense. Frontiers in Plant Science 7(1905) 10.3389/fpls.2016.01905
Kwenda S, Birch PRJ, Moleleki LN. (2016) *Genome-wide identification of potato long intergenic noncoding RNAs responsive to Pectobacterium carotovorum* subspecies brasiliense infection*. BMC Genomics* 17(614) 10.1186/s12864-016-2967-9
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
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.
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.
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.
Slippers B, Fourie G, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Carnegie AJ, Wingfield MJ. (2004) *Speciation and distribution of Botryosphaeria* spp. on native and introduced Eucalyptus trees in Australia and South Africa*. Studies in Mycology* 50:343-358.
Crampton BG, van den Berg N, Hein I, Birch PRJ, Berger DK. (2004) High-throughput screening of suppression subtractive hybridization cDNA libraries using DNA microarray analysis. BioTechniques 37(5):818-824.
Gryzenhout M, Eisenberg BE, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2003) *Pathogenicity of Cryphonectria eucalypti* to Eucalyptus clones in South Africa*. Forest Ecology and Management* 176(1-3):427-437. 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00309-2
Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ. (2003) *A review of the genus Amylostereum* and its association with woodwasps*. South African Journal of Science* 99(1-2):70-74.
Telechea N, Rolfo M, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ. (2003) Puccinia psidii on Eucalyptus globulus in Uruguay. Plant Pathology 52(3):427. 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2003.00853.x
Pakela YP, Aveling TAS, Coutinho TA. (2002) Effect of plant age, temperature and dew period on the severity of anthracnose of cowpea caused by Colletotrichum dematium. African Plant Protection 1
Smith H, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA. (2002) The role of latent Sphaeropsis sapinea infections in post-hail associated die-back on Pinus patula. Forest Ecology and Management 164:177-184.
Britz H, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ. (2002) Sequence characterized amplified polymorphic markers for the pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum. Molecular Ecology Notes 2(4):577-580. 10.1046/j.1471-8286.2002.00324.x
Britz H, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ. (2002) *Two new species of Fusarium* section Liseola associated with mango malformation*. Mycologia* 94(4):722-730.
Britz H, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Marasas WFO. (2002) Validation of the description of Gibberella circinata and morphological differentiation of the anamorph Fusarium circinatum. Sydowia 54(1):9-22.
Coutinho TA, Preisig O, Mergaert J, Cnockaert MC, Riedel KH, Swings J, Wingfield MJ. (2002) *Bacterial blight and dieback of Eucalyptus* species, hybrids, and clones in South Africa*. Plant Disease* 86(1):20-25.
De Wet J, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho T, Wingfield BD. (2002) Characterisation of the 'C' morphotype of the pine pathogen Sphaeropsis sapinea. Forest Ecology and Management 161(1-3):181-188. 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00479-0
Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ. (2002) *DNA sequence and RFLP data reflect geographical spread and relationships of Amylostereum areolatum* and its insect vectors*. Molecular Ecology* 11(9):1845-1854. 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01572.x
Smith H, Coutinho TA, Wolfaardt FW, Wingfield MJ. (2002) Relative susceptibility of northern and southern provenances of Pinus greggii to infection by Sphaeropsis sapinea. Forest Ecology and Management 166(1-3):331-336. 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00667-3
Van Zyl LM, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Pongpanich K, Wingfield BD. (2002) *Morphological and molecular relatedness of geographically diverse isolates of Coniothyrium zuluense* from South Africa and Thailand*. Mycological Research* 106(1):51-59. 10.1017/S0953756201005093
Van Zyl LM, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ. (2002) *Morphological, cultural and pathogenic characteristics of Coniothyrium zuluense* isolates from different plantation regions in South Africa*. Mycopathologia* 155(3):149-153. 10.1023/A:1020471227055
Venter M, Myburg H, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ. (2002) A new species of Cryphonectria from South Africa and Australia, pathogenic to Eucalyptus. Sydowia 54(1):98-117.
Wingfield MJ, Jacobs A, Coutinho TA, Ahumada R, Wingfield BD. (2002) *First report of the pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum, on pines in Chile. Plant Pathology* 51(3):397. 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2002.00710.x
Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Roux J, Wingfield BD. (2002) The future of exotic plantation forestry in the tropics and southern Hemisphere: Lessons from pitch canker. Southern African Forestry Journal 195:79-82.
Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Harrington TC, Steimel J, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ. (2001) *The root rot fungus Armillaria mellea* introduced into South Africa by early Dutch settlers*. Molecular Ecology* 10(2):387-396. 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2001.01187.x
Maseko B, Burgess T, Coutinho T, Wingfield M. (2001) *First report of Phytophthora nicotianae* associated with Eucalyptus die-back in South Africa*. Plant Pathology* 50:413. 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2001.00578.x
Roux J, Coutinho TA, Mujuni Byabashaija D, Wingfield MJ. (2001) *Diseases of plantation Eucalyptus* in Uganda*. South African Journal of Science* 97(1-2):16-18.
Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD. (2001) *Population structure and possible origin of Amylostereum areolatum* in South Africa*. Plant Pathology* 50(2):206-210. 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2001.00552.x
Smith H, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD. (2001) Botryosphaeria eucalyptorum sp. nov., a new species in the B. dothidea-complex on Eucalyptus in South Africa. Mycologia 93(2):277-285.
Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA, Desjardins AE, Wingfield BD, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ. (2001) Gibberella fujikuroi mating population E is associated with maize and teosinte. Molecular Plant Pathology 2:215-221. 10.1046/j.1464-6722.2001.00072.x
Venter M, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD. (2001) *Molecular characterization of Endothia gyrosa* isolates from Eucalyptus in South Africa and Australia*. Plant Pathology* 50(2):211-217. 10.1046/j.1365-3059.2001.00556.x
Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Coutinho T, Govender P, Wingfield BD. (2001) Plantation disease and pest management in the next century. Southern African Forestry Journal :67-71.
Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Zeller KA, Wingfield MJ, Marasas WFO, Leslie JF. (2000) *PCR-based identification of MAT-1 and MAT-2 in the Gibberella fujikuroi* species complex*. Applied and Environmental Microbiology* 66(10):4378-4382.
Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ. (2000) *Identification of the causal agent of Armillaria root rot of Pinus* species in South Africa*. Mycologia* 92(4):777-785.
Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Harrington TC, Dalevi D, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ. (2000) *Geographical diversity of Armillaria mellea s. s.* based on phylogenetic analysis*. Mycologia* 92(1):105-113.
Coutinho TA, Roux J, Riedel KH, Terblanche J, Wingfield MJ. (2000) *First report of bacterial wilt caused by Ralstonia solanacearum* on eucalypts in South Africa*. Forest Pathology* 30(4):205-210.
De Wet J, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD. (2000) *Characterization of Sphaeropsis sapinea* isolates from South Africa, Mexico, and Indonesia*. Plant Disease* 84(2):151-156.
Roux J, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Bouillet JP. (2000) *Diseases of plantation Eucalyptus* in the Republic of Congo*. South African Journal of Science* 96(8):454-456.
Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA. (2000) *Relationships among Amylostereum* species associated with siricid woodwasps inferred from mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences*. Mycologia* 92(5):955-963.
Smith H, Wingfield MJ, De Wet J, Coutinho TA. (2000) *Genotypic diversity of Sphaeropsis sapinea* from South Africa and Northern Sumatra*. Plant Disease* 84(2):139-142.
Steenkamp E, Britz H, Coutinho T, Wingfield B, Marasas W, Wingfield M. (2000) *Molecular characterization of Fusarium subglutinans* associated with mango malformation*. Molecular Plant Pathology* 1(3):187-193.
Britz H, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Marasas WFO, Gordon TR, Leslie JF. (1999) Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini represents a distinct mating population in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65(3):1198-1201.
Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Marasas WFO. (1999) *Differentiation of Fusarium subglutinans* f. sp. pini by histone gene sequence data*. Applied and Environmental Microbiology* 65(8):3401-3406.
Britz H, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Marasas WFO, Leslie JF. (1998) Female fertility and mating type distribution in a South African population of Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 64(6):2094-2095.
Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Alfenas AC, Crous PW. (1998) Eucalyptus rust: A disease with the potential for serious international implications. Plant Disease 82(7):819-825.
Smith H, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA. (1998) **Eucalyptus die-back in South Africa associated with Colletotrichum gloeosporioides*. South African Journal of Botany* 64(3):226-228.
Viljoen A, Wingfield MJ, Marasas WFO, Coutinho TA. (1997) Pitch canker of pines - A contemporary review. South African Journal of Science 93(9):411-413.
Wingfield MJ, Crous PW, Coutinho TA. (1996) A serious canker disease of Eucalyptus in South Africa caused by a new species of Coniothyrium. Mycopathologia 136(3):139-145.
Viljoen A, Wingfield MJ, Marasas WFO, Coutinho TA. (1995) *Characterization of Fusarium* isolates from gladiolus corms pathogenic to pines*. Plant Disease* 79(12):1240-1244.
Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ. () Ralstonia solanacearum and R. pseudosolanacearum on Eucalyptus: opportunists or primary pathogens. Frontiers in Plant Science 8:761.

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