Publications
Discover FABI's research outputs and scholarly contributions
Jun 2018
New Ceratocystis species associated with rapid death of Metrosideros polymorpha in Hawai`i
Barnes I, Fourie A, Wingfield MJ, Harrington TC et al.
Persoonia
The native `ōhi`a lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) has cultural, biological and ecological significance to Hawai`i, but it is...
Jul 2018
Inheritance of phenotypic traits in the progeny of a Ceratocystis interspecific cross
Fourie A, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, van der Nest MA et al.
Fungal Biology
Ceratocystis fimbriata is a fungal plant pathogen that causes black rot on Ipomoea batatas. Based on inoculation studies on...
Mar 2018
Population genetic analyses of complex global insect invasions in managed landscapes: a Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera) case study
Dittrich-Schröder G, Hoareau TB, Hurley BP, Wingfield MJ et al.
Biological Invasions
Increased rates of movement and the accumulation of insects establishing outside their native range is leading to the ‘global...
Mar 2018
Application of Chloroplast Phylogenomics to Resolve Species Relationships Within the Plant Genus Amaranthus
Viljoen E, Odeny DA, Coetzee MPA, Berger DK et al.
Journal of Molecular Evolution
Amaranthus species are an emerging and promising nutritious traditional vegetable food source. Morphological plasticity and...
Apr 2018
Unsung and understudied: plastids involved in secondary growth
Pinard D, Mizrachi, E
Current Opinion in Plant Biology
Plastids represent the only subcellular compartment where aromatic amino acid precursors for lignin can be synthesized during...
2018
Sex: birds do it, bees do it - and fungi do it too. Here’s how, and why it matters
Wilson A
The Conversation
Mar 2018
New species of Cylindrocladiella from plantation soils in South-East Asia
Pham NQ, Barnes I, Chen SF, Pham TQ et al.
MycoKeys
Cylindrocladiella spp. are widely distributed especially in tropical and sub-tropical regions, where they are mainly known as...
May 2018
Evolution of the mating types and mating strategies in prominent genera in the Botryosphaeriaceae
Nagel J, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B
Fungal Genetics and Biology
Little is known regarding mating strategies in the Botryosphaeriaceae. To understand sexual reproduction in this fungal family,...
New Ceratocystis species associated with rapid death of Metrosideros polymorpha in Hawai`i
Irene Barnes, Arista Fourie, Mike Wingfield, Harrington TC, McNew DL, Sugiyama LS et al. · Persoonia, Jun 2018 · DOI
Inheritance of phenotypic traits in the progeny of a Ceratocystis interspecific cross
Arista Fourie, Mike Wingfield, Brenda Wingfield, Magriet van der Nest, Loots MT, Irene Barnes · Fungal Biology, Jul 2018 · DOI
Population genetic analyses of complex global insect invasions in managed landscapes: a Leptocybe invasa (Hymenoptera) case study
Gudrun Dittrich-Schroder, Hoareau TB, Brett Hurley, Mike Wingfield, Lawson S, Nahrung HF et al. · Biological Invasions, Mar 2018 · DOI
Application of Chloroplast Phylogenomics to Resolve Species Relationships Within the Plant Genus Amaranthus
Erika Viljoen, Odeny DA, Martin Coetzee, Dave Berger, Rees DJG · Journal of Molecular Evolution, Mar 2018 · DOI
Unsung and understudied: plastids involved in secondary growth
Desre Pinard, Eshchar Mizrachi · Current Opinion in Plant Biology, Apr 2018 · DOI
Sex: birds do it, bees do it - and fungi do it too. Here’s how, and why it matters
Andi Wilson · The Conversation, 2018
New species of Cylindrocladiella from plantation soils in South-East Asia
Nam Pham, Irene Barnes, ShuaiFei Chen, Pham TQ, Lombard L, Pedro Crous et al. · MycoKeys, Mar 2018 · DOI
Evolution of the mating types and mating strategies in prominent genera in the Botryosphaeriaceae
Jan Nagel, Mike Wingfield, Bernard Slippers · Fungal Genetics and Biology, May 2018 · DOI
Sex: birds do it, bees do it - and fungi do it too. Here’s how, and why it matters
The Conversation, 2018