Publications

Sep 2017

The privileges and opportunities of a research sabbatical

Wingfield BD

South African Journal of Science

2017

The peer review system has flaws. But it’s still a barrier to bad science

Wingfield BD

The Conversation

Sep 2017

Evidence for an ancient whole genome duplication in the cycad lineage

Roodt D, Lohaus R, Sterck L, Swanepoel RL et al.

PLOS ONE

Contrary to the many whole genome duplication events recorded for angiosperms (flowering plants), whole genome duplications in...

Sep 2017

A dynamic, web-based resource to identify rust fungi (Pucciniales) in southern Africa

McTaggart AR, Beasley DR, Wingfield MJ, Wood AR et al.

MycoKeys

Rust fungi (Pucciniales) are some of the most important plant pathogens that cause diseases of agricultural and tree crops. There...

Sep 2017

Phylogenomic, pan-genomic, pathogenomic and evolutionary genomic insights into the agronomically relevant enterobacteria Pantoea ananatis and Pantoea stewartii

De Maayer P, Aliyu H, Vikram S, Blom J et al.

Frontiers in Microbiology

Pantoea ananatis is ubiquitously found in the environment and causes disease on a wide range of plant hosts. By contrast, its...

Jul 2017

QTL Mapping for Pest and Disease Resistance in Cassava and Coincidence of Some QTL with Introgression Regions Derived from Manihot glaziovii

Nzuki I, Katari MS, Bredeson JV, Masumba E et al.

Frontiers in Plant Science

Genetic mapping of quantitative trait loci (QTL) for resistance to cassava brown streak disease (CBSD), cassava mosaic disease...

Jul 2017

QTL associated with resistance to cassava brown streak and cassava mosaic diseases in a bi-parental cross of two Tanzanian farmer varieties, Namikonga and Albert

Masumba EA, Kapinga F, Mkamilo G, Salum K et al.

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

QTL consistent across seasons were detected for resistance to cassava brown streak disease induced root necrosis and foliar...

Sep 2017

Diversity of tree-infecting Botryosphaeriales on native and non-native trees in South Africa and Namibia

Jami F, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M, Slippers B

Australasian Plant Pathology

Sep 2017

Biological invasions in forest ecosystems

Liebhold AM, Brockerhoff EG, Kalisz S, Nuñez MA et al.

Biological Invasions

Forests play critical roles in global ecosystem processes and provide numerous services to society. But forests are increasingly...