Publications

Sep 2017

First report of myrtle rust caused by Austropuccinia psidi on Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Myrtaceae) from Singapore

du Plessis E, McTaggart AR, Granados GM, Wingfield MJ et al.

Plant Disease

Jul 2017

The 'chicken or the egg': which comes first, forest tree decline or loss of mycorrhizae?

Sapsford SJ, Paap T, Hardy GEStJ, Burgess TI

Plant Ecology

Forest trees are experiencing massive declines globally caused by a multitude of stressors, both abiotic (pollution,...

Jul 2017

The distribution and host range of the banana Fusarium wilt fungus, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, in Asia

Mostert D, Molina AB, Daniells J, Fourie G et al.

PLoS ONE

Fusarium oxysporum formae specialis cubense (Foc) is a soil-borne fungus that causes Fusarium wilt, which is considered to be the...

2017

Mycologists' committees strongly support changes to the governance of fungal nomenclature

Miller A, Cai L, Crous PW, De Beer ZW et al.

IMA Fungus

Sep 2017

Evolution of polyketide synthesis in a Dothideomycete forest pathogen

Ozturk KI, Chettri P, Dupont P-Y, Barnes I et al.

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Fungal secondary metabolites have many important biological roles and some, like the toxic polyketide aflatoxin, have been...

Jul 2017

Two new Leptographium spp. reveal an emerging complex of hardwood-infecting species in the Ophiostomatales

Jankowiak R, Strzałka B, Bilański P, Linnakoski R et al.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Species of Leptographium are generally characterized by mononematous conidiophores and are commonly associated with bark beetles...

Sep 2017

Which MAT gene? Pezizomycotina (Ascomycota) mating-type gene nomenclature reconsidered

Wilken PM, Steenkamp, Emma T., Wingfield MJ, De Beer ZW et al.

Fungal Biology Reviews

Jun 2017

Optimization of Pheromone Traps for Coryphodema tristis (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)

Bouwer MC, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Allison JD et al.

Journal of Economic Entomology

The Coryphodema tristis (Drury) is an important pest of Eucalyptus nitens (Deane and Maiden) plantations in South Africa. The...

Jun 2017

Challenges to planted forest health in developing economies

Hurley BP, Slippers B, Sathyapala S, Wingfield MJ

Biological Invasions

A number of strategies have been proposed to manage the increasing threat of insect pests to non-native plantation forests, but...