Publications

Dec 2016

Pathogens on the Move: A 100-Year Global Experiment with Planted Eucalypts

Burgess TI, Wingfield MJ

BioScience

Co-evolved plant pathogens play an important role in shaping natural ecosystems. However, plants used in agriculture and forestry...

Mar 2017

The balance of trade in alien species between South Africa and the rest of Africa

Faulkner KT, Hurley BP, Robertson MP, Rouget M et al.

Bothalia

Background: Alien organisms are not only introduced from one biogeographical region to another but also spread within regions. As...

Jan 2017

The Genera of Fungi—G3: Aleurocystis, Blastacervulus, Clypeophysalospora, Licrostroma, Neohendersonia and Spumatoria

Giraldo A, Crous PW, Schumacher RK, Cheewangkoon R et al.

Mycological Progress

The current paper represents the third contribution in the Genera of Fungi series, linking the type species of fungal genera to...

Apr 2017

Families, genera, and species of Botryosphaeriales

Yang T, Groenewald JZ, Cheewangkoon R, Jami F et al.

Fungal Biology

Members of Botryosphaeriales are ecologically diverse, but most commonly associated with leaf spots, fruit and root rots,...

Apr 2017

Phylogeny and pathogenicity of Lasiodiplodia species associated with dieback of mango in Peru

Rodríguez-Gálvez E, Guerrero P, Barradas C, Crous PW et al.

Fungal Biology

Mango, which is an important tropical fruit crop in the region of Piura (Peru), is known to be prone to a range of diseases...

Apr 2017

Pleiocarpon gen. nov. and a new species of Ilyonectria causing basal rot of Strelitzia reginae in Italy

Aiello D, Polizzi G, Crous PW, Lombard L

IMA Fungus

During 2015, a new basal rot disease was observed on potted plants of Strelitzia reginae in an ornamental nursery located in...

Jun 2017

Phylogeny and taxonomy of the scab and spot anthracnose fungus Elsinoë (Myriangiales, Dothideomycetes)

Fan XL, Barreto RW, Groenewald JZ, Bezerra JDP et al.

Studies in Mycology

Species of Elsinoë are phytopathogens causing scab and spot anthracnose on many plants, including some economically important...

Mar 2017

A new Leptographium species from the roots of declining Pinus sylvestris in Switzerland

Marincowitz S, Duong TA, Heiniger U, Wingfield BD et al.

Forest Pathology

SummaryScots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trees have been declining in the Rhône valley, Switzerland, for almost three decades. In an...

Jul 2017

Landscape degradation may contribute to large-scale die-offs of Euphorbia ingens in South Africa

Van der Linde JA, Wingfield MJ, Crous CJ, Six DL et al.

South African Journal of Botany