Publications

Aug 2015

Phylogenetic placement of Itajahya: An unusual Jacaranda fungal associate

Marincowitz S, Coetzee MPA, Wilken PM, Wingfield BD et al.

IMA Fungus

Itajahya is a member of Phallales (Agaricomycetes), which, based on the presence of a calyptra and DNA sequence data for I....

Sep 2015

Multiple Phytophthora species associated with a single riparian ecosystem in South Africa

Nagel JH, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Gryzenhout M

Mycologia

The diversity of Phytophthora spp. in rivers and riparian ecosystems has received considerable international attention, although...

Jul 2015

Six novel species of Fusarium from natural ecosystems in Australia

Laurence MH, Walsh JL, Shuttleworth LA, Robinson DM et al.

Fungal Diversity

May 2015

Phytophthora in the Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area

Scarlett K, Daniel R, Shuttleworth LA, Roy B et al.

Australasian Plant Pathology

Aug 2015

Complete genome sequence of “Candidatus Liberibacter africanus,” a bacterium associated with Citrus Huanglongbing

Lin H, Pietersen G, Han C, Read DA et al.

Genome Announcements

ABSTRACT We report here the complete genome sequence of “ Candidatus Liberibacter...

Jul 2015

SNP analysis infers that recombination is involved in the evolution of Amitraz resistance in Rhipicephalus microplus

Baron S, Van der Merwe NA, Madder M, Maritz-Olivier C

PLoS ONE

Rhipicephalus microplus, better known as the Asiatic cattle tick, is a largely invasive ectoparasite of great economic importance...

Nov 2016

Molecular and morphological characterization of Dothiorella species associated with dieback of Ostrya carpinifolia in Slovenia and Italy

Pavlic-Zupanc D, Piskur B, Slippers B, Wingfield MJ et al.

Phytopathologia Mediterranea

Isolates that resemble Dothiorella (Botryosphaeriaceae, Ascomycota) species were isolated from dead
\ntwigs, asymptomatic and...

Sep 2015

Maternal effects on tree phenotypes: considering the microbiome

Vivas M, Kemler M, Slippers B

Trends in Plant Science

The biotic and abiotic environmental experience of plants can influence the offspring without any changes in DNA sequence. These...

Jun 2015

Ganoderma species, including new taxa associated with root rot of the iconic Jacaranda mimosifolia in Pretoria, South Africa

Coetzee MPA, Marincowitz S, Muthelo VG, Wingfield MJ

IMA Fungus

Jacaranda mimosifolia trees have been progressively dying due to Ganoderma root and butt rot disease in Pretoria (the "City of...