Publications

Aug 2010

Puccinia psidii infecting cultivated Eucalyptus and native myrtaceae in Uruguay

Pérez CA, Wingfield MJ, Altier NA, Simeto S et al.

Mycological Progress

May 2011

New records of the Cryphonectriaceae from southern Africa including Latruncellus aurorae gen. sp. nov

Vermeulen M, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield MJ, Roux J

Mycologia

The Cryphonectriaceae accommodates some of the world's most important tree pathogens, including four genera known from native and...

May 2011

Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Pterocarpus angolensis (kiaat) in South Africa

Mehl JWM, Slippers B, Roux J, Wingfield MJ

Mycologia

There have been several recent reports of Pterocarpus angolensis (kiaat) trees dying in South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe, where...

Nov 2011

Novel species of Celoporthe from Eucalyptus and Syzygium trees in China and Indonesia

Chen S, Gryzenhout M, Roux J, Xie Y et al.

Mycologia

Many species in the Cryphonectriaceae cause diseases of trees, including those in the genera Eucalyptus and Syzygium. During...

Jan 2011

Causes and consequences of variability in peptide mating pheromones of ascomycete fungi

Martin SH, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET

Molecular Biology and Evolution

The reproductive genes of fungi, like those of many other organisms, are thought to diversify rapidly. This phenomenon could be...

Nov 2011

Gene expression associated with vegetative incompatibility in Amylostereum areolatum

van der Nest MA, Steenkamp ET, Slippers B, Mongae A et al.

Fungal Genetics and Biology

In filamentous fungi, vegetative compatibility among individuals of the same species is determined by the genes encoded at the...

Jul 2011

Structure and evolution of the Fusarium mating type locus: New insights from the Gibberella fujikuroi complex

Martin SH, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Steenkamp ET

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Mating type genes are central to sexual reproduction and compatibility in Ascomycete fungi. However the "MAT" loci experience...

Aug 2010

Four new Ceratocystis spp. associated with wounds on Eucalyptus, Schizolobium and Terminalia trees in Ecuador

Van Wyk M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ

Fungal Diversity

Aug 2011

Mycosphaerella and Teratosphaeria diseases of Eucalyptus; easily confused and with serious consequences

Hunter GC, Crous PW, Carnegie AJ, Burgess TI et al.

Fungal Diversity