Publications

Feb 2005

Comparison of populations of the wilt pathogen Ceratocystis albifundus in South Africa and Uganda

Barnes I, Nakabonge G, Roux J, Wingfield BD et al.

Plant Pathology

Ceratocystis albifundus is an important fungal pathogen of Acacia mearnsii...

Jun 2005

Relative pathogenicity of Cryphonectria cubensis on Eucalyptus clones differing in their resistance to C. cubensis

Van Heerden SW, Amerson HV, Preisig O, Wingfield BD et al.

Plant Disease

Cryphonectria cubensis causes a destructive canker disease of Eucalyptus species. Management of this disease is primarily through...

2005

Discovery and description of a teleomorph for Leptographium koreanum

Masuya H, Kim JJ, Wingfield MJ, Yamaoka Y et al.

Mycotaxon

Oct 2005

Phenotypic and DNA sequence data comparisons reveal three discrete species in the Ceratocystis polonica species complex

Marin M, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Kirisits T et al.

Mycological Research

Ceratocystis polonica and C. laricicola are two morphologically similar species that occur on conifers and reside in the...

Mar 2005

A new Leptographium species associated with Tomicus piniperda infesting pine logs in Korea

Kim JJ, Lim YW, Breuil C, Wingfield MJ et al.

Mycological Research

During the course of a survey of sapstaining fungi in Korea, a Leptographium was isolated from Pinus densiflora and P. koraiensis...

Oct 2005

Taxonomic re-evaluation of Leptographium lundbergii based on DNA sequence comparisons and morphology

Jacobs K, Solheim H, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ

Mycological Research

The genus Leptographium was described in 1927 and currently includes 48 species, with L. lundbergii as the type species. In...

Sep 2005

Rostraureum tropicale gen. sp. nov. (Diaporthales) associated with dying Terminalia ivorensis in Ecuador

Gryzenhout M, Myburg H, Wingfield BD, Montenegro F et al.

Mycological Research

Terminalia ivorensis, a tree of central African origin, is planted in several tropical countries for timber and veneer...

Jul 2005

Dematiocladium celtidis gen. sp. nov. (Nectriaceae, Hypocreales), a new genus from Celtis leaf litter in Argentina

Crous PW, Allegrucci N, Arambarri AM, Cazau MC et al.

Mycological Research

A Cylindrocladium-like hyphomycete collected on leaf litter of Celtis tala in Argentina had rDNA sequence data (ITS and LSU) that...

Nov 2005

Phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequences reveal species partitions amongst isolates of Armillaria from Africa

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Bloomer P, Wingfield MJ

Mycological Research

The basidiomycete genus Armillaria causes root rot and death to woody plants in boreal, temperate and tropical regions of the...