Publications

Dec 2020

Phytophthora acaciivora sp. nov. associated with dying Acacia mangium in Vietnam

Burgess TI, Dang QN, Le BV, Pham NQ et al.

Fungal Systematics and Evolution

Acacia mangium plantations account for more than 50 % of the exotic plantations in Vietnam. A new black butt symptom was...

May 2020

Alternative hosts of Spongospora subterranea f. sp. subterranea in southern Africa

Simango K, Slabbert C, van der Waals JE

European Journal of Plant Pathology

Spongospora subterranea f. sp. subterranea (Sss) is an obligate parasite that can only multiply within the living tissues of a...

Dec 2020

New and Interesting Fungi. 3

Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Schumacher RK, Akulov A et al.

Fungal Systematics and Evolution

Seven new genera, 26 new species, 10 new combinations, two epitypes, one new name, and 20 interesting new host and / or...

Mar 2020

Updating the taxonomy of Aspergillus in South Africa

Visagie CM, Houbraken J

Studies in Mycology

The taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus <i>Aspergillus</i> and its associated sexual (teleomorphic) genera have been greatly...

2020

Tree diseases can change entire landscapes and must be taken seriously

Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Crous CJ

The Conversation

Apr 2020

Quantification of outcrossing events in haploid fungi using microsatellite markers

Lee DH, Wingfield BD, Roux J, Wingfield MJ

Journal of Fungi

Species in genera of the fungal family Ceratocystidaceae are known to have different mating strategies, including heterothallism...

Dec 2019

Incidental fungi in host trees disrupt the development of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) symbiotic fungus and larvae

Wang L, Li C, Shi J, Li C et al.

Journal of Economic Entomology

AbstractThe woodwasp, Sirex noctilio Fabricius, is an exotic pest of Pinus L. in the southern hemisphere and North America, and...

Apr 2020

Plant-based production of highly potent anti-HIV antibodies with engineered posttranslational modifications

Singh AA, Pooe O, Kwezi L, Lotter-Stark T et al.

Scientific Reports

AbstractBroadly neutralising antibodies (bNAbs) against human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1), such as CAP256-VRC26 are...

Mar 2020

Evolution of lifestyles in Capnodiales

Abdollahzadeh, J., Groenewald, J.Z., Coetzee, M.P.A., Wingfield, M.J. et al.

The Capnodiales, which includes fungi known as the sooty moulds, represents the second largest order in Dothideomycetes,...