Publications

Mar 2020

The genus Ravenelia (Pucciniales) in South Africa

Ebinghaus M, Wingfield MJ, Begerow D, Maier W

Mycological Progress

AbstractThe genus Ravenelia represents the third largest genus of rust fungi and parasitizes a great number of leguminous shrubs...

Mar 2020

Maternal effects should be considered in the establishment of forestry plantations

Vivas M, Wingfield MJ, Slippers B

Forest Ecology and Management

Breeding strategies for plants focus on the genetic influence on their phenotypes. However, the phenotype is not only the outcome...

2020

South Africa as a donor of alien animals

Measey J, Robinson TB, Kruger N, Zengeya TA et al.

Biological Invasions in South Africa

Edited by van Wilgen BW, Measey J, Richardson DM, Wilson JR, Zengeya TA

2020

Biological Invasions in South Africa’s Urban Ecosystems: Patterns, Processes, Impacts, and Management

Potgieter LJ, Douwes E, Gaertner M, Measey J et al.

Biological Invasions in South Africa

Edited by van Wilgen BW, Measey J, Richardson DM, Wilson JR, Zengeya TA

Feb 2020

Euwallacea perbrevis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), a confirmed pest on Acacia crassicarpa in Riau, Indonesia, and a new fungal symbiont; Fusarium rekanum sp. nov.

Lynn KMT, Wingfield MJ, Durán A, Marincowitz S et al.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Non-native Acacia plantations in Indonesia were first reported to be infested by a native ambrosia beetle species, identified as...

Apr 2020

Investigating the role of Bowman-Birk serine protease inhibitor in Arabidopsis plants under drought stress

Malefo M, Mathibela O, Makgopa E, Crampton BG

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Serine protease inhibitors (SPIs) play an important role in cell survival, development and host defense. In plants, serine...

Feb 2020

A first worldwide multispecies survey of invasive Mediterranean pine bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)

Faccoli M, Gallego D, Branco M, Brockerhoff EG et al.

Biological Invasions

Several European and Mediterranean species of pine bark beetles (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) have become established...

Dec 2020

The genera of fungi - G6: Arthrographis, Kramasamuha, Melnikomyces, Thysanorea and Verruconis

Hernandez-Restrepo M, Giraldo A, van Doorn R, Wingfield MJ et al.

Fungal Systematics and Evolution

The Genera of Fungi series, of which this is the sixth contribution, links type species of fungal genera to their morphology and...

2020

Tree defence and bark beetles in a drying world: carbon partitioning, functioning and modelling

Huang J, Kautz M, Towbridge AM, Hammerbacher A et al.

New Phytologist