Publications
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2020
De novo assembly of transcriptomes from a B73 maize line introgressed with a QTL for resistance to gray leaf spot disease reveals a candidate allele of a lectin receptor-like kinase
Welgemoed T, Pierneef R, Sterck L, Van de Peer Y et al.
Frontiers in Plant Science
Apr 2020
Mating strategy and mating type distribution in six global populations of the Eucalyptus foliar pathogen Teratosphaeria destructans
Havenga M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Roets F et al.
Fungal Genetics and Biology
Teratosphaeria destructans is an aggressive fungal pathogen causing leaf and shoot blight on young Eucalyptus trees in...
Apr 2020
The novel Huntiella omanensis mating gene, MAT1-2-7, is essential for ascomatal maturation
Wilson AM, Wilken PM, van der Nest MA, Wingfield MJ et al.
Fungal Genetics & Biology
Sexual reproduction is a highly conserved feature of the eukaryotes, yet sexual compatibility is determined by a wide variety of...
Jan 2020
In search for drought-tolerant soybean: is the slow-wilting phenotype more than just a curiosity?
Kunert K, Vorster BJ
Journal of Experimental Botany
This article comments on:Ye H, Song L, Schapaugh WT, Ali MDL, Sinclair TR, Riar MK, Raymond RN, Li Y, Vuong T, Valliyodan B, Neto...
Jan 2020
New ophiostomatoid fungi from wounds on storm-damaged trees in Afromontane forests of the Cape Floristic Region
Musvuugwa T, De Beer ZW, Dreyer LL, Duong T et al.
Mycological Progress
Feb 2020
Phylogenetic re-evaluation of the Grosmania penicillata complex (Ascomycota, Ophiostomatales), with the description of five new species from China and USA
Yin ML, Wingfield MJ, Zhou XD, de Beer ZW
Fungal Biology
The Grosmannia penicillata complex (Ophiostomatales, Ascomycota) is one of the major species complexes in Leptographium sensu...
Apr 2020
Highly transferable microsatellite markers for the genera Lasiodiplodia and Neofusicoccum
Nagel J, Cruywagen EM, Machua J, Wingfield MJ et al.
Fungal Ecology
Feb 2020
DsEcp2-1 is a polymorphic effector that restricts growth of Dothistroma septosporum in pine
Guo Y, Hunziker L, Mesarich CH, Chettri P et al.
Fungal Genetics and Biology
The detrimental effect of fungal pathogens on forest trees is an increasingly important problem that has implications for the...
De novo assembly of transcriptomes from a B73 maize line introgressed with a QTL for resistance to gray leaf spot disease reveals a candidate allele of a lectin receptor-like kinase
Tanya Welgemoed, Pierneef R, Sterck L, Van de Peer Y, Velushka Swart, Kevin Scheepers et al. · Frontiers in Plant Science, 2020
Mating strategy and mating type distribution in six global populations of the Eucalyptus foliar pathogen Teratosphaeria destructans
Minette Havenga, Brenda Wingfield, Mike Wingfield, Roets F, Dreyer LL, Catherine Tatham et al. · Fungal Genetics and Biology, Apr 2020 · DOI
Trees in South Africa are under attack. Why it’s proving hard to manage
Trudy Paap · The Conversation, 2020
The novel Huntiella omanensis mating gene, MAT1-2-7, is essential for ascomatal maturation
Andi Wilson, Markus Wilken, Magriet van der Nest, Mike Wingfield, Brenda Wingfield · Fungal Genetics & Biology, Apr 2020 · DOI
In search for drought-tolerant soybean: is the slow-wilting phenotype more than just a curiosity?
Karl Kunert, Juan Vorster · Journal of Experimental Botany, Jan 2020 · DOI
New ophiostomatoid fungi from wounds on storm-damaged trees in Afromontane forests of the Cape Floristic Region
Musvuugwa T, Wilhelm de Beer, Dreyer LL, Tuan Duong, Seonju Marincowitz, Oberlander KC et al. · Mycological Progress, Jan 2020 · DOI
Phylogenetic re-evaluation of the Grosmania penicillata complex (Ascomycota, Ophiostomatales), with the description of five new species from China and USA
Yin ML, Mike Wingfield, Zhou XD, Wilhelm de Beer · Fungal Biology, Feb 2020 · DOI
Highly transferable microsatellite markers for the genera Lasiodiplodia and Neofusicoccum
Jan Nagel, Elsie Cruywagen, Joseph Machua, Mike Wingfield, Bernard Slippers · Fungal Ecology, Apr 2020 · DOI
DsEcp2-1 is a polymorphic effector that restricts growth of Dothistroma septosporum in pine
Guo Y, Hunziker L, Mesarich CH, Chettri P, Dupont PY, Ganley RJ et al. · Fungal Genetics and Biology, Feb 2020 · DOI