Browsing Natural and Agricultural Sciences by UP Author "Barnes, Irene"

Browsing Natural and Agricultural Sciences by UP Author "Barnes, Irene"

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  • Bark beetle mycobiome : collaboratively defined research priorities on a widespread insect-fungus symbiosis 
    Hulcr, Jiri; Barnes, Irene; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Duong, Tuan A.; Gazis, Romina; Johnson, Andrew J.; Jusino, Michelle A.; Kasson, Matthew T.; Li, You; Lynch, Shannon; Mayers, Chase; Musvuugwa, Tendai; Roets, Francois; Seltmann, Katja C.; Six, Diana; Vanderpool, Dan; Villari, Caterina (Springer, 2020-06-03)
    One of the main threats to forests in the Anthropocene are novel or altered interactions among trees, insects and fungi. To critically assess the contemporary research on bark beetles, their associated fungi, and their ...
  • Biodiversity of Lecanosticta pine-needle blight pathogens suggests a Mesoamerican Centre of origin 
    Van der Nest, Ariska; Wingfield, Michael J.; Ortiz, Paulo C.; Barnes, Irene (International Mycological Association, 2019-06-07)
    Lecanosticta acicola causes the disease known as brown spot needle blight (BSNB), on Pinus species. The pathogen is thought to have a Central American centre of origin. This was based on the morphological variation between ...
  • Calonectria in the age of genes and genomes : towards understanding an important but relatively unknown group of pathogens 
    Li, JieQiong; Wingfield, Michael J.; Barnes, Irene; Chen, ShuaiFei (Wiley, 2022-07)
    The genus Calonectria includes many aggressive plant pathogens causing diseases on various agricultural crops as well as forestry and ornamental tree species. Some species have been accidentally introduced into new ...
  • Calonectria species isolated from Eucalyptus plantations and nurseries in South China 
    Li, JieQiong; Wingfield, Michael J.; Liu, QianLi; Barnes, Irene; Roux, Jolanda; Lombard, Lorenzo; Crous, Pedro W.; Chen, ShuaiFei (International Mycological Association, 2017-10-17)
    Diseases caused by species of Calonectria (Ca.) represent a serious threat to the growth and sustainability of Eucalyptus plantations in China. Symptoms caused by these fungi mainly include leaf blight on trees in ...
  • Ceratocystis ficicola causing a serious disease of Ficus carica in Greece 
    Tsopelas, Panaghiotis; Soulioti, Nikoleta; Wingfield, Michael J.; Barnes, Irene; Marincowitz, Seonju; Tjamos, Eleftherios C.; Paplomatas, Epaminondas (Firenze University Press, 2021-09)
    Ceratocystis ficicola causes vascular wilt of fig trees in Japan, invading root systems and the main stems eventually leading to tree death. In surveys from 2018 to 2020 in fig orchards in Greece, this fungus was detected ...
  • Ceratocystis manginecans associated with a serious wilt disease of two native legume trees in Oman and Pakistan 
    Al Adawi, Ali Obaid; Barnes, Irene; Khan, I.A.; Al Subhi, A.M.; Al Jahwari, A.A.; Deadman, M.L.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2013-03)
    A serious wilt disease has recently been found on Prosopis cineraria (Ghaf) in Oman and on Dalbergia sissoo (Shisham) in Pakistan. Disease symptoms on both these native, leguminous hosts include vascular discolouration ...
  • Ceratocystis wilt on Eucalyptus : first record from South Africa 
    Roux, Jolanda; Wingfield, Michael J.; Fourie, Arista; Noeth, K.; Barnes, Irene (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor and Francis Group), 2020)
    Wilt and death of an E. grandis × E. urophylla variety was recently observed in the Zululand region of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Symptoms on the dying trees included a streaking pattern of discolouration in the sapwood ...
  • Cercospora zeina from maize in South Africa exhibits high genetic diversity and lack of regional population differentiation 
    Muller, M.F.; Barnes, Irene; Kunene, N.T.; Crampton, Bridget Genevieve; Bluhm, B.H.; Phillips, Sonia M.; Olivier, Nicholas Abraham; Berger, David Kenneth (American Phytopathological Society, 2016-10)
    Muller, M.F., Barnes, I., Kunene, N.T., Crampton, B.G., Bluhm, B.H., Phillips, S., Olivier, N.A. and Berger, D.K. 2016. Cercospora zeina from maize in South Africa exhibits high genetic diversity and lack of regional ...
  • Characterisation of the mating-type loci in species of Elsinoe causing scab diseases 
    Pham, Nam Q.; Duong, Tuan A.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Barnes, Irene; Duran, Alvaro; Wingfield, Michael J. (Elsevier, 2023-12)
    The genus Elsinoe includes many aggressive plant pathogens that infect various economically important agricultural, horticultural and forestry plants. Significant diseases include citrus scab caused by E. fawcettii and E. ...
  • Clonal structure of Ceratocystis manginecans populations from mango wilt disease in Oman and Pakistan 
    Al Adawi, Ali Obaid; Barnes, Irene; Khan, I.A.; Deadman, M.L.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2014-07)
    Ceratocystis manginecans has recently been described from Oman and Pakistan where the fungus causes a serious wilt disease of mango. In both countries, the disease has moved rapidly throughout mango producing areas leading ...
  • Development of microsatellite and mating type markers for the pine needle pathogen Lecanosticta acicola 
    Janoušek, J.; Krumböck, S.; Kirisits, Thomas; Bradshaw, R.E.; Barnes, Irene; Jankovský, L.; Stauffer, C. (Springer, 2014-03)
    Lecanosticta acicola is an ascomycete that causes brown spot needle blight of pine species in many regions of the world. This pathogen is responsible for a major disease of Pinus palustris in the USA and is a quarantine ...
  • Distribution and population diversity of Ceratocystis pirilliformis in South Africa 
    Nkuekam, Gilbert Kamgan; Barnes, Irene; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda (Mycological Society of America, 2009)
    Ceratocystis pirilliformis was first isolated from wounds on Eucalyptus nitens in Australia and subsequently found in a similar niche on E. grandis in South Africa. Artificial inoculation studies under field conditions in ...
  • Diversity, migration routes, and worldwide population genetic structure of Lecanosticta acicola, the causal agent of brown spot needle blight 
    Laas, Marili; Adamson, Kalev; Barnes, Irene; Janousek, Josef; Adamcikova, Katarina; Akiba, Mitsuteru; Beenken, Ludwig; Braganca, Helena; Bulgakov, Timur S.; Capretti, Paolo; Cech, Thomas; Cleary, Michelle; Enderle, Rasmus; Ghelardini, Luisa; Jankovsky, Libor; Markovskaja, Svetlana; Matsiakh, Iryna; Meyer, Joana B.; Oskay, Funda; Piskur, Barbara; Raitelaityte, Kristina; Sadikovic, Dusan; Drenkhan, Rein (Wiley, 2022-11)
    Lecanosticta acicola is a pine needle pathogen causing brown spot needle blight that results in premature needle shedding with considerable damage described in North America, Europe, and Asia. Microsatellite and mating ...
  • Dothistroma needle blight : an emerging epidemic caused by Dothistroma septosporum in Colombia 
    Rodas, Carlos A.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Granados, Ginna Marcela; Barnes, Irene (Wiley, 2016-01)
    Plantation forestry in Colombia is based mainly on non-native species of Pinus and Eucalyptus. Since 2008, a disease with symptoms similar to those of Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) have been found affecting large areas ...
  • Dothistroma septosporum identified in Greece on Pinus brutia and Pinus nigra plantations 
    Tsopelas, Panaghiotis; Barnes, Irene; Soulioti, N.; Wingfield, Michael J. (American Phytopathological Society, 2013-09)
    No abstract available.
  • Draft genome sequences of Fusarium xylarioides, Teratosphaeria gauchensis and T. zuluensis and genome annotation for Ceratocystis fimbriata 
    Wingfield, Brenda D.; Fourie, Arista; Simpson, Melissa Claire; Bushula-Njah, Vuyiswa; Aylward, Janneke; Barnes, Irene; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Dreyer, Leanne Laurette; Duong, Tuan A.; Geiser, David M.; Roets, Francois; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Van Heerden, Carel J.; Wingfield, Michael J. (International Mycological Association, 2019-09-13)
    Draft genomes of the fungal species Fusarium xylarioides, Teratosphaeria gauchensis and T. zuluensis are presented. In addition an annotation of the genome of Ceratocystis fimbriata is presented. Overall these genomes ...
  • Epitypification of Ceratocystis fimbriata 
    Marincowitz, Seonju; Barnes, Irene; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Wingfield, Michael J. (Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, 2020-12)
    Ceratocystis accommodates many important pathogens of agricultural crops and woody plants. Ceratocystis fimbriata, the type species of the genus is based on a type that is unsuitable for a precise application and ...
  • Euwallacea perbrevis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), a confirmed pest on Acacia crassicarpa in Riau, Indonesia, and a new fungal symbiont; Fusarium rekanum sp. nov. 
    Lynn, Kira Mary Theresa; Wingfield, Michael J.; Duran, Alvaro; Marincowitz, Seonju; Oliveira, Leonardo S.S.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Barnes, Irene (Springer, 2020-06)
    Non-native Acacia plantations in Indonesia were first reported to be infested by a native ambrosia beetle species, identified as Euwallacea fornicatus in 1993. Recently the level of infestation in these plantations by ...
  • Evaluation of mango cultivars for resistance to infection by ceratocystis manginecans 
    Al Adawi, Ali Obaid; Al Sadi, B.A.; Al Jabri, M.H.; Deadman, M.L.; Barnes, Irene; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (International Society for Horticultural Science, 2013)
    Ceratocystis manginecans has been reported to cause a serious wilt disease of mango in Oman and Pakistan. To identify plants resistant to this disease, 30 mango cultivars were artificially inoculated with isolates of C. ...
  • First fungal genome sequence from Africa : a preliminary analysis 
    Wingfield, Brenda D.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Santana, Quentin C.; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Bam, Stefan; Barnes, Irene; Beukes, Chrizelle Winsie; Chan, Wai Yin; De Vos, Lieschen; Fourie, Gerda; Friend, Melanie; Gordon, Thomas R. (Tom); Herron, Darryl A.; Holt, Carson; Korf, Ian; Kvas, Marija; Martin, Simon H.; Mlonyeni, X.O.M. (Xolile Osmond Mnyamezeli); Naidoo, Kershney; Phasha, Mmatshepho Malekgale; Postma, Alisa; Reva, Oleg N.; Roos, Heidi; Simpson, M.C. (Melissa Claire); Slinski, Stephanie; Slippers, Bernard; Sutherland, Rene; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Wilken, Pieter Markus; Yandell, Mark; Zipfel, Renate; Wingfield, Michael J. (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2012-01-25)
    Some of the most significant breakthroughs in the biological sciences this century will emerge from the development of next generation sequencing technologies. The ease of availability of DNA sequence made possible through ...