Browsing by UP Author "Wingfield, Michael J."

Browsing by UP Author "Wingfield, Michael J."

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  • (117-119) Proposals to make the pre-publication deposit of key nomenclatural information in a recognized repository a requirement for valid publication of organisms treated as fungi under the Code 
    Hawksworth, David Leslie, 1946-; Cooper, Jerry A.; Crous, Pedro W.; Hyde, Kevin D.; Iturriaga, Teresa; Kirk, Paul M.; Lumbsch, H. Thorsten; May, Tom W.; Minter, David W.; Misra, Jitendra K.; Norvell, Lorelei; Redhead, Scott A.; Rossman, Amy Y.; Seifert, Keith A.; Stalpers, Joost A.; Taylor, John W.; Wingfield, Michael J. (International Association for Plant Taxonomy, 2010-04)
    MycoBank is a fully online system whereby the proposers of new scientific names of organisms treated as fungi under the Code can deposit key information that becomes public and freely available on the worldwide web only ...
  • AFLP analysis reveals a clonal population of Phytophthora pinifolia in Chile 
    Duran, Alvaro; Gryzenhout, Marieka; Drenth, Andre; Slippers, Bernard; Ahumada, Rodrigo; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Elsevier, 2010-09)
    Phytophthora pinifolia is the causal agent of the recently discovered needle disease of Pinus radiata in Chile, referred to as “Daño Foliar del Pino” (DFP). The genetic structure of the pathogen population is unknown, which ...
  • The Amsterdam declaration on fungal nomenclature 
    Hawksworth, David Leslie, 1946-; Crous, Pedro W.; Redhead, Scott A.; Reynolds, Don R.; Samson, Robert A.; Seifert, Keith A.; Taylor, John W.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Mycotaxon, Ltd., 2011-04)
    The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature was agreed at an international symposium convened in Amsterdam on 19–20 April 2011 under the auspices of the International Commission on the Taxonomy of Fungi (ICTF). The ...
  • Analysis of microsatellite markers in the genome of the plant pathogen Ceratocystis fimbriata 
    Simpson, M.C. (Melissa Claire); Wilken, Pieter Markus; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Elsevier, 2013-07)
    Ceratocystis fimbriata sensu lato represents a complex of cryptic and commonly plant pathogenic species that are morphologically similar. Species in this complex have been described using morphological characteristics, ...
  • Anthropogenic effects on interaction outcomes : examples from insect-microbial symbioses in forest and savanna ecosystems 
    Six, Diana L.; Poulsen, Michael; Hansen, Allison K.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda; Eggleton, Paul; Slippers, Bernard; Paine, Timothy D. (Springer, 2011)
    The influence of humans on ecosystem dynamics has been, and continues to be, profound. Anthropogenic effects are expected to amplify as human populations continue to increase. Concern over these effects has given rise to ...
  • Antifungal actinomycetes associated with the pine bark beetle, Orthotomicus erosus, in South Africa 
    Human, Z.R. (Zander Rainier); Slippers, Bernard; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Wingfield, Michael J.; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas) (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2017-01)
    Actinomycete bacteria are often associated with insects that have a mutualistic association with fungi. These bacteria are believed to be important to this insect–fungus association as they produce antibiotics that exclude ...
  • Antifungal Streptomyces spp. associated with the infructescences of Protea spp. in South Africa 
    Human, Z.R. (Zander Rainier); Moon, Kyuho; Bae, Munhyung; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Cha, Sangwon; Wingfield, Michael J.; Slippers, Bernard; Oh, Dong-Chan; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas) (Frontiers Research Foundation, 2016-11-02)
    Common saprophytic fungi are seldom present in Protea infructescences, which is strange given the abundance of mainly dead plant tissue in this moist protected environment. We hypothesized that the absence of common ...
  • Approaches to forecasting damage by invasive forest insects and pathogens : a cross-assessment 
    Raffa, Kenneth F.; Brockerhoff, Eckehard G.; Grégoire, Jean-Claude; Hamelin, Richard C.; Liebhold, Andrew M.; Santini, Alberto; Venette, Robert C.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Oxford University Press, 2023-02)
    Non-native insects and pathogens pose major threats to forest ecosystems worldwide, greatly diminishing the ecosystem services trees provide. Given the high global diversity of arthropod and microbial species, their often ...
  • Armillaria root rot spreading into a natural woody ecosystem in South Africa 
    Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Musasira, N.Y.; Roux, Jolanda; Roets, F.; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Wingfield, Michael J. (Wiley, 2018-05)
    Signs and symptoms of a disease similar to those of armillaria root rot have recently been observed on various native woody plants on the foothills of Table Mountain in South Africa, one of the most botanically diverse ...
  • Armillaria root-rot pathogens : species boundaries and global distribution 
    Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J. (MDPI, 2018-10-24)
    This review considers current knowledge surrounding species boundaries of the Armillaria root-rot pathogens and their distribution. In addition, a phylogenetic tree using translation elongation factor subunit 1-alpha ...
  • An artificial inoculation protocol for Uromycladium acaciae, cause of a serious disease of Acacia mearnsii in southern Africa 
    Fraser, Stuart; McTaggart, Alistair R.; Chan, Julian Moreno; Nxumalo, Thobile; Shuey, Louise S.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda (NISC (Pty) Ltd and Informa UK Limited (trading as Taylor & Francis Group), 2019)
    Uromycladium acaciae is the cause of a severe wattle rust epidemic in plantations of Acacia mearnsii (black wattle) in southern Africa. Research on the biology of this damaging rust is assisting in the development of control ...
  • An assessment of mangrove diseases and pests in South Africa 
    Osorio, J. Alexander; Crous, Casparus J.; Wingfield, Michael J.; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Roux, Jolanda (Oxford University Press, 2017-05)
    Mangroves are critically important components of coastal ecosystems. However, their survival is globally threatened, mostly due to impacts resulting from human activities. Reports of mangrove deaths associated with pathogens ...
  • Associations of Conifer-infesting bark beetles and fungi in Fennoscandia 
    Linnakoski, Riikka; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Niemela, Pekka; Wingfield, Michael J. (MDPI Publishing, 2012-02-15)
    Bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytinae) have a widespread association with fungi, especially with ophiostomatoid fungi (Ascomycota) that cause blue staining of wood, and in some cases, serious tree diseases. In Fennoscandia, ...
  • Aurifilum, a new fungal genus in the Cryphonectriaceae from Terminalia species in Cameroon 
    Begoude, Didier (Aime Didier B.); Gryzenhout, Marieka; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda (Springer, 2010-10)
    Native Terminalia spp. in West Africa provide a popular source of construction timber as well as medical, spiritual and social benefits to rural populations. Very little is, however, known regarding the diseases that affect ...
  • Bacterial community in apparently healthy and asymptomatic Eucalyptus trees and those with symptoms of bacterial wilt 
    Coutinho, Teresa A.; Carstensen, Gabrielle Dioneé; Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Chen, ShuaiFei; Tarigan, Marthin; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2024)
    Ralstonia solanacearum and R. pseudosolanacearum are well-known bacterial plant pathogens that cause significant losses to both ornamental and agricultural plants. It has been suggested that they are not the primary cause ...
  • Barcoding and microcoding using "identiprimers" with Leptographium species 
    Van Zuydam, Natalie R.; Paciura, Dina; Jacobs, Karin; Wingfield, Michael J.; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Wingfield, Brenda D. (The Mycological Society of America, 2010-11)
    Leptographium species provide an ideal model to test the applications of a PCR microcoding system for differentiating species of other genera of ascomycetes. Leptographium species are closely related and share similar gross ...
  • Bark beetle population dynamics in the anthropocene : challenges and solutions 
    Biedermann, Peter H.W.; Müller, Jörg; Grégoire, Jean-Claude; Gruppe, Axel; Hagge, Jonas; Hammerbacher, Almuth; Hofstetter, Richard W.; Kandasamy, Dineshkumar; Kolarik, Miroslav; Kostovcik, Martin; Krokene, Paal; Sallé, Aurélien; Six, Diana L.; Turrini, Tabea; Vanderpool, Dan; Wingfield, Michael J.; Bassler, Claus (Elsevier, 2019-10)
    Tree-killing bark beetles are the most economically important insects in conifer forests worldwide. However, despite >200 years of research, the drivers of population eruptions and crashes are still not fully understood ...
  • Bark beetles and their associated fungi infesting native Widdringtonia species in the Western Cape province of South Africa 
    Basson, Renier Johannes; Roets, Francois; Wingfield, Michael J.; Aylward, Janneke (Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 2024)
    Widdringtonia is a genus of native southern African Cupressaceae trees comprising two species that occur in the mountains of the Western Cape province, South Africa. Widdringtonia cedarbergensis has a localised distribution and ...
  • Biodiversity : so much more than legs and leaves 
    Cowan, Don A.; Rybicki, Edward P.; Tuffin, Marla I.; Valverde, Angel; Wingfield, Michael J. (AOSIS Open Journals, 2013-11)
    Microorganisms inhabit virtually every possible niche on Earth, including those at the outer envelope of survival. However, the focus of most conservation authorities and ecologists is the ‘legs and leaves’ side of biology ...
  • 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 ...