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  • Elsinoe species : the rise of scab diseases 
    Pham, Nam Q.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Barnes, Irene; Gazis, Romina; Wingfield, Michael J. (Wiley, 2025-01)
    The genus Elsinoe contains many aggressive pathogens of a wide range of plants, many of which are economically important. These fungal pathogens cause serious scab diseases affecting various plant parts, impacting plant ...
  • First line of defence : Eucalyptus leaf waxes influence infection by an aggressive fungal leaf pathogen 
    Solis, Myriam; Naidoo, Saloshnee; Wingfield, Michael J.; Joubert, J.C.; Hammerbacher, Almuth (Wiley, 2024)
    Leaf epicuticular waxes provide important anatomical and chemical defences against fungi that infect leaves. In this study we analysed the leaf wax composition of Eucalyptus grandis × Eucalyptus urophylla hybrids with ...
  • Climate, host ontogeny and pathogen structural specificity determine forest disease distribution at a regional scale 
    Caballol, Maria; Serrado, Francesc; Barnes, Irene; Camarero, J. Julio; Valeriano, Cristina; Colangelo, Michele; Oliva, Jonas (Wiley, 2024-10)
    Predicting forest health at a regional level is challenging as forests are simultaneously attacked by multiple pathogens. Usually, the impacts of each pathogen are studied separately, however, interactions between them can ...
  • Options and considerations for validation of prokaryotic names under the SeqCode 
    Venter, S.N. (Stephanus Nicolaas); Rodriguez-R, Luis M.; Chuvochina, Maria; Palmer, Marike; Hugenholtz, Philip (Elsevier, 2024-11)
    Stable taxon names for Bacteria and Archaea are essential for capturing and documenting prokaryotic diversity. They are also crucial for scientific communication, effective accumulation of biological data related to the ...
  • Recent advances in the population biology and management of maize foliar fungal pathogens Exserohilum turcicum, Cercospora zeina and Bipolaris maydis in Africa 
    Nsibo, David Livingstone; Barnes, Irene; Berger, David Kenneth (Frontiers Media, 2024-08)
    Maize is the most widely cultivated and major security crop in sub-Saharan Africa. Three foliar diseases threaten maize production on the continent, namely northern leaf blight, gray leaf spot, and southern corn leaf ...
  • Fungal planet description sheets : 1478–1549 
    Crous, Pedro W.; Osieck, E.R.; Shivas, R.G.; Tan, Y.P.; Bishop-Hurley, S.L.; Esteve- Raventos, F.; Larsson, E.; Luangsa-ard, J.J.; Pancorbo, F.; Balashov, S.; Baseia, I.G.; Boekhout, T.; Chandranayaka, S.; Cowan, Don A.; Cruz, R.H.S.F.; Czachura, P.; De la Pena-Lastra, S.; Dovana, F.; Drury, B.; Fell, J.; Flakus, A.; Fotedar, R.; Jurjevic, Z.; Kolecka, A.; Mack, J.; Maggs-Kölling, G.; Mahadevakumar, S.; Mateos, A.; Mongkolsamrit, S.; Noisripoom, W.; Plaza, M.; Overy, D.P.; Piątek, M.; Sandoval-Denis, M.; Vauras, J.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Abell, S.E.; Ahmadpour, A.; Akulov, A.; Alavi, F.; Alavi, Z.; Altes, A.; Alvarado, P.; Anand, G.; Ashtekar, N.; Assyov, B.; Banc-Prandi, G.; Barbosa, K.D.; Barreto, G.G.; Bellanger, J.-M.; Bezerra, J.L.; Bhat, D.J.; Bilański, P.; Bose, Tanay; Bozok, F.; Chaves, J.; Costa-Rezende, D.H.; Danteswari, C.; Darmostuk, V.; Delgado, G.; Denman, S.; Eichmeier, A.; Etayo, J.; Eyssartier, G.; Faulwetter, S.; Ganga, K.G.G.; Ghosta, Y.; Goh, J.; Gois, J.S.; Gramaje, D.; Granit, L.; Groenewald, M.; Gusmao, L.F.P.; Hammerbacher, Almuth; Heidarian, Z.; Hywel-Jones, N.; Jankowiak, R.; Kaliyaperumal, M.; Kaygusuz, O.; Kezo, K.; Khonsanit, A.; Kumar, S.; Kuo, C.H.; Læssoe, T.; Latha, K.P.D.; Loizides, M.; Luo, S.M.; Maciá-Vicente, J.G.; Manimohan, P.; Marbach, P.A.S.; Marinho, P.; Marney, T.S.; Marques, G.; Martín, M.P.; Miller, A.N.; Mondello, F.; Moreno, G.; Mufeeda, K.T.; Mun, H.Y.; Nau, T.; Nkomo, T.; Okrasinska, A.; Oliveira, J.P.A.F.; Oliveira, R.L.; Ortiz, D.A.; Pawłowska, J.; Perez-De-Gregorio, M.A.; Podile, A.R.; Portugal, A.; Privitera, N.; Rajeshkumar, K.C.; Rauf, I.; Rian, B.; Rigueiro-Rodríguez, A.; Rivas- Torres, G.F.; Rodriguez-Flakus, P.; Romero-Gordillo, M.; Saar, I.; Saba, M.; Santos, C.D.; Sarma, P.V.S.R.N.; Siquier, J.L.; Sleiman, S.; Spetik, M.; Sridhar, K.R.; Stryjak-Bogacka, M.; Szczepanska, k.; Taskın, H.; Tennakoon, D.S.; Thanakitpipattana, D.; Trovao, J.; Turkekul, I.; Van Iperen, A,L.; Van 't Hof, P.; Vasquez, G.; Visagie, C.M.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wong, P.T.W.; Yang, W.X.; Yarar, M.; Yarden, O.; Yilmaz, Neriman; Zhang, N.; Zhu, Y.N.; Groenewald, J.Z. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2023-06-29)
    Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Australia, Aschersonia mackerrasiae on whitefly, Cladosporium corticola on bark of Melaleuca quinquenervia, Penicillium nudgee ...
  • Fungal Planet description sheets : 1550-1613 
    Crous, Pedro W.; Costa, M.M.; Kandemir, H.; Vermaas, M.; Vu, D.; Zhao, L.; Arumugam, E.; Flakus, A.; Jurjevic, Z.; Kaliyaperumal, M.; Mahadevakumar, S.; Murugadoss, R.; Shivas, R.G.; Tan, Y.P.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Abell, S.E.; Marney, T.S.; Danteswari, C.; Darmostuk, V.; Denchev, C.M.; Denchev, T.T.; Etayo, J.; Gene, J.; Gunaseelan, S.; Hubka, V.; Illescas, T.; Jansen, G.M.; Kezo, K.; Kumar, S.; Larsson, E.; Mufeeda, K.T.; Piątek, M.; Rodriguez-Flakus, P.; Sarma, P.V.S.R.N.; Stryjak-Bogacka, M.; Torres-Garcia, D.; Vauras, J.; Acal, D.A.; Akulov, A.; Alhudaib, K.; Asif, M.; Balashov, S.; Baral, H.O.; Baturo-Ciesniewska, A.; Begerow, D.; Beja-Pereira, A.; Bianchinotti, M.V.; Bilanski, P.; Chandranayaka, S.; Chellappan, N.; Cowan, Don A.; Custodio, F.A.; Czachura, P.; Delgado, G.; De Silva, N.I.; Dijksterhuis, J.; Duenas, M.; Eisvand, P.; Fachada, V.; Fournier, J.; Fritsche, Y.; Fuljer, F.; Ganga, KG.G.; Guerra, M.P.; Hansen, K.; Hywel-Jones, N.; Ismail, A.M.; Jacobs, C.R.; Jankowiak, R.; Karich, A.; Kemler, M.; Kisło, K.; Klofac, W.; Krisai-Greilhuber, I.; Latha, K.P.D.; Lebeuf, R.; Lopes, M.E.; Lumyong, S.; Macia-Vicente, J.G.; Maggs-Kolling, G.; Magista, D.; Manimohan, P.; Martín, M.P.; Mazur, E.; Mehrabi-Koushki, M.; Miller, A.N.; Mombert, A.; Ossowska, E.A.; Patejuk, K.; Pereira, O.L.; Piskorski, S.; Plaza, M.; Podile, A.R.; Polhorsky, A.; Pusz, W.; Raza M.; Ruszkiewicz-Michalska, M.; Saba, M.; Sanchez, R.M.; Singh, R.; Sliwa, L.; Smith, M.E.; Stefenon, V.M.; Strasiftakova, D.; Suwannarach, N.; Szczepańska, K.; Telleria, M.T.; Tennakoon, D.S.; Thines, M.; Thorn, R.G.; Urbaniak, J.; Van der Vegte, M.; Vasan, V.; Vila-Vicosa, C.; Voglmayr, H.; Wrzosek, M.; Zappelini, J.; Groenewald, J.Z. (Naturalis Biodiversity Center and Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures, 2023-12-30)
    Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Argentina, Neocamarosporium halophilum in leaf spots of Atriplex undulata. Australia, Aschersonia merianiae on scale insect ...
  • Energetic landscape and terminal emitters of phycobilisome cores from quantum chemical modeling 
    Cupellini, Lorenzo; Gwizdala, Michal; Kruger, T.P.J. (Tjaart) (American Chemical Society, 2024-09)
    Phycobilisomes (PBs) are giant antenna supercomplexes of cyanobacteria that use phycobilin pigments to capture sunlight and transfer the collected energy to membrane-bound photosystems. In the PB core, phycobilins are bound ...
  • 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, 2024-11)
    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 ...
  • Growth, pathogenicity and sexual fertility of the African tree pathogen Ceratocystis albifundus 
    Danki, Vinolia Nomhle; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; De Vos, Lieschen; Swalarsk-Parry, Benedicta S.; Dewing, Claudette; Fru, Felix Fon; Wilken, Pieter Markus; Mchunu, Nokuthula P.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta (Springer, 2025-02)
    The African fungus Ceratocystis albifundus does not cause disease symptoms on its wide range of native woody hosts. However, on non-native Acacia mearnsii and orchard-grown Protea cynaroides, it represents an economically ...
  • Clonality and limited population diversity of Fusarium circinatum in Colombia 
    Ceriani, Callin; Wingfield, Michael J.; Fru, Felix Fon; Van Wyk, S.; Rodas, Carlos A.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora (Wiley, 2024-06)
    Fusarium circinatum is an important fungal pathogen of Pinus species utilized in commercial forestry worldwide. In Colombia, it was first found on nursery plants and later in plantations associated with basal cankers on ...
  • Characterization of macadamia ringspot-associated virus, a novel Orthotospovirus associated with Macadamia integrifolia in South Africa 
    Roberts, Ronel; Robbertse, Nicola; Thompson, Genevieve D.; Read, David Alan (Springer, 2024-06)
    South Africa is the largest producer of macadamias in the world, producing an estimated 61,288 tons nut-in-shell in 2022. In order to ensure the sustainability of the industry, it is important that research focuses on the ...
  • Biology and pathogenicity of fungi causing husk rot of macadamia in South Africa 
    Twiddy, Dee Ingrid; Fouché, Arista; Akinsanmi, Olufemi A.; Fourie, Gerda (Springer, 2024-11)
    Fungal diseases of macadamia fruit in South Africa have the potential to cause notable economic damage in this rapidly growing industry. To improve our understanding of the species involved in husk rot in macadamia orchards, ...
  • Maize–Fusarium associations and their mycotoxins : insights from South Africa 
    Visagie, Cobus M.; Meyer, Hannalien; Yilmaz, Neriman (Elsevier, 2024-12)
    For maize, a staple food in South Africa, there is a lack of comprehensive knowledge on the mycotoxin-producing fungal diversity. In this study, a fungal community profile was established using culture-dependent methods ...
  • First report of target-site resistance to glyphosate in Amaranthus hybridus L. in the Republic of South Africa 
    Shabangu, Nhlanhla M.; Simelane, Nondunduzo Adelaide; Reinhardt, Carl Frederick (Charlie); Marais, D. (Diana); Vorster, Barend Juan (Wiley, 2024-08)
    Amaranthus hybridus L. is a major weed for summer crops. Although A. hybridus has been a known crop weed in the Republic of South Africa (RSA) for a long time, herbicide resistance has not been a problem. Nevertheless, A. ...
  • High-throughput sequencing-based detection and characterization of sugarcane viruses in Ethiopia 
    Abide, Mereme; Kidanemariam, Dawit B.; Kebede, Misrak; Knierim, Dennis; Margaria, Paolo; Menzel, Wulf; Abraham, Adane D. (Wiley, 2024-07)
    A virus discovery investigation using high-throughput sequencing in sugarcane samples from Ethiopia revealed the presence of sugarcane mild mosaic virus (SCMMV, genus Ampelovirus) and sugarcane umbra-like virus (SULV, genus ...
  • Advanced analysis of single-molecule spectroscopic data 
    Botha, Joshua Leon; Van Heerden, Bertus; Kruger, T.P.J. (Tjaart) (Biophysical Society, 2024-09)
    We present Full SMS, a multipurpose graphical user interface (GUI)-based software package for analyzing single molecule spectroscopy (SMS) data. SMS typically delivers multiparameter data—such as fluorescence brightness, ...
  • Botryosphaeriaceae species associated with branch dieback and decline of macadamia trees in South Africa 
    Maduke, Angel N.; Slippers, Bernard; Van der Linde, Elna; Wingfield, Michael J.; Fourie, Gerda (Springer, 2024-09)
    Botryosphaeriaceae species are important latent pathogens causing diseases on trees utilized in forestry and agriculture. In recent years, there has been an increase in the incidence and severity of branch dieback and ...
  • Bacterial and genetic features of raw retail pork meat : integrative analysis of antibiotic susceptibility, whole-genome sequencing, and metagenomics 
    Lowe, Michelle; Strasheim, Wilhelmina; Chan, Wai Yin; Perovic, Olga (MDPI, 2024-08)
    The global antibiotic resistance crisis, driven by overuse and misuse of antibiotics, is multifaceted. This study aimed to assess the microbiological and genetic characteristics of raw retail pork meat through various ...
  • Needles in fungal haystacks : discovery of a putative a-factor pheromone and a unique mating strategy in the Leotiomycetes 
    Wilson, Andi M.; Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Public Library of Science, 2023-10-12)
    The Leotiomycetes is a hugely diverse group of fungi, accommodating a wide variety of important plant and animal pathogens, ericoid mycorrhizal fungi, as well as producers of antibiotics. Despite their importance, the ...