Browsing by UP Author "Wingfield, Michael J."

Browsing by UP Author "Wingfield, Michael J."

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  • Fusarium ananatum sp. nov. in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex from pineapples with fruit rot in South Africa 
    Jacobs, Adriaana; Van Wyk, P.S. (Pieter Schalk), 1944-; Marasas, Walter F.O. (Walter Friedrich Otto); Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Coutinho, Teresa A. (Elsevier, 2010-07)
    Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is native to South America and widely planted as a fruit crop in the tropics and sub-tropics. This plant is susceptible to a number of fungal diseases of which the most severe is fusariosis. The ...
  • Fusarium circinatum and pitch canker of Pinus in Colombia 
    Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Rodas, Carlos A.; Kvas, Marija; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2012-09)
    Pitch canker, caused by the ascomycete fungus Fusarium circinatum, infects a wide range of Pinus species. The pathogen has a global distribution and limits plantation productivity wherever susceptible Pinus species are ...
  • Fusarium mangiferae associated with mango malformation in the Sultanate of Oman 
    Kvas, Marija; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Al Adawi, Ali Obaid; Deadman, M.L.; Al Jahwari, A.A.; Marasas, Walter F.O. (Walter Friedrich Otto); Wingfield, Brenda D.; Ploetz, Randy C.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2008)
    Mango malformation, caused by Fusarium mangiferae, represents the most important floral disease of mango. The first symptoms of this disease were noticed in the beginning of 2005 in plantations at Sohar in the Sultanate ...
  • Future outlook for Pinus patula in South Africa in the presence of the pitch canker fungus (Fusarium circinatum) 
    Mitchell, R.G. (Richard Glen); Coutinho, Teresa A.; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Herbert, Martin; Wingfield, Michael J. (Taylor & Francis, 2012)
    Approximately 50% of the area planted to softwood trees in South Africa has been established with Pinus patula making it the most important pine species in the country. More effort has gone into developing this species ...
  • Ganoderma species, including new taxa associated with root rot of the iconic Jacaranda mimosifolia in Pretoria, South Africa 
    Coetzee, Martin Petrus Albertus; Marincowitz, Seonju; Muthelo, Vuledzani Gloria; Wingfield, Michael J. (International Mycological Association, 2015-06-22)
    Jacaranda mimosifolia trees have been progressively dying due to Ganoderma root and butt rot disease in Pretoria (the “City of Jacarandas”) for many years. Ganoderma austroafricanum was described from these trees previously ...
  • Gene expression associated with vegetative incompatibility in Amylostereum areolatum 
    Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Slippers, Bernard; Mongae, Aobakwe Oratile; Van Zyl, Karlien; Stenlid, J.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Elsevier, 2011-11)
    In filamentous fungi, vegetative compatibility among individuals of the same species is determined by the genes encoded at the heterokaryon incompatibility (het) loci. The hyphae of genetically similar individuals that ...
  • Genera of phytopathogenic fungi : GOPHY 1 
    Marin-Felix, Yasmina; Marincowitz, Seonju; Barnes, Irene; De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Giraldo, Alejandra; Hernandez-Restrepo, Margarita; McTaggart, Alistair R.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Crous, Pedro W.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Cai, L.; Chen, Q.; Bensch, K.; Braun, U.; Campores, E.; Damm, U.; Dissanayake, A.; Edwards, J.; Giraldo, Alejandra; Hyde, K.D.; Jayawardena, R.S.; Lombard, L.; Luangsa-ard, J.; Rossman, A.Y.; Sandoval-Denis, M.; Shen, M.; Shivas, R.G.; Tan, Y.P.; Van der Linde, E.J.; Wood, A.R.; Zhang, J.Q.; Zhang, Y. (Fungal Biodiversity Centre (CBS), 2017-05-05)
    Genera of Phytopathogenic Fungi (GOPHY) is introduced as a new series of publications in order to provide a stable platform for the taxonomy of phytopathogenic fungi. This first paper focuses on 21 genera of phytopathogenic ...
  • Genera of phytopathogenic fungi : GOPHY 2 
    Marin-Felix, Yasmina; Hernández-Restrepo, M.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Akulov, A.; Carnegie, A.J.; Cheewangkoon, R.; Gramaje, D.; Groenewald, Johannes Zacharias; Guarnaccia, Vladimiro; Halleen, F.; Lombard, L.; Luangsa-ard, J.; Marincowitz, Seonju; Moslemi, A.; Mostert, L.; Quaedvlieg, W.; Schumacher, R.K.; Spies, C.F.J.; Thangavel, R.; Taylor, P.W.J.; Wilson, Andrea M.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wood, A.R.; Crous, Pedro W. (Elsevier, 2019-03)
    This paper represents the second contribution in the Genera of Phytopathogenic Fungi (GOPHY) series. The series provides morphological descriptions and information regarding the pathology, distribution, hosts and disease ...
  • Genera of phytopathogenic fungi : GOPHY 4 
    Chen, Q.; Bakhshi, M.; Balci, Y.; Broders, K.D.; Cheewangkoon, R.; Chen, S.F.; Fan, X.L.; Gramaje, D.; Halleen, F.; Horta Jung, M.; Jiang, N.; Jung, T.; Majek, T.; Marincowitz, Seonju; Milenkovic, I.; Mostert, L.; Nakashima, C.; Nurul Faziha, I.; Pan, M.; Raza, M.; Scanu, B.; Spies, C.F.J.; Suhaizan, L.; Suzuki, Hiroyuki; Tian, C.M.; Tomsovsky, M.; Urbez-Torres, J.R.; Wang, W.; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Yang, Q.; Yang, X.; Zare, R.; Zhao, P.; Groenewald, J.Z.; Cai, L.; Crous, Pedro W. (Elsevier, 2022-03)
    This paper is the fourth contribution in the Genera of Phytopathogenic Fungi (GOPHY) series. The series provides morphological descriptions and information about the pathology, distribution, hosts and disease symptoms, ...
  • Generic boundaries in the Ophiostomatales reconsidered and revised 
    De Beer, Z. Wilhelm; Procter, M.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Marincowitz, Seonju; Duong, Tuan A. (Elsevier, 2022-03-30)
    The Ophiostomatales was erected in 1980. Since that time, several of the genera have been redefined and others have been described. There are currently 14 accepted genera in the Order. They include species that are the ...
  • Genes up-regulated in tolerant Cavendish banana roots in response to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense infection 
    Van den Berg, Noelani; Berger, David Kenneth; Hein, I.; Birch, P.R.J. (Paul); Wingfield, Michael J.; Viljoen, Altus (International Society for Horticultural Science, 2009)
    Fusarium wilt of banana, caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Foc), is regarded as one of the most devastating diseases. Cavendish cultivars (AAA genome) are highly susceptible to race 4 of the pathogen. The ...
  • Genetic analyses suggest separate introductions of the pine pathogen Lecanosticta acicola into Europe 
    Janoušek, Josef; Wingfield, Michael J.; Marmolejo Monsivais, José G.; Jankovský, Libor; Stauffer, Christian; Konečný, Adam; Barnes, Irene (American Phytopathological Society, 2016-11)
    Lecanosticta acicola is a heterothallic ascomycete that causes brown spot needle blight on native and nonnative Pinus spp. in many regions of the world. In this study we investigated the origin of European L. acicola ...
  • Genetic analysis of growth, morphology and pathogenicity in the F1 progeny of an interspecific cross between Fusarium circinatum and Fusarium subglutinans 
    De Vos, Lieschen; Van der Nest, Magrieta Aletta; Van der Merwe, Nicolaas Albertus (Albie); Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Elsevier, 2011-09)
    Fusarium circinatum and Fusarium subglutinans are two distinct species in the Gibberella fujikuroi species complex. A genetic linkage map produced from an interspecific cross between these species was used to identify ...
  • Genetic basis for high population diversity in Protea-associated Knoxdaviesia 
    Aylward, Janneke; Steenkamp, Emma Theodora; Dreyer, Leanne Laurette; Roets, Francois; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (Elsevier, 2016-11)
    Sexual reproduction is necessary to generate genetic diversity and, in ascomycete fungi, this process is controlled by a mating type (MAT) locus with two complementary idiomorphs. Knoxdaviesia capensis and K. proteae ...
  • Genetic diversity in the Eucalyptus stem pathogen Teratosphaeria zuluensis 
    Cortinas, Maria-Noel; Barnes, Irene; Wingfield, Michael J.; Wingfield, Brenda D. (CSIRO, 2010)
    Coniothyrium canker caused by the fungal pathogen Teratosphaeria (= Coniothyrium) zuluensis is one of the most important diseases affecting plantation-grown Eucalyptus trees. Little is known regarding the pathogen and this ...
  • Genetic diversity of Amylostereum areolatum, the fungal symbiont of the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio in South Africa 
    Mlonyeni, X.O.M. (Xolile Osmond Mnyamezeli); Wingfield, Michael J.; Greeff, Jaco M. (Jacobus Maree); Wingfield, Brenda D.; Slippers, Bernard (Wiley, 2018-12)
    Amylostereum areolatum is a wood‐decaying homobasidiomycete fungal symbiont of Sirex noctilio. Together, they cause serious damage to pine plantations in the Southern Hemisphere. The fungus reproduces asexually and is ...
  • Genetic diversity of Bradysia difformis (Sciaridae: Diptera) populations reflects movement of an invasive insect between forestry nurseries 
    Hurley, Brett Phillip; Slippers, Bernard; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Govender, Prem; Smith, J.E.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2010-04)
    The fungus gnat, Bradysia difformis (Sciaridae: Diptera) has recently been recorded for the first time from South Africa where it has been found in forestry nurseries. The presence of this insect in all the major forestry ...
  • Genetic diversity of Chrysoporthe cubensis in eastern and southern Africa 
    Nakabonge, Grace; Gryzenhout, Marieka; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Roux, Jolanda (Academy of Science of South Africa, 2007-05)
    Chrysoporthe cubensis is an important fungal pathogen of Eucalyptus species worldwide. The fungus is also known on many other hosts, all residing in the order Myrtales. Previous studies have suggested that Chr. Cubensis ...
  • Genetic diversity of Teratosphaeria pseudoeucalypti in Eucalyptus plantations in Australia and Uruguay 
    Aylward, Janneke; Havenga, Minette; Dreyer, Leanne Laurette; Roets, Francois; Wingfield, Brenda D.; Perez, C.A.; Ramirez-Berrutti, Nazaret; Carnegie, A.J.; Wingfield, Michael J. (Springer, 2021-11)
    Please read abstract in the article.
  • Genetic diversity of the pine pathogen Lecanosticta acicola in Slovenia and Croatia 
    Sadikovic, D.; Piskur, B.; Barnes, Irene; Hauptman, T.; Diminic, D.; Wingfield, Michael J.; Jurc, D. (Wiley, 2019-08)
    Brown spot needle blight (BSNB), a disease of pine trees caused by the fungus Lecanosticta acicola, has been known in Slovenia since 2008 and in Croatia since 1975. Recent outbreaks in Slovenia prompted this study to compare ...