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Coutinho, TA
BSc(Hons) MSc PhD(Natal) - Associate Professor

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Contact details:

Telephone number: 012 420 3934
Fax number: 012 420 3960
E-mail address: teresa.coutinho@FABI.up.ac.za

Research interests:

Sustainable insect management

Panama disease of bananas

Plantation tree pathology

Forestry/ tree pathology

Production of disease tolerant forest trees

Research output:

Research articles in refereed specialist journals

Britz H, Coutinho TA, Gordon TJ, Wingfield MJ: 2001. Characterisation of the pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum from Mexico. South African Journal of Botany, 67, pp 609-614.

Burgess TI, Maseko B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ: 2001. First report of Phytophthora nicotianae associated with Eucalyptus die-back in South Africa. Plant Pathology, 50, pp 413.

Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Harrington TC, Steimel JP, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ: 2001. The root rot fungus Armillaria mellea introduced into South Africa by early Dutch settlers. Molecular Ecology, 10, pp 387-396.

De Wet J, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD: 2001. Characterisation of the 'C' morphotype of the pine pathogen Sphaeropsis sapinea. Forest Ecology and Management, 5543, pp 1-8.

Roux J, Coutinho TA, Byabashaija DM, Wingfield MJ: 2001. Diseases of plantation Eucaluptus in Uganda. South African Journal of Science, 97/Jan/Feb, pp 16-18.

Slippers B, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD: 2001. Population structure and possible origin of Amylostereum areolatum in South Africa. Plant Pathology, 50, pp 206-210.

Smith H, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD: 2001. Botryosphaeria eucalyptorum sp. nov., a new species in the B. dothidea-complex on Eucalyptus in South Africa. Mycologia, 93(2), pp 277-285.

Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA, Desjardins AE, Wingfield BD, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ: 2001. Gibberella fujikuroi mating population E is associated with maize and teosinte. Molecular Plant Pathology, 2(4), pp 215-221.

Venter M, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD: 2001. Molecular characterization of Endothia gyrosa isolates from Eucalyptus in South Africa and Australia. Plant Pathology, 50, pp 211-217.

Wingfield MJ, Roux J, Coutinho TA, Govender P, Wingfield BD: 2001. Plantation disease and pest management in the next century. Southern African Forestry Journal, 190/Mar, pp 67-71.