Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences
School of Biological Sciences
Department of Genetics
Wingfield, BD
BSc(Natal)(Hons)(CapeTown) MSc(Minnesota) PhD(Stell) - Professor
NRF Rating: B2
Contact Details
Research Interests
Research Output
Contact Details:
Telephone number: 012 420 3946
Fax number: 012 420 3947
E-mail address: brenda.wingfield@fabi.up.ac.za
Research Interests:
Molecular genetics of eucalyptus and pines
Forest biotechnology
Molecular systematics of micro-organisms
Sustainable insect management
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Myburgh H, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2002. Beta-Tubulin and histone H3 gene sequences distinguish Cryphonectria cubensis from South Africa, Asia and South America. Canadian Journal of Botany-Revue Canadienne de Botanique, 80, pp 577-596.
Chimwamurombe PM, Wingfield BD, Oberholster (Botha) A-M, Wingfield MJ: 2002. Molecular Analysis of an Endopolygalacturonase Gene from a Eucalyptus Canker Pathogen, Cryphonectria cubensis. DNA, 13 (1), pp 33-37.
Moleleki N, Preisig O, Wingfield MJ, Crous PW, Wingfield BD: 2002. PCR-RFLP and sequence data delineate several Diaporthe species associated with stone and pome fruit trees in South Africa.. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 108, pp 909-912.
de Wet J, Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD: 2002. Characterisation of the 'C' morphotype of the pine pathogen Sphaeropsis sapinea. Forest Ecology and Management, 161, pp 181-188.
Gryzenhout M, Eisenberg BE, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2002. Pathogenicity of Cryphonectria eucalypti to Eucalyptus clones in South Africa. Forest Ecology and Management, 6035, pp 1-11.
Zhou X, de Beer W, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2002. Infection sequence and pathogenicity of Ophiostoma ips, Leptographium seprens and L. lundbegii to pines in South Africa. Fungal Diversity Series, 10, pp 229-240.
Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ: 2002. DNA sequence and AFLP data reflect geographical spread and relationships of Amylostereum areolatumand its insect vectors. Molecular Ecology Notes, (11), pp 1845-1854.
Zhou XD, Burgess TI, de Beer ZW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2002. Development of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the tree pathogen and sapstain agent, Ophiostoma ips. Molecular Ecology Notes, (2) / ISI, pp 309-312.
Britz H, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ: 2002. Sequence characterized amplified polymorphic markers for the pitch canker pathogen, Fusarium circinatum. Molecular Ecology Notes, 2, pp 577-580.
Britz H, Steenkamp ET, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ: 2002. Two new species of Fusarium section Liseola associated with mango malformation. Mycologia, 94 (4), pp 722-730.
Steenkamp ET, Wingfield BD, Desjardins AE, Marasas WFO, Wingfield MJ: 2002. Cryptic speciation in Fusarium subglutinans. Mycologia, 94 (6), pp 1032-1043.
van Zyl LM, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Pongpanich K, Wingfield BD: 2002. Morphological and molecular relatedness of geographically diverse isolates of Coniothyrium zuluense from South Africa and Thailand. Mycological Research, 106 (1), pp 51-59.
Myburgh H, Gryzenhout M, Heath R, Roux-Labuschagne J, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2002. Cryphonectria canker on Tibouchina in South Africa.. Mycological Research, 106 (11), pp 1299-1306.
Wingfield MJ, Jacobs A, Coutinho TA, Ahumada R, Wingfield BD: 2002. First report on the pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatum on pines in Chile. Plant Pathology, (51), p. 397.
Wingfield MJ, Jacobs A, Coutinho TA, Ahumada R, Wingfield BD: 2002. First report on the pitch canker fungus, Fusarium circinatumon pines in Chile. Plant Pathology, 51, p. 397.
Verhoeven RL, Doyle JH, Bester C, Wingfield BD, Oberholster (Botha) A-M: 2002. Germ-furrow morphology and storage conditions determine the degree of viability of Pinus caribaea pollen. South African Journal of Botany, 68, pp 1-7.
Doyle JH, Oberholster (Botha) A-M, Wingfield BD: 2002. Identification of pine hybrids using SSRloci. Southern African Forestry Journal, 193, pp 25-30.
Wingfield MJ, Coutinho TA, Roux-Labuschagne J, Wingfield BD: 2002. The future of exotic plantation forestry in the tropics and Southern Hemisphere: lessons from pitch canker. Southern African Forestry Journal, 195, pp 79-82.
Venter M, Myburgh H, Wingfield BD, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ: 2002. A new species of Cryphonectria from South Africa and Australia, pathogenic to Eucalyptus. Sydowia-An International Journal of Mycology, 54 (1), pp 98-117.
Britz H, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ, Marasas WFO, Wingfield BD: 2002. Validation of the description of Gibberella circinata and morphological differentiation of the anamorph Fusarium circinatum. Sydowia-An International Journal of Mycology, ? (?) / ?, p. 9.
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