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
Panama disease of bananas
Research Output:
Research articles in refereed specialist journals:
Moleleki N, van Heerden SW, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD, Preisig O: 2003. Transfection ofDiaporthe perjuncta withDiaporthe RNA Virus. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 69 (7) / Jul, pp 3952-3956.
Gryzenhout M, Eisenberg BE, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Pathogenicity ofCryphonectria eucalypti toEucalyptus clones in South Africa. Forest Ecology and Management, 176, pp 427-437.
Steenkamp ET, van der Nest MA, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2003. Detection of hybrids in commercially propagatedEucalyptususing 5S RDNA sequence. Forest Genetics, 10 (3), pp 195-205.
Zhou X, de Beer ZW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Infection sequence and pathogenicity ofOphiostoma ips, Leptographium serpens andL. lundbegii to pines in South Africa. Fungal Diversity, 10, pp 229-240.
Castro B, Marin M, Gaitan A, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Relationships ofCeratocystis fimbriata Isolates from Colombian Coffee-Growing regions based on molecular data and pathogenicity. Journal of Phytopathology - Phytopathologische Zeitschrift, 151, pp 395-405.
Burgess TI, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Development and characterization of microsatellite loci for the tropical tree pathogenBotryosphaeria rhodina. Molecular Ecology Notes, 3, pp 91-94.
van der Merwe NA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Primers for the amplification of sequence-characterized loci inCryphonectria cubensis population. Molecular Ecology Notes, 3, pp 494-497.
Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Bloomer P, Ridley GS, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Molecular identification and phylogeny ofArmillariaisolates from South America and Indo-Malaysia. Mycologia, 95 (2), pp 285-293.
Denman S, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Slippers B, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Circumscription ofBotryosphaeria species associated withProteaceae based on morphology and DNA sequence data. Mycologia, 95 (2), pp 294-307.
de Beer ZW, Harrington TC, Vismer H F, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Phylogeny of theOphiostoma stenoceras-Sporothrix schenckii complex. Mycologia, 95 (3), pp 434-441.
Jacobs A, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Jacobs K, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Phylogenetic relationships amongPhialocephala species and other ascomycetes. Mycologia, 95 (4), pp 637-645.
Barnes I, Roux J, Wingfield BD, Dudzinski MJ, Old KM, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Ceratocystis pirilliformis, a new species fromEucalyptus nitensin Australia. Mycologia, 95 (5), pp 865-871.
de Beer ZW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2003. The Ophiostoma piceae complex in the Southern Hemisphere: A phylogenetic study. Mycological Research, 107 (4) / Apr, pp 469-476.
Mwenje E, Wingfield BD, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Molecular characterisation ofArmillaria species from Zimbabwe. Mycological Research, 107 (3) / Mar, pp 291-296.
de Wet J, Burgess TI, Slippers B, Preisig O, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Multiple gene genealogies and microsatellite markers reflect relationships between morphotypes ofSphaeropsis sapinea and distinguish a new species ofDiplodia. Mycological Research, 107 (5) / May, pp 557-566.
Myburg H, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Conspecificity ofendothia eugeniae andCtryphonectria cubensis: a re-evaluation based on morphology and DNA sequence data. Mycoscience, (44), pp 187-196.
de Beer ZW, Glen HF, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Ophiostoma Quercus or Ophiostoma Querci?. Mycotaxon, LXXXVI / Apr/Jun, pp 211-214.
Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Roux J, Crous PW, Denman S, Wingfield MJ: 2003. Discovery of two northern hemisphereArmillaria species on Proteaceae in South Africa. Plant Pathology, 52, pp 604-612.
Slippers B, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2003. A review of the genus Amylostereum and its association with woodwasps. South African Journal of Science, 99 / Jan/Feb, pp 70-74.
de Beer ZW, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2003. The occurrence ofOphiostoma piliferum-like fungi on pulpwood chips and other wood sources in South Africa. South African Journal of Science, 99 / Jan/Feb, pp 34-36.
Bhoora R, Berger DK, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2003. PCR cloning by genome walking of a complete polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP) gene from Eucalyptus grandis. South African Journal of Science, 99 (9/10) / Sep/Oct, pp 410-412.
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