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: B3
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:
Visser M, Gordon TR, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Viljoen A: 2004. Transformation of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp.cubense, causal agent of Fusarium wilt of banana, with the green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene. Australasian Plant Pathology, 33, pp 69-75.
Burgess TI, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2004. Global distribution of Diplodia pinea genotypes revealed using simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers. Australasian Plant Pathology, 33, pp 513-519.
Cortinas MN, Koch N, Thain J, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2004. First record of the Eucalyptus stem canker pathogen, Coniothyrium zuluense from Hawaii. Australasian Plant Pathology, 33, pp 309-312.
Hunter GC, Crous PW, Roux J, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2004. Identification of Mycosphaerella species associated with Eucalyptus nitens leaf defoliation in South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology, 33, pp 349-355.
Wingfield BD, Ericson L, Szaro T, Burdon J J: 2004. Phylogenetic patterns in the Uredinales. Australasian Plant Pathology, 33, pp 327-335.
Myburg H, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield BD, Milgroom MC, Kaneko S, Wingfield MJ: 2004. DNA sequence data and morphology define Cryphonectria species in Europe, China, and Japan. Canadian Journal of Botany-Revue Canadienne De Botanique, 82 (12) / Dec, pp 1730-1743.
Gezahgne A, Coetzee MPA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ, Roux J: 2004. Identification of the Armillaria root rot pathogen in Ethiopian plantations. Forest Pathology, 34, pp 133-145.
Geldenhuis MM, Roux J, Montenegro F, de Beer ZW, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2004. Identification and pathogenicity of Graphium and Pesotum species from machete wounds onSchizolobium parahybum in Ecuador. Fungal Diversity, 15, pp 137-151.
Zhou X D, de Beer ZW, Ahumada R, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2004. Ophiostoma and Ceratocystiopsis spp. associated with two pine infesting bark beetles in Chile. Fungal Diversity, 15, pp 261-274.
Geldenhuis MM, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2004. Development of polymorphic markers for the root pathogen Thielaviopsis basicola using ISSR-PCR. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4 (4), pp 547-550.
Slippers B, Burgess TI, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield MJ: 2004. Development of simple sequence repeat markers for Botryosphaeria spp with Fusicoccum anamorphs. Molecular Ecology Notes, 4, pp 675-677.
Slippers B, Crous PW, Denman S, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2004. Combined multiple gene genealogies and phenotypic characters differentiate several species previously identified as Botryosphaeria dothidea. Mycologia, 96 (1), pp 83-101.
Slippers B, Fourie GM, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2004. Multiple gene sequences delimit Botryosphaeria australis sp. nov. from B. Lutea. Mycologia, 96 (5), pp 1030-1041.
Myburg H, Gryzenhout M, Wingfield BD, Stipes R J, Wingfield MJ: 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of Cryphonectria and Endothia species based on DNA sequence data and morphology. Mycologia, 96 (5), pp 990-1001.
Krokene P, Barnes I, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2004. A PCR-RFLP based diagnostic technique to rapidly identify Seiridium species causing cypress canker. Mycologia, 96 (6), pp 1352-1354.
Hunter GC, Roux J, Wingfield BD, Crous PW, Wingfield MJ: 2004. Mycosphaerella species causing leaf disease in South African Eucalyptus plantations. Mycological Research, 108 (6), pp 672-681.
Jacobs K, Bergdahl D R, Wingfield MJ, Halik S, Seifert K A, Bright D E, Wingfield BD: 2004. Leptographium wingfieldii introduced into North America and found associated with exotic Tomicus piniperda and native bark beetles. Mycological Research, 108 (4), pp 411-418.
Zhou X, de Beer ZW, Cibrian D, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2004. Characterisation of Ophiostoma species associated with pine bark beetles from Mexico, including O. pulvinisporum sp. Nov. Mycological Research, 108, pp 690-698.
Burgess TI, Gordon TR, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2004. Geographic isolation of Diplodia scrobiculata and its association with native Pinus radiata. Mycological Research, 108 (12) / Dec, pp 1399-1406.
Slippers B, Fourie GM, Crous PW, Coutinho TA, Wingfield BD, Carnegie J, Wingfield MJ: 2004. Speciation and distribution of Botryosphaeria spp. on native and introduced Eucalyptus trees in Australia and South Africa. Studies in Mycology, 50, pp 343-358.
Barnes I, Crous P W, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2004. Multigene phylogenies reveal that red band needle blight of Pinus is caused by two distinct species of Dothistroma, D. septosporum and D. pini. Studies in Mycology, 50, pp 551-565.
Gryzenhout M, Myburg H, van der Merwe A, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ: 2004. Chrysoporthe, a new genus to accommodate Cryphonectria cubensis. Studies in Mycology, 50, pp 119-142.
Van Wyk M, Roux JR, Barnes I, Wingfield BD, Chhetri D B, Kirisits T, Wingfield MJ: 2004. Ceratocystis bhutanensis sp. Nov. associated with the bark beetle Ips schmutzenhoferi on Picea spinulosa in Bhutan. Studies in Mycology, 50, pp 365-379.
Van Wyk M, Roux J, Barnes I, Wingfield BD, Liew EC, Assa B, Summerell BA, Wingfield MJ: 2004. Ceratocystis polychroma sp. Nov., a new species from Syzygium aromaticum in Sulawesi. Studies in Mycology, 50, pp 273-282.
Lezar S, Myburg AA, Berger DK, Wingfield MJ, Wingfield BD: 2004. Development and assessment of microarray-based DNA fingerprinting in Eucalyptus grandis. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 109, pp 1329-1336.
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