Southern African Society for Plant Pathology

Scientific publications 2008

Publications from 2008 - Alves A, Crous PW, Correia A, Phillips AJL. (2008). Morphological and molecular data reveal cryptic speciation in Lasiodiplodia theobromae. Fungal Diversity 28: 1–13. - Arzanlou M, Groenewald JZ, Fullerton RA, Abeln ECA, Carlier J, Zapater M-F, Buddenhagen IW, Viljoen A, Crous PW. (2008). Multiple gene genealogies and phenotypic characters differentiate several novel species of Mycosphaerella and related anamorphs on banana. Persoonia 20: 19–37. - Baimey, H., Coyne, D. and Labuschagne, N. (2008). Survey of Scutellonema bradys incidence on marketed yam (Dioscorea spp.) in Bnin 2008. Afr. Jnl. Root and Tuber Crops. in press. - Barnes I., Corntinas M. N., Wingfield M. J. and Wingfield B. D. (2008). Microsatellite markers for the red band needle blight pathogen, Dothistroma septosporum. Molecular Ecology Resources, in press. - Barnes I., Kirisits T., Akulov A., Chhetri D. B., Wingfield B. D., Bulgakov T. S. and Wingfield M. J. (2008). New host and country records of the Dothistroma needle blight pathogens from Europe and Asia. Forest Pathology 38: 178-195 . - Batzer JC, Mercedes Diaz Arias M, Harrington TC, Gleason ML, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW (2008). Four species of Zygophiala (Schizothyriaceae, Capnodiales) are associated with the sooty blotch and flyspeck complex on apple. Mycologia 100: 232–244. - Belbahri L., McLeod A., Paul B., Calmin G., Moralejo E., Spies C.F.J., Botha W.J., Clement A., Descals E., SnchezHernndez E and Lefort F. (2008). Intraspecific and within-isolate sequence variation in the ITS rRNA gene region of Pythium mercuriale sp. nov. (Pythiaceae). FEMS Microbial Letter 2: 1-11. - Braun U, Crous PW and Schubert K (2008). Taxonomic revision of the genus Cladosporium s. lat. 8. Reintroduction of Graphiopsis (= Dichocladosporium) with further reassessments of cladosporioid hyphomycetes. Mycotaxon 103: 207–216. - Cotinas M.N., Wingfield B. D. and Wingfield M. J. (2008). Microsatellite markers for the Eucalyptus stem canker fungal pathogen Kirramyces gauchensis. Molecular Ecology Resources [previously called Molecular Ecology Notes} 8: 590–592. - Crous, P.W., Summerell, B.A., Mostert, L. and Groenewald, J.Z. (2008). Host specificity and speciation of Mycosphaerella and Teratosphaeria species associated with leaf spots of Proteaceae. Persoonia 20: 59-86. - Damm U, Crous PW, Fourie PH (2008). A fissitunicate ascus mechanism in the Calosphaeriaceae, and novel species of Jattaea and Calosphaeria on Prunus wood. Persoonia 20: 39–52. - Damm U, Mostert, L, Crous PW, Fourie PH. (2008). Novel Phaeoacremonium species associated with necrotic wood of Prunus trees. Persoonia 20: 87–102. - Damm, U, Verkley GJM, Crous PW, Fourie PH, Haegi A, Riccioni L. (2008). Paraconiothyrium species on stone fruit trees and other woody hosts, including P. variabile and P. africanum spp. nov. Persoonia 20: 9–17. - De Graaf, J., Govender, P., Schoeman, A.S. & Viljoen, A. (2008). Efficacy of cultural control measures against the banana weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar), in South Africa. Journal of Applied Entomology 132: 36-44. - De Wet J., Preisig O., Wingfield B.D. and Wingfield M.J. (2008). Patterns of multiple virus infections in the conifer pathogenic fungi, Diplodia pinea and Diploidea scrobiculata. Journal of Phytopathology in press. - De Wet J., Slippers B., Preisig O., Wingfield B.D. and Wingfield M.J. (2008). Phylogeny of the Botryosphaeriaceae reveals patterns of host association. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46: 116-126. - Durn A., Gryzenhout M., Slippers B., Ahumada R., Rotella A, Flores F., Wingfield B. D. and Wingfield M. J. (2008). Phytophthora pinifolia sp. nov. associated with a serious needle disease of Pinus radiata in Chile. Plant Pathology, in press. - Govan, V. A., Rybicki, E. P., Williamson, A. L., (2008). Therapeutic immunisation of rabbits with cottontail rabbit papillomavirus (CRPV) virus-like particles (VLP) induces regression of established papillomas. Virol.J. 5: 45. - Grobbelaar J. W., Barnes I., Cortinas M.N., Bloomer P., Wingfield M.J. and Wingfield B.D. (2008). Development and characterization of polymorphic markers for the sap-stain fungus Ophiostoma quercus. Molecular Ecology Resources, in press. - Groenewald M, Linde CC, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW (2008). Indirect evidence for sexual reproduction in Cercospora beticola populations from sugar beet. Plant Pathology 57: 25–32. - Halsey, R. J., Tanzer, F. L., Meyers, A., Pillay, S., Lynch, A., Shephard, E., Williamson, A. L., Rybicki, E. P (2008). Chimaeric HIV-1 subtype C Gag molecules with large in-frame C-terminal polypeptide fusions form virus-like particles. Virus Res 133: 259-268. - H-J. Schroers, M. erjav, A. Munda, F. Halleen & P.W. Crous (2008). Cylindrocarpon pauciseptatum sp. nov., with notes on Cylindrocarpon species with wide, predominantly 3-septate macroconidia. Mycological Research 112: 82-92 . - Hunter G.C., van der Merwe N. A., Burgess T. I., Carnegie A. J., Wingfield B. D., Crous P. W. and Wingfield M. J. (2008). Global movement and population biology of Mycosphaerella nubilosa infecting leaves of cold-tolerant Eucalyptus globulus and E. nitens. Plant Pathology 57: 235-242. - Hurley B.P., Slippers B., Croft P. K., Hatting H. J., van der Linde M., Morris A. R., Dyer C. and Wingfield M. J. (2008). Factors influencing parasitism of Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) by the nematode Deladenus siricidicola (Nematoda: Neotylenchidae) in summer rainfall areas of South Africa. Biological Control 45: 450-459. - Idris, A. H., Labuschagne, N. and Korsten, L. (2008). Suppression of Pythium ultimum root rot in sorghum by rhizobacterial isolates from Ethiopia and South Africa. Biological Control 45: 72-84. - Idris, A. H., Labuschagne, N. and Korsten, L. (2008). Growth promotion in sorghum by rhizobacterial isolates from the
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rhizosphere of sorghum and grasses in Ethiopia and South Africa. Journal of Agricultural Science. in press. - Jacobs, K and Botha, A. (2008). Mucor renisporus sp. nov., a new coprophilous species from Southern Africa. Fungal Diversity 29: 29-37. - Kamgan N.G., Jacobs K., de Beer Z. W., Wingfield M.J. and Roux J. (2008). Pesotum australi sp. nov. and Ophiostoma quercus associated with Acacia mearnsii trees in Australia and Uganda, respectively. Australasian Plant Pathology 37: 406—416. - Kamgan, N.G., Jacobs, K., de Beer, Z.W., Wingfield, M.J. and Roux, J. (2008). Ceratocystis and Ophiostoma species including three new taxa, associated with wounds on native South African trees. Fungal Diversity 29: 39-61. - Kvas M., Steenkamp E. T., Al Adawi A. O., Deadman M. L., Al Jahwari A. A., Marasas W. F. O., Wingfield B. D., Ploetz R. C. and Wingfield M. J. (2008). Fusarium mangiferae associated with mango malformation in the Sultanate of Oman. European Journal of Plant Pathology 121: 195-199. - Lombard L., Bogale M., Montenegro F., Wingfield B. D. and Wingfield M.J. (2008). A new bark canker disease of the tropical hardwood tree Cedrelinga catenaeformis in Ecuador. Fungal Diversity : in press. - Marincowitz S, Crous PW, Groenewald JZ, Wingfield MJ (2008). Microfungi occurring on Proteaceae in the fynbos. CBS Biodiversity Series 7: 1–166. - McLeod, A., Fry, B.A., Zuluaga, A.P., Meyers, K.I. and Fry, W.E (2008). Toward improvements of oomycete transformation protocols. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 55: 103-109. - Moraleja, E., Clemente, A., Descals, E., Belbahri, L., Calmin, G., Lefort, F., Spies, C.F.J. and McLeod A (2008). Pythium recalcitrans sp. nov. revealed by multigene phylogenetic analysis. Mycologia 100: 310-319. - Nahid, N., Amin, I., Mansoor, S., Rybicki, E. P., van der, W. E., Briddon, R. W., (2008). Two dicot-infecting mastreviruses (family Geminiviridae) occur in Pakistan. Arch.Virol 153,: 1407-1410. - Nakabonge G., Burgess T., Gryzenhout M., Wingfield B. D.,. Wingfield M. J and Roux J. (2008). Population structure of the fungal pathogen Holocryphia eucalypti in Australia and South Africa. Australasian Plant Pathology 37: 154-161. - Nunchumar, A., Caldwell, P and Pretorius, S. (2008). Alternative hosts of Phakopsora pachyrhizi, the causal organism of soybean rust. South African Journal of Plant and Soil 25: 63-64. - Oluwafemi, S., Varsani, A., Monjane, A. L., Shepherd, D. N., Owor, B. E., Rybicki, E. P., Martin, D. P., (2008). A new African streak virus species from Nigeria. Arch.Virol. - Pegg G. S., Carnegie A, J., O’Dwyer C., Burgess T. I., Wingfield M. J. and Drenth A. (2008). Quambalaria species associated plantation and native eucalypts in Australia. Plant Pathology, in press. - Rodas C.A., Roux J., van Wyk M., Wingfield B. D. and Wingfield M. J. (2008). Ceratocystis neglecta sp. nov., infecting Eucalyptus trees in Colombia. Fungal Diversity 28: 73-84. - Roets F., Wingfield M.J., Crous P.W. and Dreyer L.L. (2008). Fungal radiation in the Cape Floristic Region: an analysis based on Gondwanamyces and Ophiostoma. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press. - Schroers H-J, Zerjav M, Munda A, Halleen F, Crous PW (2008). Cylindrocarpon pauciseptatum sp. nov., with notes on Cylindrocarpon species with wide, predominantly 3-septate macroconidia. Mycological Research 112: 82–92. - Shepherd, D. N., Martin, D. P., Lefeuvre, P., Monjane, A. L., Owor, B. E., Rybicki, E. P., Varsani, A., (2008). A protocol for the rapid isolation of full geminivirus genomes from dried plant tissue. J.Virol.Methods 149: 97-102. - Sivparsard BJ and A Gubba (2008). Isolation and molecular characterization of Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) isolates occurring in South Africa. African Journal of Agricultural Research 3: 428-434. - van der Nest M. A., Slippers B., Stenlid J., Wilken P. M., Vasaitis R., Wingfield M. J. and Wingfield B. D. (2008). Characterization of the systems governing sexual and self-recognition in the white rot homobasidiomycete Amylostereum areolatum. Current Genetics (accepted). - van der, W. E., Palmer, K. E., Martin, D. P., Rybicki, E. P., (2008). Viable chimaeric viruses confirm the biological importance of sequence specific maize streak virus movement protein and coat protein interactions. Virol.J. 5: 61 - Varsani, A., Oluwafemi, S., Windram, O. P., Shepherd, D. N., Monjane, A. L., Owor, B. E., Rybicki, E. P., Lefeuvre, P., Martin, D. P., (2008). Panicum streak virus diversity is similar to that observed for maize streak virus. Arch.Virol 153: 153. - Vandemark, G.J., Fourie, D. and Miklas, P.N. (2008). Genotyping with real-time PCR reveals recessive epistasis between independent QTL conferring resistance to common bacterial blight in dry bean. Theoretical and Applied Genetics. 117:513-522. - Waalwijk, C., Koch, S., Ncube, E., Allwood, J., Flett, B., De Vries, I., and Kema, G. 2008. Quantitative detection of fumonisin-producing Fusarium spp. and its correlation with fumonisin content in maize from South African subsistence farmers. World Mycotoxin Journal 1: 39-47. - Windram, O. P., Weber, B., Jaffer, M. A., Rybicki, E. P., Shepherd, D. N., Varsani, A., (2008). An investigation into the use of human papillomavirus type 16 virus-like particles as a delivery vector system for foreign proteins: N- and Cterminal fusion of GFP to the L1 and L2 capsid proteins. Arch.Virol. 153: 585-589. - Wingfield M.J., Hammerbacher A., Ganley R. J., Coutinho T.A., Steenkamp E.T., Gordon T.R. and Wingfield B. D. (2008). Pitch canker caused by Fusarium circinatum: a growing threat to pine plantations and forests worldwide. Australasian Plant Pathology (accepted) - Zhou, XD, Jacobs, K Kirisits, T., Konrad, H, Chhetri, D.B, and Wingfield, MJ. (2008). A new Leptographium species associated with the pine root collar weevil Hylobitelus chenkupdorjii on Pinus wallichiana in Bhutan. 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