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Planted forest health: The need for a global strategy by Wingfield, M. J., Brockerhoff, E. G., Wingfield, B. D., Slippers, B.

“…Several key tree genera are used in planted forests worldwide, and these represent valuable global resources. Planted forests are increasingly threatened by…”
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The polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) and its fungal symbiont Fusarium euwallaceae: a new invasion in South Africa by Paap, Trudy, de Beer, Z. W., Migliorini, D., Nel, W. J., Wingfield, M. J.

“…The polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB), an ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Curculeonidae: Scolytinae) native to Asia, together with its fungal symbiont Fusarium…”
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Retracing the routes of introduction of invasive species: the case of the Sirex noctilio woodwasp by Boissin, E., Hurley, B., Wingfield, M. J., Vasaitis, R., Stenlid, J., Davis, C., de Groot, P., Ahumada, R., Carnegie, A., Goldarazena, A., Klasmer, P., Wermelinger, B., Slippers, B.

“…Understanding the evolutionary histories of invasive species is critical to adopt appropriate management strategies, but this process can be exceedingly…”
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A new genus and species for the globally important, multihost root pathogen Thielaviopsis basicola by Nel, W. J., Duong, T. A., Wingfield, B. D., Wingfield, M. J., Beer, Z. W.

“…The plant pathogenic asexual fungus Thielaviopsis basicola (Ascomycota) causes black root rot on many important agricultural and ornamental plant species…”
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Phakopsora myrtacearum sp. nov., a newly described rust (Pucciniales) on eucalypts in eastern and southern Africa by Maier, W., McTaggart, A. R., Roux, J., Wingfield, M. J.

“…Outbreaks of a rust disease in eucalypt forestry plantations and nurseries in Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa occurred between 2009 and 2014. The pathogen…”
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Truncation of MAT1-2-7 Deregulates Developmental Pathways Associated with Sexual Reproduction in Huntiella omanensis by Wilson, A M, Wingfield, M J, Wingfield, B D

“…The and genes are thought to be the master regulators of sexual development in most ascomycete fungi, and they are often essential for this process. In…”
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Neotypification of Dothistroma septosporum and epitypification of D. pini, causal agents of Dothistroma needle blight of pine by Barnes, I., van der Nest, A., Mullett, M. S., Crous, P. W., Drenkhan, R., Musolin, D. L., Wingfield, M. J.

“…Summary Dothistroma needle blight (DNB) is one of the most devastating needle diseases on Pinus spp. worldwide. Ever since the description of the causal agent…”
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Characterization of Botryosphaeriaceae from plantation‐grown Eucalyptus species in South China by Chen, S. F., Pavlic, D., Roux, J., Slippers, B., Xie, Y. J., Wingfield, M. J., Zhou, X. D.

“…The Botryosphaeriaceae is a species‐rich family that includes pathogens of a wide variety of trees, including Eucalyptus species. Symptoms typical of infection…”
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Variation in growth rates and aggressiveness of naturally occurring self‐fertile and self‐sterile isolates of the wilt pathogen Ceratocystis albifundus by Lee, D. H, Roux, J, Wingfield, B. D, Wingfield, M. J

“…Ceratocystis albifundus is the most important fungal pathogen of black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) grown in plantations in southern and eastern Africa. It is a…”
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Two Ralstonia species associated with bacterial wilt of Eucalyptus by Carstensen, G. D., Venter, S. N., Wingfield, M. J., Coutinho, T. A.

“…Ralstonia solanacearum sensu lato causes bacterial wilt in many economically important agronomic crops and tree species. Eucalyptus is one of the recorded…”
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Saprophytic and pathogenic fungi in the Ceratocystidaceae differ in their ability to metabolize plant-derived sucrose by Van der Nest, M A, Steenkamp, E T, McTaggart, A R, Trollip, C, Godlonton, T, Sauerman, E, Roodt, D, Naidoo, K, Coetzee, M P A, Wilken, P M, Wingfield, M J, Wingfield, B D

“…Proteins in the Glycoside Hydrolase family 32 (GH32) are carbohydrate-active enzymes known as invertases that hydrolyse the glycosidic bonds of complex…”
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Fate of aflatoxins and fumonisins during the processing of maize into food products in Benin by Fandohan, P., Zoumenou, D., Hounhouigan, D.J., Marasas, W.F.O., Wingfield, M.J., Hell, K.

“…The fate of aflatoxins and fumonisins, two mycotoxins that cooccur in maize, was studied through the traditional processing of naturally contaminated maize in…”
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A serious canker disease caused by Immersiporthe knoxdaviesiana gen. et sp. nov. (Cryphonectriaceae) on native Rapanea melanophloeos in South Africa by Chen, S. F., Wingfield, M. J., Roets, F., Roux, J.

“…Recent disease surveys in the Western Cape province of South Africa have revealed a previously unknown and serious stem canker disease on native Rapanea…”
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Corticimorbus sinomyrti gen. et sp. nov. (Cryphonectriaceae) pathogenic to native Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Myrtaceae) in South China by Chen, S. F., Wingfield, M. J., Li, G. Q., Liu, F. F.

“…The Cryphonectriaceae includes many important tree pathogens, especially of the Myrtales. Disease surveys on Myrtales in South China revealed a stem canker…”
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Evidence for a new introduction of the pitch canker fungus Fusarium circinatum in South Africa by Steenkamp, E. T., Makhari, O. M., Coutinho, T. A., Wingfield, B. D., Wingfield, M. J.

“…Fusarium circinatum causes pitch canker of Pinus species in many parts of the world. The fungus was first recorded in South Africa in 1990 as a pathogen of…”
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CERATOCYSTIS MANGINECANS AND NOT C. FIMBRIATA A THREAT TO PROPAGATED ACACIA SPP. IN SABAH, MALAYSIA by Barnes, I, Rauf, MR Abdul, Fourie, A, Japarudin, Y, Wingfield, MJ

“…Acacia mangium plantations in Sabah, Malaysia are seriously affected by a vascular wilt and canker disease caused by a species of Ceratocystis. A similar and…”
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Unisexual reproduction in Huntiella moniliformis by Wilson, A.M., Godlonton, T., van der Nest, M.A., Wilken, P.M., Wingfield, M.J., Wingfield, B.D.

“…•The sexual strategies and MAT loci of two Huntiella species are presented.•H. moniliformis is homothallic, but possesses only the MAT1-2-1 gene.•H…”
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Three new species of Ophiostomatales from Nothofagus in Patagonia by de Errasti, A, de Beer, Z. W, Coetzee, M. P. A, Roux, J, Rajchenberg, M, Wingfield, M. J

“…The Ophiostomatales (Ascomycota) include mainly insect and mite-associated fungi, the majority of which are found on trees. Very little is known regarding the…”
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CERATOCYSTIS WILT OF ACACIA MANGIUM IN SABAH: UNDERSTANDING THE DISEASE AND REDUCING ITS IMPACT by Wingfield, MJ, Wingfield, BD, Warburton, P, Japarudin, Y, Lapammu, M, Rauf, MR Abdul, Boden, D, Barnes, I

“…A canker and wilt disease caused by the fungal pathogen Ceratocystis manginecans has devastated Acacia mangium plantations in Southeast Asia. The disease…”
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Dothistroma needle blight: an emerging epidemic caused by Dothistroma septosporum in Colombia by Rodas, C. A., Wingfield, M. J., Granados, G. M., Barnes, I.

“…Plantation forestry in Colombia is based mainly on non‐native species of Pinus and Eucalyptus. Since 2008, a disease with symptoms similar to those of…”
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