IMA genome‑F17: Draft genome sequences of an Armillaria species from Zimbabwe, Ceratocystis colombiana, Elsinoë necatrix, Rosellinia necatrix, two genomes of Sclerotinia minor, short …

BD Wingfield, DK Berger, MPA Coetzee, TA Duong… - IMA fungus, 2022 - Springer
The genus Armillaria includes at least 38 species, most of which are facultative necrotrophs
(Gregory and Rishbeth 1991). Pathogenicity of these organisms can result in Armillaria root …

Black root rot: A long known but little understood disease

WJ Nel, TA Duong, ZW De Beer… - Plant Pathology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Black root rot caused by the pathogen Thielaviopsis basicola has been known since the mid
1800s. The disease is important on many agricultural and ornamental plant species and has …

Next-generation sequencing provides important insights into the biology and evolution of the Botryosphaeriaceae

JH Nagel, MJ Wingfield, B Slippers - Fungal Biology Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has revolutionized research on fungi including
Botryosphaeriaceae, a family of important plant and particularly tree pathogens. This review …

Mating strategy and mating type distribution in six global populations of the Eucalyptus foliar pathogen Teratosphaeria destructans

M Havenga, BD Wingfield, MJ Wingfield, F Roets… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Teratosphaeria destructans is an aggressive fungal pathogen causing leaf and shoot blight
on young Eucalyptus trees in plantations. The disease occurs across tropical and …

Unidirectional mating-type switching confers self-fertility to Thielaviopsis cerberus, the only homothallic species in the genus

D Krämer, FA Lane, ET Steenkamp, BD Wingfield… - Fungal biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Sexual reproduction is ubiquitous in nature, and nowhere is this more so than in the fungi.
Heterothallic behaviour is observed when there is a strict requirement of contact between …

[HTML][HTML] Unidirectional mating-type switching is underpinned by a conserved MAT1 locus architecture

PM Wilken, FA Lane, ET Steenkamp… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Unidirectional mating-type switching is a form of homothallic reproduction known only in a
small number of filamentous ascomycetes. Their ascospores can give rise to either self …

IMA genome - F14: Draft genome sequences of Penicillium roqueforti, Fusarium sororula, Chrysoporthe puriensis, and Chalaropsis populi

MA Van der Nest, R Chávez, L De Vos, TA Duong… - IMA fungus, 2021 - Springer
Draft genomes of Penicillium roqueforti, Fusarium sororula, Chalaropsis populi, and
Chrysoporthe puriensis are presented. Penicillium roqueforti is a model fungus for genetics …

Truncation of MAT1-2-7 Deregulates Developmental Pathways Associated with Sexual Reproduction in Huntiella omanensis

AM Wilson, MJ Wingfield, BD Wingfield - Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT The MAT1-1-1 and MAT1-2-1 genes are thought to be the master regulators of
sexual development in most ascomycete fungi, and they are often essential for this process …

Diseases of Carrot

DS Higgins, MK Hausbeck - Handbook of Vegetable and Herb Diseases, 2023 - Springer
Carrots (Dacus carota subsp. sativus (Hoffm.) Arcang.) are an important dietary source of
vitamin A and a versatile vegetable consumed throughout the world. Commercial carrot …

Sequence-based uniformity and mating type distribution of Berkeleyomyces rouxiae causing a pandemic black root rot disease in cotton in New South Wales …

DP Le, C Nguyen - Australasian Plant Pathology, 2024 - Springer
Black root rot (BRR) caused by a soilborne Berkeleyomyces rouxiae is a pandemic disease
on cotton seedlings in Australia. BRR of cotton was reported for the first time in northern New …