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Michael J. Wingfield

Researcher at University of Pretoria

Publications -  1124
Citations -  51563

Michael J. Wingfield is an academic researcher from University of Pretoria. The author has contributed to research in topics: Eucalyptus & Population. The author has an hindex of 93, co-authored 1085 publications receiving 43943 citations. Previous affiliations of Michael J. Wingfield include Great Lakes Institute of Management & Stellenbosch University.

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Fungal Planet description sheets: 558-624

Pedro W. Crous, +106 more
- 20 Jun 2017 - 
TL;DR: Novel species of fungi described in this study include those from various countries as follows: Australia: Banksiophoma australsis on Banksia coccinea, Davidiellomyces australiensis on Cyperaceae, Didymocyrtis banksiae on banksia sessilis var.
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Exotic biological control agents: A solution or contribution to arthropod invasions?

TL;DR: International guidelines, national regulations and scientific methods being used for exotic natural enemies in biological control have changed to require appropriate specificity testing, risk assessment and regulatory oversight before exotic natural Enemies can be released.
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Differentiation of Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini by histone gene sequence data.

TL;DR: A PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique is developed that reliably distinguishes F. pini from other isolates identified as F. subglutinans from the other biological species in the G. fujikuroi species complex.

Lasiodiplodia gonubiensis sp. nov., a new Botryosphaeria anamorph from native Syzygium cordatum in South Africa

TL;DR: Compared with other species of Botryosphaeria using morphological characteristics and DNA sequence data of the rDNA internal transcribed spacers, ITS1 and ITS2, it is concluded that the isolates from S. cordatum represent an undescribed Lasiodiplodia sp.
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Speciation and distribution of Botryosphaeria spp. on native and introduced Eucalyptus trees in Australia and South Africa

TL;DR: Data from the present study provide the first holistic overview of the species of Botryosphaeria associated with Eucalyptus in both native and exotic environments.