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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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Conidium development in Phialocephala dimorphospora and a new pattern of wall thickening
TL;DR: Scanning and transmission electron microscopy has reconfirmed that conidia in P. dimorphospora are formed by apical wall building and are thus fundamentally distinct from Sporendocladia, and new terminology is introduced to distinguish the unique mode of conidium development in this fungus from that found in other phialidic fungi.
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Genetic diversity of Amylostereum areolatum, the fungal symbiont of the invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio in South Africa.
TL;DR: Members of the Tree Protection Co-o perative Programme (TPCP) and the National Research Foundation of South Africa and the TPCP-NRAF combine to provide advice and assistance to improve the quality of research in the field of tree protection.
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Biodiversity and ecology of flower-associated actinomycetes in different flowering stages of Protea repens.
Zander Rainier Human,Casparus J. Crous,Casparus J. Crous,Francois Roets,Stephanus N. Venter,Michael J. Wingfield,Z. Wilhelm de Beer +6 more
TL;DR: Findings show that P. repens has a distinct community of actinomycetes dominated by a few species, likely to share this niche with the ophiostomatoid fungi, which merits further study regarding their interactions and mode of transfer.
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A core of rhizosphere bacterial taxa associates with two of the world’s most isolated plant congeners
Johannes J. Le Roux,Johannes J. Le Roux,Pedro W. Crous,Casper Nyaradzai Kamutando,David M. Richardson,Dominique Strasberg,Michael J. Wingfield,Mark G. Wright,Angel Valverde +8 more
TL;DR: The data suggest that phylogenetically-closely related plants may show remarkably similar selectivity for bacterial mutualists over vast geographic distances, suggestive of functional redundancy.
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Metacommunity analyses of Ceratocystidaceae fungi across heterogeneous African savanna landscapes
Michael Mbenoun,Jeffrey R. Garnas,Michael J. Wingfield,Aime Didier Begoude Boyogueno,Jolanda Roux +4 more
TL;DR: The diversity of Ceratocystidaceae fungi was evaluated on elephant-damaged trees across the Kruger National Park of South Africa and both tree host and nitidulid vector emerged as key factors contributing to this heterogeneity, while isolation by distance showed little influence.