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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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Eucalyptus die-back in South Africa associated with Colletotrichum gloeosporioides

TL;DR: This is the first report of die-back of Eucalyptus trees caused by C .

Characterisation of Armillaria species based on pectic isozyme analyses

TL;DR: Results from this study showed that pectic enzyme analysis can be an effective tool in the identification of Armillaria species and supports previous observations regarding the relationships between Armillsaria species.
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Effect of Diaporthe RNA virus 1 (DRV1) on growth and pathogenicity of different Diaporthe species

TL;DR: Transfection resulted in morphological changes in these fungal pathogens and the presence of DRV1 did not reduce growth rate in two of the three D. ambigua isolates or the Phomopsis sp.
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Genetic uniformity characterizes the invasive spread of Neofusicoccum parvum and Diplodia sapinea in the Western Balkans

TL;DR: Members of Tree Protection Co‐operative Programme, the University of Pretoria (South Africa) and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Serbia (TR37008 and III43007) are acknowledged.
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Metabarcoding reveals southern hemisphere fungal endophytes within wood of cultivated Proteaceae in Portugal

TL;DR: Focusing only on known pathogens of protea, it was found that the Portuguese orchards contained fungal disease agents associated with Proteaceae or other plant families from the Southern Hemisphere.