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5656
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Best Publications

  • Fungal Planet description sheets: 469-557

    Pedro W. Crous;Pedro W. Crous;Michael J. Wingfield;Treena I. Burgess;G. E.St J. Hardy

  • One Fungus, One Name: Defining the Genus Fusarium in a Scientifically Robust Way That Preserves Longstanding Use

    David M. Geiser;Takayuki Aoki;Charles W. Bacon;Scott E. Baker

  • Transcriptome profiling of resistant and susceptible Cavendish banana roots following inoculation with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4

    Chun-yu Li;Gui-ming Deng;Jing Yang;Altus Viljoen

  • First report of Fusarium subglutinans f.sp. pini on pine seedlings in South Africa

    A. Viljoen;M. J. Wingfield;W. F. O. Marasas

  • Evolutionary relationships among the Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense vegetative compatibility groups.

    Gerda Fourie;E. T. Steenkamp;T. R. Gordon;A. Viljoen;A. Viljoen

  • Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-Gene Dataset Resolves a Monophyletic Fusarium that Includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex.

    David M. Geiser;Abdullah M. S. Al-Hatmi;Takayuki Aoki;Tsutomu Arie

  • Multiple gene genealogies and phenotypic characters differentiate several novel species of Mycosphaerella and related anamorphs on banana

    Mahdi Arzanlou;Johannes Z. Groenewald;R.A. Fullerton;Edwin C.A. Abeln

  • Analysis of the Fusarium graminearum species complex from wheat, barley and maize in South Africa provides evidence of species-specific differences in host preference.

    Anne-Laure Boutigny;Todd J. Ward;Gert J. Van Coller;Bradley Flett

  • The potential of nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum and other biological control organisms for suppressing fusarium wilt of banana

    B. Nel;C. Steinberg;N. Labuschagne;A. Viljoen

  • Tolerance in banana to Fusarium wilt is associated with early up-regulation of cell wall-strengthening genes in the roots

    Noëlani Van Den Berg;Dave K. Berger;Ingo Hein;Paul R. J. Birch

  • The distribution and host range of the banana Fusarium wilt fungus, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense, in Asia

    Diane Mostert;Agustin B. Molina;Jeff Daniells;Gerda Fourie

  • Evaluation of fungicides and sterilants for potential application in the management of Fusarium wilt of banana

    B. Nel;C. Steinberg;Nico Labuschagne;Altus Viljoen

  • The application of high-throughput AFLP's in assessing genetic diversity in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense.

    Susan Groenewald;Noëlani Van Den Berg;Walter F.O. Marasas;Altus Viljoen

  • Quantitative detection of Fusarium pathogens and their mycotoxins in South African maize

    A.-L. Boutigny;I. Beukes;I. Small;S. Zühlke

  • A historical overview of the appearance and spread of Musa pests and pathogens on the African continent: highlighting the importance of clean Musa planting materials and quarantine measures

    G. Blomme;R.C. Ploetz;D. Jones;E.A.L. De Langhe

  • Contamination of bananas with beauvericin and fusaric acid produced by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense

    Chunyu Li;Cunwu Zuo;Guiming Deng;Ruibin Kuang

  • Fusaric acid instigates the invasion of banana by <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>cubense </i><scp>TR</scp>4

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  • Isolation and characterization of nonpathogenic Fusarium oxysporum isolates from the rhizosphere of healthy banana plants

    B. Nel;C. Steinberg;N. Labuschagne;A. Viljoen

  • Resistance in Maize Inbred Lines to Fusarium verticillioides and Fumonisin Accumulation in South Africa.

    I. M. Small;B. C. Flett;W. F. O. Marasas;A. McLeod

  • Fusarium spp. and levels of fumonisins in maize produced by subsistence farmers in South Africa

    Edson Ncube;Bradley C. Flett;Cees Waalwijk;Altus Viljoen

  • Characterization of Fusarium subglutinans f. sp. pini causing root disease of Pinus patula seedlings in South Africa

    A. Viljoen;W.F.O. Marasas;M.J. Wingfield;C.D. Viljoen

  • Defense-related gene expression in susceptible and tolerant bananas (Musa spp.) following inoculation with non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum endophytes and challenge with Radopholus similis

    Pamela Paparu;Pamela Paparu;Thomas Dubois;Danny Coyne;Altus Viljoen;Altus Viljoen

  • Pathogenicity associated genes in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense race 4

    Rene Sutherland;Altus Viljoen;Alexander Andrew Myburg;Noelani Van den Berg

  • Fusarium spp. and levels of fumonisins in maize produced by subsistence farmers in South Africa : research article

    Edson Ncube;Bradley C. Flett;Cees Waalwijk;Altus Viljoen

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Wingfield
Michael J. Wingfield University of Pretoria
Pedro W. Crous
Pedro W. Crous Utrecht University
Rony Swennen
Rony Swennen KU Leuven
George Mahuku
George Mahuku International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
Teresa A. Coutinho
Teresa A. Coutinho University of Pretoria
Walter F. O. Marasas
Walter F. O. Marasas Stellenbosch University
Cees Waalwijk
Cees Waalwijk Wageningen University & Research
Emma Theodora Steenkamp
Emma Theodora Steenkamp University of Pretoria
Christian Steinberg
Christian Steinberg INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Thomas R. Gordon
Thomas R. Gordon University of California, Davis

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