2026 Bernard Slippers: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	67	813	751	7	6	341	18223

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in South Africa Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in South Africa Leader Award
Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa
Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa

Overview

Bernard Slippers is affiliated with the University of Pretoria in South Africa and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research work spans various subfields, including Insect Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, and Cell Biology.

The main topics of their scientific investigation cover Forest Insect Ecology and Management, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant and Animal Studies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior, and Hymenoptera Taxonomy and Phylogeny.

They have authored several recent papers, including:

Genomic and transcriptomic analysis unveils population evolution and development of pesticide resistance in fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda, 2020, Protein & Cell
Insect egg-induced physiological changes and transcriptional reprogramming leading to gall formation, 2020, Plant Cell & Environment
Pathologists and entomologists must join forces against forest pest and pathogen invasions, 2020, NeoBiota
Variation in Botryosphaeriaceae from Eucalyptus plantations in YunNan Province in southwestern China across a climatic gradient, 2020, IMA Fungus
Characterization of the Kenyan Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Gut Microbiota: A First Look at Tropical and Sub-Saharan African Bee Associated Microbiomes, 2020, Microorganisms

Some of the frequent co-authors collaborating with Slippers include:

Brett P. Hurley
Michael J. Wingfield
Jeremy D. Allison
Martin Kemler
Gerda Fourie

Their research has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, including:

Southern Forests a Journal of Forest Science
Agricultural and Forest Entomology
African Entomology
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Forest Ecology and Management

Bernard Slippers has also been recognized as a Fellow of the Royal Society of South Africa.

Best Publications

Botryosphaeriaceae as endophytes and latent pathogens of woody plants: diversity, ecology and impact

Bernard Slippers;Michael J. Wingfield

1086
Citations
The Botryosphaeriaceae: genera and species known from culture

A.J.L. Phillips;A. A. Alves;J. Abdollahzadeh;B. Slippers

1084
Citations
Phylogenetic lineages in the Botryosphaeriaceae

Pedro W. Crous;Bernard Slippers;Michael J. Wingfield;John Rheeder

1070
Citations
A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes

C. L. Schoch;P. W. Crous;J. Z. Groenewald;E. W. A. Boehm

686
Citations
The Amsterdam Declaration on Fungal Nomenclature

David L. Hawksworth;David L. Hawksworth;Pedro W. Crous;Scott A. Redhead;Don R. Reynolds

484
Citations
Combined multiple gene genealogies and phenotypic characters differentiate several species previously identified as Botryosphaeria dothidea

Bernard Slippers;Pedro W. Crous;Sandra Denman;Teresa A. Coutinho

458
Citations
Planted forest health: The need for a global strategy

M. J. Wingfield;E. G. Brockerhoff;B. D. Wingfield;B. Slippers

454
Citations
Botryosphaeria dothidea: a latent pathogen of global importance to woody plant health

Angelica Marsberg;Martin Kemler;Fahimeh Jami;Jan Hendrik Nagel

324
Citations
Phylogenetic lineages in the Botryosphaeriales: a systematic and evolutionary framework

Bernard Slippers;Emilie Boissin;Emilie Boissin;Alan Jl L. Phillips;Johannes Z. Groenewald

317
Citations
Eucalypt pests and diseases: growing threats to plantation productivity

MJ Wingfield;B Slippers;BP Hurley;TA Coutinho

297
Citations
Fungal planet description sheets: 154-213

P W Crous;M J Wingfield;J Guarro;R Cheewangkoon

286
Citations
One fungus, one name promotes progressive plant pathology.

Michael J. Wingfield;Z. Wilhelm De Beer;Bernard Slippers;Brenda D. Wingfield

240
Citations
A comparison of control results for the alien invasive woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, in the southern hemisphere.

Brett Phillip Hurley;Bernard Slippers;Michael J. Wingfield

235
Citations
Taxonomy, phylogeny and identification of Botryosphaeriaceae associated with pome and stone fruit trees in South Africa and other regions of the world

Bernard Slippers;W.A. Smit;Pedro W. Crous;Pedro W. Crous;Teresa A. Coutinho

232
Citations
Worldwide Movement of Exotic Forest Fungi, Especially in the Tropics and the Southern Hemisphere

Michael J. Wingfield;Bernard Slippers;Jolanda Roux;Brenda D. Wingfield

222
Citations
Seven new species of the Botryosphaeriaceae from baobab and other native trees in Western Australia

Draginja Pavlic;Michael J. Wingfield;Paul Barber;Bernard Slippers

200
Citations
Emerging pathogens: fungal host jumps following anthropogenic introduction

Bernard Slippers;Bernard Slippers;Jan Stenlid;Michael J. Wingfield

195
Citations
Multiple gene genealogies and microsatellite markers reflect relationships between morphotypes of Sphaeropsis sapinea and distinguish a new species of Diplodia.

Juanita De Wet;Treena Burgess;Bernard Slippers;Oliver Preisig

189
Citations
Increasing numbers and intercontinental spread of invasive insects on eucalypts.

Brett Phillip Hurley;Jeffrey R. Garnas;Michael J. Wingfield;Manuela Branco

181
Citations
Botryosphaeriaceae associated with Terminalia catappa in Cameroon, South Africa and Madagascar

B. A. Didier Begoude;Bernard Slippers;Michael J. Wingfield;Jolanda Roux

174
Citations
Complex patterns of global spread in invasive insects: eco-evolutionary and management consequences

Jeffrey R. Garnas;Marie-Anne Auger-Rozenberg;Alain Roques;Cleo Bertelsmeier

164
Citations
Combined multiple gene genealogies and phenotypic characters differentiate several species previously identified as Botryosphaeria dothidea

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139
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