Michael J. Wingfield

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
• 2022 - 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

Best Publications

• Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi

  Conrad L. Schoch;Keith A. Seifert;Sabine Huhndorf;Vincent Robert

  6021
  Citations

• Scientists' warning on invasive alien species.

  Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Petr Pyšek;Philip E. Hulme;Dan Simberloff;Sven Bacher

  1956
  Citations

• 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

• Changes in planted forests and future global implications

  Tim Payn;Jean-Michel Carnus;Peter Freer-Smith;Mark Kimberley

  822
  Citations

• The Ascomycota Tree of Life: A Phylum-wide Phylogeny Clarifies the Origin and Evolution of Fundamental Reproductive and Ecological Traits

  Conrad L. Schoch;Gi Ho Sung;Francesc López-Giráldez;Jeffrey P. Townsend

  771
  Citations

• A class-wide phylogenetic assessment of Dothideomycetes

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

  686
  Citations

• One fungus, which genes? Development and assessment of universal primers for potential secondary fungal DNA barcodes.

  J.B. Stielow;C.A. Lévesque;K.A. Seifert;W. Meyer

  596
  Citations

• Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 1

  Y. Marin-Felix;J.Z. Groenewald;L. Cai;Q. Chen

  544
  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

• Finding needles in haystacks: Linking scientific names, reference specimens and molecular data for Fungi

  Conrad L. Schoch;Barbara Robbertse;Vincent Robert;Duong Vu

  445
  Citations

• Phaeoacremonium gen. nov. associated with wilt and decline diseases of woody hosts and human infections

  Pedro W. Crous;Walter Gams;Michael J. Wingfield;P.S. van Wyk

  368
  Citations

• Genera of phytopathogenic fungi: GOPHY 2.

  Y. Marin-Felix;M Hernández-Restrepo;Michael J. Wingfield;A. Akulov

  368
  Citations

• Eucalyptus rust: a disease with the potential for serious international implications.

  T. A. Coutinho;M. J. Wingfield;A. C. Alfenas;P. W. Crous

  354
  Citations

• Fungal Planet description sheets: 214–280

  P. W. Crous;R. G. Shivas;W. Quaedvlieg;M. van der Bank

  353
  Citations

• The role of phytopathogenicity in bark beetle-fungus symbioses: a challenge to the classic paradigm.

  Diana L. Six;Michael J. Wingfield

  352
  Citations

• Fungal Planet description sheets: 469-557

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

  346
  Citations

• Pitch canker caused by Fusarium circinatum — a growing threat to pine plantations and forests worldwide

  M. J. Wingfield;A. Hammerbacher;R. J. Ganley;E. T. Steenkamp

  345
  Citations

• Sphaeropsis sapinea and Botryosphaeria dothidea endophytic in Pinus spp. and Eucalyptus spp. in South Africa.

  H. Smith;M.J. Wingfield;T.A. Coutinho;P.W. Crous

  343
  Citations

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

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

  324
  Citations

• Infection of maize by Fusarium species and contamination with fumonisin in africa

  P. Fandohan;K. Hell;W. F. O. Marasas;M. J. Wingfield

  323
  Citations

• 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

  311
  Citations

• Ceratocystis and Ophiostoma: Taxonomy, Ecology, and Pathogenicity

  Michael J. Wingfield;Keith A. Seifert;Joan F. Webber

  310
  Citations

• Leptographium wingfieldii introduced into North America and found associated with exotic Tomicus piniperda and native bark beetles

  Karin Jacobs;Dale R. Bergdahl;Michael J. Wingfield;Shari Halik

  310
  Citations

• Eucalypt pests and diseases: growing threats to plantation productivity

  MJ Wingfield;B Slippers;BP Hurley;TA Coutinho

  297
  Citations

• Biological invasions in forest ecosystems

  Andrew M. Liebhold;Eckehard G. Brockerhoff;Susan Kalisz;Martin Andres Nuñez

  267
  Citations

• Leptographium Species: Tree Pathogens, Insect Associates, and Agents of Blue-Stain

  Karin Jacobs;Michael J. Wingfield

  265
  Citations

• Diversity and evolution of Fusarium species in the Gibberella fujikuroi complex

  Marija Kvas;Walter F.O. Marasas;Brenda D. Wingfield;Michael J. Wingfield

  262
  Citations

• Three new Lasiodiplodia spp. from the tropics, recognized based on DNA sequence comparisons and morphology

  Treena I. Burgess;Paul A. Barber;Sari Mohali;Geoff Pegg

  233
  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