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Professor, Advisor to the Executive, University of Pretoria, University of Pretoria

An unidentified fungal killer swept through a South African pine plantation in the 1980s. Rodger Shagam

October 26, 2023

A mystery disease hit South Africa’s pine trees 40 years ago: new DNA technology has found the killer

Andi Wilson, University of Pretoria; Brenda Wingfield, University of Pretoria, and Michael John Wingfield, University of Pretoria

Through a blend of perseverance, technology, and a touch of serendipity, it was possible to solve a decades-old mystery.

The tops of diseased, dying trees amid healthy trees in South Africa’s Harold Porter Botanical Gardens. Mike Wingfield

May 4, 2020

Tree diseases can change entire landscapes and must be taken seriously

Michael John Wingfield, University of Pretoria; Brenda Wingfield, University of Pretoria, and Casparus J. Crous, Stellenbosch University

These plants play a crucial role in a delicate ecosystem. If Cape Beech trees or in fact other native tree species are wiped out, that whole ecosystem shifts.

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