Bernard Slippers

16.3k citations

286 papers · 10.8k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 53

Impact in

Cell Biology top 0.02%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
Plant Science top 0.1%
- Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance

Papers in

Cell Biology 149
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases 149
Insect Science 93
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control 33

Co-authors: Michael J. Wingfield Brenda D. Wingfield P.W. Crous Teresa A. Coutinho Brett P. Hurley J.Z. Groenewald Treena I. Burgess M. J. Wingfield
Journals: Mycologia (15 papers)Fungal Biology (13 papers)Forest Pathology (12 papers)Biological Invasions (11 papers)South African Journal of Science (11 papers)
Partner nations: South Africa Australia United States

In The Last Decade

Bernard Slippers

275 papers receiving 10.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Planted forest health: The need for a global strategy 2015 · 325 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2015 Science
2013 Studies in Mycology
2007 Fungal Biology Reviews
2006 Studies in Mycology

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1	Early detection of Phytophthora root rot in Eucalyptus using hyperspectral reflectance and machine learning Computers and Electronics in Agriculture ·R. E. Livingston, Bernard Slippers, Farthing Mj, Jolanda Roux, Elizabeth Monroe Boggs, T. K. Bose, Almuth Hammerbacher	2025	1
2	Managing wilding pines in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa: Progress and prospects South African Journal of Botany ·G. Martin, Kim Canavan, Fatih Mehmet Kılınç, Muhammad Javad Pourabed, Willem de Lange, Ben du Toit, Graham Harding, E. O. Odusolu, Martin Hill, Brett P. Hurley, Philip Ivey, Черкашина Татьяна Тихоновна, Łukasz Mazurek, David M. Richardson, Bernard Slippers, AI Ke-feng, Andrew A. Turner, Courtney Conrad, Brian W. van Wilgen	2024	2
3	Genomic characterization of novel viruses associated with Olea europaea L. in South Africa Archives of Virology ·David A. Read, Gerhard Pietersen, Bernard Slippers, Emma T. Steenkamp	2024	0
4	The Pine Pathogen Diplodia sapinea: Expanding Frontiers Current Forestry Reports ·Michael J. Wingfield, Bernard Slippers, Irene Barnes, Tuan A. Duong, Brenda D. Wingfield	2024	3
5	Botryosphaeriaceae partially overlap on asymptomatic and symptomatic tissues of Anacardiaceae in agroecosystems and conservation areas in northern South Africa PubMed ·Bernard Slippers, Oliver Carefull, Martin P. A. Coetzee	2024	1
6	Susceptibility of white grubs from forestry and sugarcane plantations in South Africa to entomopathogenic nematodes BioControl ·Rue Vm, Bernard Slippers, Sik-yan Tse, Antoinette P. Malan, Brett P. Hurley	2023	6
7	Unexpected diversity in historical biological control programs: Population genetics of the nematode Deladenus siricidicola in Australia and New Zealand Biological Control ·Safiah Ahmad A Assiri, Irene Barnes, Helen F. Nahrung, Sri Linuwih Menaldi, Nicolas Meurisse, Bernard Slippers	2023	0
8	Life History Traits of the Pentatomidae (Hemiptera) for the Development of Pest Management Tools Forests ·Monique Rieger Rodrigues, Jeremy D. Allison, Brett P. Hurley, Bernard Slippers, Gerda Fourie	2023	5
9	Hybrid vigor in Eucalyptus increases resistance against Phytophthora root rot Mycological Progress ·T. K. Bose, Almuth Hammerbacher, Elizabeth Monroe Boggs, Jolanda Roux, Bernard Slippers, Michael J. Wingfield	2023	3
10	Continuous Replanting Could Degrade Soil Health in Short-Rotation Plantation Forestry Current Forestry Reports ·T. K. Bose, Almuth Hammerbacher, Bernard Slippers, Jolanda Roux, Michael J. Wingfield	2023	9
11	Eye morphology and colour preferences in a semi-field test of the pine pest, Sirex noctilio (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) African Entomology ·K. Holzapfel, Johannes Spaethe, Bernard Slippers, Nataša Nikolić, Jeremy D. Allison	2023	1
12	Retention of post-harvest residues enhances soil fungal biodiversity in Eucalyptus plantations Forest Ecology and Management ·T. K. Bose, María Vivas, Bernard Slippers, Jolanda Roux, Martin Kemler, Dominik Begerow, A. Eunice Matias, Andreas Brachmann, Vijaya Rama Raju Gottimukkala, Michael J. Wingfield	2023	3
13	Botryosphaeriaceae diversity on Eucalyptus clones in different climate zones of Indonesia Forest Pathology ·Fahimeh Jami, Seonju Marincowitz, Álvaro Durán, Bernard Slippers, Lady Keny Espinoza Castro, ShuaiFei Chen, Michael J. Wingfield	2022	7
14	Foliar fungi of the enigmatic desert plant Welwitschia mirabilis show little adaptation to their unique host plant South African Journal of Science ·Martin Kemler, Michael J. Wingfield, Don A. Cowan, Bernard Slippers	2021	1
15	Invasive gall‐forming wasps that threaten non‐native plantation‐grown Eucalyptus : diversity and invasion patterns Agricultural and Forest Entomology ·J.J. St-Aubin, Brett P. Hurley, Michael J. Wingfield, Helen F. Nahrung, Bernard Slippers	2020	15
16	Molecular and morphological characterization of Dothiorella species associated with dieback of Ostrya carpinifolia in Slovenia and Italy SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·George Roulhac, Barbara Piškur, Bernard Slippers, Michael J. Wingfield, Dušan Jurc	2016	7
17	Multiple Phytophthora species associated with a single riparian ecosystem in South Africa Mycologia ·Jan H. Nagel, Bernard Slippers, Michael J. Wingfield, Marieka Gryzenhout	2015	15
18	DNA extraction techniques for DNA barcoding of minute gall‐inhabiting wasps Molecular Ecology Resources ·J.J. St-Aubin, Michael J. Wingfield, Hildegard Klein, Bernard Slippers	2011	27
19	Endophytic and canker-associated Botryosphaeriaceae occurring on non-native Eucalyptus and native Myrtaceae trees in Uruguay Fungal Diversity ·Carlos A. Pérez, Michael J. Wingfield, Bernard Slippers, Nora Altier, Robert A. Blanchette	2010	93
20	Circumscription ofBotryosphaeriaspecies associated with Proteaceae based on morphology and DNA sequence data Mycologia ·Sandra Denman, P.W. Crous, J.Z. Groenewald, Bernard Slippers, Brenda D. Wingfield, Michael J. Wingfield	2003	31

About Bernard Slippers

Bernard Slippers is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Insect Science, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science, having authored 286 papers that have together received 10.8k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases (149 papers), Forest Insect Ecology and Management (117 papers), Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions (113 papers), Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies (68 papers), Plant and animal studies (49 papers), Insect-Plant Interactions and Control (33 papers), Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny (29 papers) and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (23 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Cell Biology (7.6k citations), Plant Science (7.6k citations), Insect Science (1.9k citations), Ecology (3.5k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.9k citations). Bernard Slippers has collaborated with scholars based in South Africa, Australia and United States. Frequent co-authors include Michael J. Wingfield, Brenda D. Wingfield, P.W. Crous, Teresa A. Coutinho, Brett P. Hurley, J.Z. Groenewald, Treena I. Burgess, M. J. Wingfield, Jolanda Roux and Artur Alves. Their work appears in journals such as Mycologia, Fungal Biology, Forest Pathology, Biological Invasions and South African Journal of Science.

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