Chungu Donald
Lecturer-Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Donald Chungu (Dip. (For), B.Sc. (For), M.Sc. (Plant Path/Entom)
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Academic and Research Interests
Disease Ecology and Phylogeograph of Pathogens and Insects
My interests are primarily focused on questions related to insects and pathogens with the propensity to cause forest and agriculture pestilence. My research interests are quite broad within the fields of Biotechnology, Biological Control, Operations Research, Entomology, Plant Pathology and Systematics, and I use a variety of tools including field surveys and experiments, modelling and molecular analyses to test hypotheses and search for strong inference within the systems I study. I always attempt to approach entomo-pathological questions using a strong theoretical framework and analytical thinking, while producing and communicating products that will have applied value to conservation, biotechnology, and to farm and forest managers.
Publications
Chen S, Barnes I, Chungu D, Roux J, Wingfield MJ, Xie Y, Zhou X. 2011. High population diversity and increasing importance of the Eucalyptus stem canker pathogen Teratosphaeria zuluensis, in South China. Australasian Plant Pathology DOI 10.1007/s13313-011-0051-0.
Chungu D., Gryzenhout M., Muimba-Kankolongo A., Wingfield MJ, and Roux J. 2010. Taxonomy and pathogenicity of two novel Chrysoporthe species on Eucalyptus grandis and Syzygium guinense.Mycological Progress 9: 379-393
Chungu D., Muimba-Kankolongo A., Wingfield MJ and Roux J. 2010. Plantation forestry diseases in Zambia. Contributing factors and management options. Annals of forest science 67: 802p8.
Chungu D., Muimba-Kankolongo A., Wingfield MJ and Roux J. 2010. Identification of fungal pathogens in Zambian plantation by comparing DNA sequences. Forestry 83: 507-515.
Chungu, D., A. Muimba-Kankolongo, J. Roux and F.M. Malambo. 2007. Bark removal for medicinal use predisposes indigenous forest trees to wood degradation. Southern Forests 69: 157-163.
Presentations at International and Local Conferences
Garnas J., Chungu D., Hurley B., Slippers S. 2011. Criptic diversity in the Eucalyptus snout beetle swaps that of biocontrol agent, Anaphes nites, in South Africa, 96th ESA Annual Meeting, August 7-11, Texas, U.S.A.
Chungu D, Perez G, Muimba-Kankolongo A, Wingfield MJ & Roux J. 2010. Low genetic diversity suggests recent introduction of the Eucalyptus pathogen Teratosphaeria zuluensis to Zambia. SASPP January 25-30, 2010. Gordon's Bay, South Africa.
Chungu D, Roux J. 2009. Eucalyptus diseases in Zambia. Are we good neighbors? Workshops of the tree protection and cooperative programme (TPCP). University of Pretoria, South Africa, March 27-29, 2009
Chungu D, Muimba-Kankolongo A, Roux J. 2008. Plantation diseases in Zambia. Workshop on current situation of plantation health in Zambia. Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia, August 14-15, 2008