Akif Eskalen

Akif Eskalen publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Akif Eskalen D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Best Publications

• Host Range of Fusarium Dieback and Its Ambrosia Beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) Vector in Southern California.

  Akif Eskalen;Richard Stouthamer;Shannon Colleen Lynch;Paul F Rugman-Jones

  268
  Citations

• Evaluation of pruning wound susceptibility and protection against fungi associated with grapevine trunk diseases.

  Philippe E. Rolshausen;José Ramón Úrbez-Torres;Suzanne Rooney-Latham;Akif Eskalen

  250
  Citations

• Fusarium euwallaceae sp. nov.—a symbiotic fungus of Euwallacea sp., an invasive ambrosia beetle in Israel and California

  Stanley Freeman;M Sharon;M Maymon;Zvi Mendel

  195
  Citations

• An inordinate fondness for Fusarium: Phylogenetic diversity of fusaria cultivated by ambrosia beetles in the genus Euwallacea on avocado and other plant hosts

  Matthew T. Kasson;Kerry O’Donnell;Alejandro P. Rooney;Stacy Sink

  187
  Citations

• Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-Gene Dataset Resolves a Monophyletic Fusarium that Includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex.

  David M. Geiser;Abdullah M. S. Al-Hatmi;Takayuki Aoki;Tsutomu Arie

  185
  Citations

• Discordant phylogenies suggest repeated host shifts in the Fusarium-Euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualism.

  Kerry O’Donnell;Stacy Sink;Ran Libeskind-Hadas;Jiri Hulcr

  153
  Citations

• Tracing the origin of a cryptic invader: phylogeography of the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) species complex

  Richard Stouthamer;Paul Rugman-Jones;Pham Q. Thu;Akif Eskalen

  131
  Citations

• Susceptibility of grapevine pruning wounds and symptom development in response to infection by Phaeoacremonium aleophilum and Phaeomoniella chlamydospora

  A. Eskalen;A. J. Feliciano;W. D. Gubler

  130
  Citations

• First Report of a Fusarium sp. and Its Vector Tea Shot Hole Borer (Euwallacea fornicatus) Causing Fusarium Dieback on Avocado in California

  Akif Eskalen;A. Gonzalez;D. H. Wang;M. Twizeyimana

  130
  Citations

• Identification, pathogenicity and abundance of Paracremonium pembeum sp. nov. and Graphium euwallaceae sp. nov.—two newly discovered mycangial associates of the polyphagous shot hole borer (Euwallacea sp.) in California

  Shannon Colleen Lynch;Mathias Twizeyimana;Joey Sal Mayorquin;Danny Ho Wang

  124
  Citations

• Association of Spores of "Phaeomoniella chlamydospora", "Phaeoacremonium inflatipes", and "Pm. aleophilum" with Grapevine Cordons in California

  W. Douglas. Gubler;Akif Eskalen

  124
  Citations

• Identification of Species of Botryosphaeriaceae Causing Bot Gummosis in Citrus in California

  A.O. Adesemoye;J.S. Mayorquin;D.H. Wang;M. Twizeyimana

  104
  Citations

• Avocado rhizobacteria emit volatile organic compounds with antifungal activity against Fusarium solani, Fusarium sp. associated with Kuroshio shot hole borer, and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides.

  Edgar Guevara-Avendaño;Alix Adriana Bejarano-Bolívar;Ana-Luisa Kiel-Martínez;Mónica Ramírez-Vázquez

  101
  Citations

• Root diseases of grapevines in California and their control

  W. D. Gutter;K. Baumgartner;G. T. Browne;A. Eskalen

  98
  Citations

• Two Novel Fungal Symbionts Fusarium kuroshium sp. nov. and Graphium kuroshium sp. nov. of Kuroshio Shot Hole Borer (Euwallacea sp. nr. fornicatus) Cause Fusarium Dieback on Woody Host Species in California.

  Francis Na;Joseph Daniel Carrillo;Joey S Mayorquin;Cedric Ndinga-Muniania

  95
  Citations

• Botryosphaeriaceae Species Associated with Avocado Branch Cankers in California

  Virginia McDonald;Akif Eskalen

  94
  Citations

• Differential susceptibility of three grapevine cultivars to Phaeoacremonium aleophilum and Phaeomoniella chlamydospora in California

  Ascunia J. Feliciano;Akif Eskalen;W. Douglas Gubler

  88
  Citations

• Biology of two members of the Euwallacea fornicatus species complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae), recently invasive in the U.S.A., reared on an ambrosia beetle artificial diet

  Miriam F. Cooperband;Richard Stouthamer;Daniel Carrillo;Akif Eskalen

  73
  Citations

• Occurrence of Togninia minima Perithecia in Esca-Affected Vineyards in California

  S. Rooney-Latham;A. Eskalen;W. D. Gubler

  72
  Citations

• Identification and pathogenicity of Botryosphaeriaceae species associated with coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) decline in southern California

  Shannon C. Lynch;Akif Eskalen;Paul J. Zambino;Joey S. Mayorquin

  72
  Citations

• Teleomorph Formation of Phaeoacremonium aleophilum, Cause of Esca and Grapevine Decline in California

  S. Rooney-Latham;A. Eskalen;W.D. Gubler

  66
  Citations

• Rootstock susceptibility to Phaeomoniella chlamydospora and Phaeoacremonium spp.

  Akif Eskalen;Adalat Khan;W. Douglas. Gubler

  66
  Citations