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Akif Eskalen

Professor of Cooperative Extension at UC Davis
Verified email at ucdavis.edu
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Identification and pathogenicity of Botryosphaeriaceae species associated with coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) decline in southern California

SC Lynch, A Eskalen, PJ Zambino, JS Mayorquin… - Mycologia, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Symptoms of decline have been observed on dying coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees
in areas throughout southern California that are both infested and uninfested by the gold-…

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

…, S Rooney-Latham, A Eskalen… - … Journal of Enology …, 2010 - Am Soc Enol Viticulture
Trunk diseases diminish vineyard longevity and productivity in nearly every raisin, table,
and wine grape production region worldwide. Fungi causing these diseases infect primarily …

Association of Spores of «Phaeomoniella chlamydospora»,«Phaeoacremonium inflatipes», and «Pm. aleophilum» with grapevine cordons in California

A Eskalen, WD Gubler - Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 2001 - torrossa.com
Esca (black measles) of grapevine has long been known to occur wherever grapes are grown.
Phaeomoniella chlamydospora and two species of Phaeoacremonium, Pm. inflatipes and …

Identification of species of Botryosphaeriaceae causing bot gummosis in citrus in California

…, M Twizeyimana, SC Lynch, A Eskalen - Plant …, 2014 - Am Phytopath Society
Members of the Botryosphaeriaceae family are known to cause Bot gummosis on many
woody plants worldwide. To identify pathogens associated with Bot gummosis on citrus in …

Host range of Fusarium dieback and its ambrosia beetle (Coleoptera: Scolytinae) vector in southern California

A Eskalen, R Stouthamer, SC Lynch… - Plant …, 2013 - Am Phytopath Society
The polyphagous shot hole borer (PSHB) is an invasive ambrosia beetle that forms a
symbiosis with a new, as-yet-undescribed Fusarium sp., together causing Fusarium dieback on …

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

…, WH Elmer, L Epstein, A Eskalen… - …, 2021 - Am Phytopath Society
Scientific communication is facilitated by a data-driven, scientifically sound taxonomy that
considers the end-user’s needs and established successful practice. In 2013, the Fusarium …

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

…, ADW Geering, EK Dann, A Eskalen… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Ambrosia beetle fungiculture represents one of the most ecologically and evolutionarily
successful symbioses, as evidenced by the 11 independent origins and 3500 species of …

Discordant phylogenies suggest repeated host shifts in the Fusarium–Euwallacea ambrosia beetle mutualism

…, RE Duncan, PNH Liyanage, A Eskalen… - Fungal Genetics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
The mutualism between xyleborine beetles in the genus Euwallacea (Coleoptera: Curculionidae:
Scolytinae) and members of the Ambrosia Fusarium Clade (AFC) represents one of 11 …

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

…, P Rugman-Jones, PQ Thu, A Eskalen… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2017 - cabdirect.org
The ambrosia beetle morphologically identified as Euwallacea fornicatus consists of several
cryptic species that exhibit large differences in the DNA sequences of several nuclear and …

Identification, pathogenicity and abundance of Paracremonium pembeum sp. nov. and Graphium euwallaceae sp. nov.—two newly discovered mycangial associates of the …

…, P Rugman-Jones, J Hulcr, R Stouthamer, A Eskalen - Mycologia, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Fusarium euwallaceae is a well-characterized fungal symbiont of the exotic ambrosia beetle
Euwallacea sp. (polyphagous shot hole borer [PSHB]), together inciting Fusarium dieback …