The Fungal Ecology Lab

2025

A Diagnostic Guide for Fusarium Root Rot of Soybean

Denis Nahuel Colombo, Nitha Rafi, Athul Manoj, Ahmad Fakhoury, Teddy Garcia-Aroca, Alessandro Infantino, Leonor Leandro, Christopher R. Little, Kristina Petrovic, and Febina Mathew

Plant Health Progress, in press, 2025

Genome assembly of Ramulariopsis pseudoglycines, a fungal pathogen responsible for areolate mildew on cotton

Garcia-Aroca, T; Kemerait, R; Jimenez Madrid, A.

Microbiology Resource Announcement Vol. 14(3): e01099-24, 2025.

2024

Evolutionary dynamics of the accessory genomes of Staphylococcus aureus

Piper, K.R; Ikhimiukor, O; Souza, S.S.R; Garcia-Aroca, T; Andam, C.P.

mSphere. Vol. 9(4): e00751-23, 2024

2022

Secondary metabolites produced by Xylaria necrophora are responsible for foliar symptoms associated with taproot decline of soybean

Garcia-Aroca, T; Price, P.P; Solórzano, J; Galo, D; Sheffield, S.B; Doyle, V.P.

Plant Health Progress 23(4):388–398, 2022

Genome sequencing of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-susceptible Mammaliicoccus sciuri from diseased animals

Garcia-Aroca, T; Souza, S.S.R; Ikhimiukor, O; Marcovici, M; Smith, J.T; Amador, S; McGonagle, C.J; Nye, G; Needle, D.B; Gibson, R; and Andam, C.P.

Microbiology Resource Announcement Vol. 11(10): mra.00714-22, 2022

2025

1. Eisenbraun, R; Maughan, M; Mullin, P ; Sayer, E; Garcia-Aroca, T. 2025. Single and multiple site fungicide resistance among genetically distinct populations of the potato Black Dot pathogen, Colletotrichum coccodes. American Society of Plant Biologists Midwest conference.

2024

1. Khoo, XZ; Powers, T; Harveson, B; Garcia-Aroca, T. 2024. Reconstructing the evolutionary history of host preference in Rhizoctonia solani unveils a shift to specialist in one of its subpopulations. (Abs). Mycological Society of America annual meeting, Markham, ONT, Canada.
2. Doyle, VP; Garcia-Aroca, T; Solorzano, J; Richards, JK; Donnarumma, F; Kartika, R; T. Allen, T. Spurlock; Price, P. 2024. The origin, evolution, and chemical ecology of Xylaria necrophora, the causal agent of taproot decline. (Abs). 2024 Southern Soybean Disease Workers, Pensacola Beach, FL.

2023

1. Khoo, XZ & Garcia-Aroca, T. 2023. Thirty years of data on the global genetic diversity of Rhizoctonia solani reveals patterns of host preference. (Abs). North Central-APS annual meeting, Lafayette, IN.
2. Doyle, VP; Garcia-Aroca, T; Solorzano, J; Richards, JK; Donnarumma, F; Kartika, R; Price, PP. 2023. The origin, evolution, and chemical ecology of an emerging fungal pathogen of soybean, Xylaria necrophora. European Conference on Fungal Genetics, Innsbruck, AUSTRIA.

2022

1. Solórzano, JE; Ganiu, MO; Donnarumma, F; Garcia-Aroca, T; Kartika, R; Richards, JK; Van Houten, JP; Gremillion, MR; Price, T; Doyle, VP. 2022. Xylaria necrophora produces both phytotoxic and antimicrobial secondary metabolites that contribute to taproot decline of soybean. (Abs). American Phytopathological Society (APS) annual meeting, Plant Health 2022, Pittsburgh, PA.
2. Solórzano, JE; Ganiu, MO; Donnarumma, F; Garcia-Aroca, T; Kartika, R; Richards, JK; Van Houten, JP; Gremillion, MR; Doyle, VP. 2022. Xylaria necrophora, the causal agent of taproot decline of soybean, produces both phytotoxic and antimicrobial secondary metabolites. (Abs). Mycological Society of America annual meeting, Gainesville, FL.
3. Garcia-Aroca, T; Price, T; Richards, J.K; Andam, C.P; Doyle, V.P. 2022. Two mostly clonal lineages of Xylaria necrophora, an emerging pathogen of soybean, are found in the southern United States with signatures of past sexual recombination. (Abs). American Society for Microbiology annual meeting, Washington DC.