Skvarla M, Torres-Cruz TJ, and Mathis C. 2024. Arthropod interactions with Xyris flowers discovered through community photography. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 126(3):351–365.
Torres-Cruz TJ and M. Catherine Aime. 2024. First report of Uromyces trifolii-repentis on Trifolium repens from Iceland. Plant Health Progress 25(4):512–513.
Torres-Cruz TJ and M. Catherine Aime. First report of Puccinia leontodontis on Scorzoneroides autumnalis from Iceland. Plant Health Progress 25(4):509–511.
Huamán-Pilco A, Arce-Inga M, Huamán-Pilco J, Aguilar-Rafael V, Oliva-Cruz S, Hernández-Diaz E, Fernández I, Torres-Cruz TJ and Díaz-Valderrama J. 2024. First report of basal rot of dragon fruit (Selenicereus megalanthus) caused by Fusarium oxysporum in Peru. Plant Disease 108(10):3189.
Torres-Cruz TJ and M. Catherine Aime. 2024. First report of rust caused by Gymnosporangium in Iceland. Plant Disease 108(9):2917.Salazar-Hamm P and
Torres-Cruz TJ. 2024. The Impact of Climate Change on Human Fungal Pathogens Distribution and Disease Incidence. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports 11:140–152.
Beckerson WC, Laraba I, Torres-Cruz TJ, Steinkraus DC, Hajek AE. 2024. Mechanisms of host manipulation and mimicry in fungi. In: Haelewaters, D (ed). Diversity and evolution of pathogens and parasites in the Kingdom Fungi. Academic Press. DOI: 10.22541/au.172124619.90197485/v1
Torres-Cruz TJ, Ré L, Johnson J, Geiser DM, Skvarla MJ. 2023. Diversity of arthropods that visit Xyris spp. (Xyridaceae): New observations from Guyana. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 125(2):256–263.
Torres-Cruz TJ, Whitaker BK, Proctor RH, Broders K, Laraba I, Kim H-S, Brown DW, O’Donnell K, Estrada-Rodríguez TL, Lee Y-H, Cheong K, Wallace EC, McGee CT, Kang S, Geiser DM. 2022. FUSARIUM-ID v.3.0: An updated downloadable resource for Fusarium species identification. Plant Disease 106:1610-1616.
O’Donnell K, Whitaker BK, Laraba I, Proctor RH, Brown DW, Broders K, Kim H-S, McCormick SP, Busman M, Aoki T, Torres-Cruz TJ, and Geiser DM. 2022. DNA sequence-based identification of Fusarium: A work in progress. Plant Disease 106:1597-1609.
Geiser, DM et al. Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-Gene Dataset Resolves a Monophyletic Fusarium that Includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex. Phytopathology 11(7):1064–1079. *co-signer of Letter to the editor
Torres-Cruz TJ, Porras-Alfaro A, Caimi NA, Nwabologu O, Strach EW, Read KJH, Young JM, Buecher DC, Northup DE. 2019. Are microclimate conditions in El Malpais National Monument caves in New Mexico, USA suitable for Pseudogymnoascus growth? International Journal of Speleology 48:191–202.
Torres-Cruz TJ, Hesse C, Kuske CR, Porras-Alfaro A. 2018. Presence and distribution of heavy metal tolerant fungi in surface soils of a temperate pine forest. Applied Soil Ecology 131:66–74.
Torres-Cruz TJ, Howell A, Reibold R, McHugh T, Reed S. 2018. Species-specific nitrogenase activity in lichen-dominated biological soil crust from the Colorado Plateau, USA. Plant and Soil 429:113–125.
González-Chávez MC, Torres-Cruz TJ, Albarrán-Sánchez S, Porras-Alfaro A, Carrillo-González R, Carrillo-López LM. 2017. Microscopic characterization of orchid mycorrhizal fungi: Scleroderma as a putative novel orchid mycorrhizal fungus of Vanilla in different crop systems. Mycorrhiza 28:147–157.
Torres-Cruz TJ, Almatruk M, Tobias T, Hesse C, Desirò A, Benucci GM, Kuske CR, Bonito G, Stajich J, Dunlap C, Porras-Alfaro A. 2017. Bifiguratus adelaidae gen. nov, sp. nov., a new lineage of Mucoromycotina with endophytic and soil-dwelling strains. Mycologia 109(3):363–378.
Porras-Alfaro A, Ndinga Muniania C, Hamm PS, Torres-Cruz TJ, Kuske CR. 2017. Fungal diversity, community structure and their functional roles in desert soils. In: Steven, B (ed). The Biology of Arid and Initial Soils. DeGruyter. Germany. doi.org/10.1515/9783110419047
Hesse C, Torres-Cruz TJ, Tobias TB, Al-Matruk M, Porras-Alfaro A, Kuske, CR. 2016. Ribosomal RNA gene detection and targeted culture of novel nitrogen-responsive fungal taxa from temperate pine forest soil. Mycologia 108(6):1082–1090.
Aguilar-Ulloa W, Arce-Acuña P, Galiano-Murillo F, Torres-Cruz TJ. 2016. Aislamiento de esporas y evaluación de métodos de inoculación en la producción de micorrizas en cultivos trampa. Tecnologia en Marcha. Edición Especial Biocontrol:5–14.