Publications

1) Torres-Cruz TJ, Cofer TM, Ré L, Johnson J, Vaughn A, Skvarla MJ, and Geiser DM. Insect visitation to Xyris sp. (Xyridaceae) in Guyana and insect interactions in a potential mimicry system between X. surinamensis and the fungus Fusarium xyrophilum. Under Review.

2) 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.

3) 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.

4) 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

5) 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. doi.org/10.5038/1827-806X.48.2.2254

6) 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. doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2018.08.001

7) 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. doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3580-2

8) 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. doi.org/10.1007/s00572-017-0808-6

9) 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. doi.org/10.1080/00275514.2017.1364958

10) Hesse C, Torres-Cruz TJ, Tobias TB, Al-Matruk M, Porras-Alfaro A, Kuske, CR. 2017. Ribosomal RNA gene detection and targeted culture of novel nitrogen-responsive fungal taxa from temperate pine forest soil. Mycologia 108(6):1082–1090. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3852/16-086?journalCode=umyc20

11) 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

12) 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. doi.org/10.18845/tm.v29i7.2700