R. C. Ploetz

Multiple evolutionary origins of the fungus causing Panama disease of banana: Concordant evidence from nuclear and mitochondrial gene genealogies

Kerry O’Donnell, Harold Kistler, Elizabeth Cigelnik et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1998 · 2.4K citations

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Genetics +17

Fusarium Wilt of Banana Is Caused by Several Pathogens Referred to as <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> f. sp. <i>cubense</i>

R. C. Ploetz · Phytopathology · 2006 · 418 citations

Agriculture, Crop Sciences, Plant Sciences +13

A two-locus DNA sequence database for typing plant and human pathogens within the Fusarium oxysporum species complex

Kerry O’Donnell, Cécile Gueidan, Stacy Sink et al. · Fungal Genetics and Biology · 2009 · 359 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +16

Destructive Tree Diseases Associated with Ambrosia and Bark Beetles: Black Swan Events in Tree Pathology?

R. C. Ploetz, Jiří Hulcr, Michael J. Wingfield et al. · Plant Disease · 2013 · 238 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +17

Lateral transfer of a phytopathogenic symbiont among native and exotic ambrosia beetles

Daniel Carrillo, Rita E. Duncan, Jill N. Ploetz et al. · Plant Pathology · 2013 · 197 citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Entomology +17