Rabiu Olatinwo, PhD

Treesearch Publications

• Rabiu Olatinwo, Jaesoon Hwang, Wood Johnson. 2026. The Incidence of Brown Spot Needle Blight Affecting Loblolly Pines (Pinus taeda L.) in the Southeast USA and the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI)
• D. González-Rodríguez, Kristi Wharton, Rabiu Olatinwo. 2026. First Report of Anthracnose Caused by Colletotrichum fioriniae on Flowering Dogwood ( Cornus florida ) in the Southeastern United States
• Tyler J. Dreaden, Rabiu Olatinwo, John J. Riggins, Carlos Gonzalez-Benecke. 2026. Estimating Impact of Brown Spot Needle Blight on Loblolly Pine Using 3-PG Growth Model
• Rabiu Olatinwo, Wood Johnson. 2025. Application of Forest Inventory and Analysis data and site-specific factors in understanding flowering dogwood decline in the Southeastern United States
• Rabiu Olatinwo, Mohammad Bataineh, Jennifer Standley, Anthony Abbate, Geoffrey Williams, Pierre Lau. 2025. Chloroplast Markers for Detecting Chinese Tallow (Triadica sebifera) DNA in Environmental Samples
• Duncan Kroese, Ryan Blaedow, Kathleen M. McKeever, Rabiu Olatinwo, Ned B. Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2024. A recent finding of Armillaria root disease on black oak (Quercus velutina) caused by Armillaria solidipes in North Carolina, USA
• Tyler J. Dreaden, Colton Meinecke, Rabiu Olatinwo, Jaesoon Hwang, Isabel Munck, Cady Greenslit, Caterina Villari. 2024. Guide to Isolation of Lecanosticta acicola, the Causal Agent of Brown Spot Needle Blight of Pines
• Albert E. II Mayfield, Rabiu Olatinwo, Jaesoon Hwang, Bryan Mudder, Alexandra Blevins, Stephen Fraedrich. 2023. Laurel wilt spread, vector flight behavior, and impacts in sassafras beyond the Gulf-Atlantic Coastal Plain
• Michelle Cram, Mee-Sook Kim, Stephen Fraedrich, Rabiu Olatinwo, Ned B. Klopfenstein. 2022. First Report of Armillaria root disease of Celtis laevigata caused by A. gallica in South Carolina, USA
• Albert Mayfield, Rabiu Olatinwo, Jaesoon Hwang, Bryan Mudder, Alexandra Blevins, Stephen Fraedrich. 2022. Spread, vector flight behavior, and impact of Laurel Wilt in Sassafras beyond the Gulf-Atlantic coastal plain.
• James T. (JT) Vogt, Rabiu Olatinwo, Michael Ulyshen, Rima Lucardi, Daniel Saenz, Jessica L. McKenney. 2021. An overview of Triadica sebifera (Chinese Tallowtree) in the southern United States, emphasizing pollinator impacts and classical biological control.
• James T. (JT) Vogt, Rabiu Olatinwo, Michael Ulyshen, Rima Lucardi, Daniel Saenz, Jessica L. McKenney. 2021. An overview of Triadica sebifera (Chinese tallowtree) in the southern United States, emphasizing pollinator impacts and classical biological control
• Rabiu Olatinwo, Jaesoon Hwang, Wood Johnson. 2021. First Report of Laurel Wilt Disease Caused by Raffaelea lauricola on Spicebush in Louisiana
• Rabiu Olatinwo, Stephen Fraedrich, Albert (Bud) E. Mayfield. 2021. Laurel wilt: Current and potential impacts and possibilities for prevention and management
• Rabiu Olatinwo, D. Paul Jackson, Shi-Jean Susana Sung, Alex Mangini, Brian Strom, James Barnett. 2020. Genetic markers for identification of southern pine species
• James Barnett, Rabiu Olatinwo, D. Paul Jackson, Stacy R. Blomquist. 2020. Longleaf pine hybridization: is there a growing problem?
• D. Paul Jackson, Rabiu Olatinwo, James Barnett, Brian Strom, Shi-Jean Susana Sung. 2020. Field observations of longleaf pine seedlings to examine possible hybridization
• James T. (JT) Vogt, Kamal J.K. Gandhi, Don C. Bragg, Rabiu Olatinwo, Kier D. Klepzig. 2020. Interactions between weather-related disturbance and forest insects and diseases in the Southern United States
• Rabiu Olatinwo, Timothy Schowalter, Daniel Doucet, Susan Bowman, Wood Johnson, Jeremy D. Allison. 2020. Intergenic spacer single nucleotide polymorphisms forg genotyping amylostereum areolatum (Russulales: Amylostereacea) symbionts of native and non-native sirex species
• Nathan G. Bolner, D. Paul Jackson, Rabiu Olatinwo, James Barnett. 2019. Evaluation of sowing methods to determine the role of hypocotyl lift in longleaf pine seedling development
• Rabiu Olatinwo, Chi-Leung So, Thomas L. Eberhardt. 2019. Effect of Acaromyces ingoldii secondary metabolites on the growth of brown-rot (Gloeophyllum trabeum) and white-rot (Trametes versicolor) fungi
• Rabiu Olatinwo, Stephen Fraedrich. 2019. An Acaromyces species associated withb bark beetles from southern pine has inhibitory properties against Raffaelea lauricola , the casual pathogen of laurel wilt disease of redbay
• Rabiu Olatinwo, J. Hwang, W. Johnson, S. W. Fraedrich. 2019. First Report of Laurel Wilt Disease Caused by Raffaelea lauricola on Swamp Bay in Louisiana
• Emilee M. Poole, Michael Ulyshen, Scott Horn, Michelle Cram, Rabiu Olatinwo, Stephen Fraedrich. 2019. Biology and distribution of Agrilus macer LeConte (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a species associated with sugarberry (Celtis laevigata Willd.) mortality in the southeastern USA
• Rabiu Olatinwo, S. Walters, B. Strom. 2018. Impact of Beauveria bassiana (Ascomycota: Hypocreales) on the small southern pine engraver (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in a loblolly pine bolt assay
• Doug P. Aubrey, Stephen Fraedrich, Thomas C. Harrington, Rabiu Olatinwo. 2017. Cristulariella moricola associated with foliar blight of Camden white gum ( Eucalyptus benthamii ), a bioenergy crop
• Rabiu Olatinwo, C. Barton, Stephen Fraedrich, W. Johnson, J. Hwang. 2016. First report of laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola , on Sassafras ( Sassafras albidum ) in Arkansas
• Stephen Fraedrich, C. Wood Johnson, Roger D. Menard, Thomas C. Harrington, Rabiu Olatinwo, G. Susan Best. 2015. First report of Xyleborus glabratus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and laurel wilt in Louisiana, USA: The disease continues westward on sassafras
• Rabiu Olatinwo, Douglas Streett, Christopher Carlton. 2014. Habitat suitability under changing climatic conditions for the exotic ambrosia beetle, Cnestus mutilatus (Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Xyleborini) in the southeastern United States.
• Rabiu Olatinwo, Jeremy Allison, James Meeker, Wood Johnson, Douglas Streett, M. Catherine Aime, Christopher Carlton. 2014. Detection and identification of Amylostereum areolatum (Russulales: Amylostereaceae) in the mycangia of Sirex nigricornis (Hymenoptera: Siricaidae) in central Louisiana
• Rabiu Olatinwo, Gerrit Hoogenboom. 2014. Weather-based pest forecasting for efficient crop protection
• Rabiu Olatinwo, Qinfeng Guo, Songlin Fei, William Otrosina, Kier D. Klepzig, Douglas Streett. 2014. Climate-induced changes in vulnerability to biological threats in the southern United States

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  Insects, Diseases, and Invasive Plants

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  Southern Research Station

• The University of Reading, United Kingdom, Ph.D. Plant Pathology, Plant Pathology, 1998
• The University of Bristol, United Kingdom, M.S. Crop Protection, Crop Protection, 1994
• Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria, B.S. Botany, Botany, 1990