Davut Soner AKGÜL (associated professor) currently works at the Çukurova University, Agriculture Faculty, Department of Plant Protection in Adana, Türkiye. He conducts research in Plant Pathology (Mycology) and focusses on the etiology, and control of grapevine trunk diseases in vineyards and nurseries. Formerly, he worked as plant pathologist at the Manisa Viticulture Research Institute (Turkish Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry).