Mihail Kantor

Rapid detection of the beech leaf nematode, Litylenchus crenatae using recombinase polymerase amplification assay with lateral flow dipsticks
Mihail Kantor, Sergei A. Subbotin, Feb 2026, In: PloS one
Date: Feb 2026

Characterization of Tobacco Ringspot Virus and Its Nematode Vector, Xiphinema rivesi, Infecting Highbush Blueberry in Washington State
Arunabha Mitra, Sridhar Jarugula, Segun Akinwumi Akinbade, Zafar Handoo, Mihail Kantor, Joseph D. Mowery, Rayapati A. Naidu, Dec 1 2025, In: Plant disease
Date: Dec 1 2025

Plant Pathogen Name Game
Carolee T. Bull, Catalina Salgado-Salazar, Megan K. Romberg, Cavan Allen, Mihail Kantor, Zafar Handoo, Nina Aboughanem-Sabanadzovic, Sead Sabanadzovic, Teresa Coutinho, Sep 3 2025, In: Annual Review of Phytopathology
Date: Sep 3 2025

Molecular Phylogeny and Species Delimiting for the Genus Hoplolaimus (Nematoda: Tylenchida) with Description of Hoplolaimus floridensis sp. n. and Notes on Biogeography of the Genus in the United States
Sergei A. Subbotin, Mihail Kantor, Erika Consoli, Niclas H. Lyndby, Amy Michaud, Zafar Handoo, Renato N. Inserra, Sep 2025, In: International journal of molecular sciences
Date: Sep 2025

Tiny Invaders, Big Trouble
Camelia Kantor, Marcella Teixeira, Mihail Kantor, Cynthia Gleason, Jun 2025, In: PHYTOPATHOLOGY
Date: Jun 2025

Unveiling the threat of beech leaf disease
Camelia Kantor, Melik C. Demirel, Mihail Kantor, 2025, In: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Date: 2025

Cellular Dynamics of Beech Leaf Disease on Fagus sylvatica
Mary Colbert-Pitts, Mihail R. Kantor, Andrew Jansen, David J. Burke, Paulo Vieira, 2025, In: Plant Pathology
Date: 2025

Deciphering the vectors
Mankanwal Goraya, Camelia Kantor, Paulo Vieira, Danielle Martin, Mihail Kantor, Nov 2024, In: PloS one
Date: Nov 2024

First Report of the Barley Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne naasi, from Pennsylvania, with New Host Report
Mihail Kantor, Paulo Vieira, Zafar Handoo, Aug 2024, In: Plant disease
Date: Aug 2024

Understanding the dynamic interactions of root-knot nematodes and their host
Alemayehu Habteweld, Mihail Kantor, Camelia Kantor, Zafar Handoo, 2024, In: Frontiers in Plant Science
Date: 2024

Top Ten Most Important U.S.-Regulated and Emerging Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
Mihail Kantor, Zafar Handoo, Camelia Kantor, Lynn Carta, Mar 2022, In: Horticulturae
Citations: 63

Beech leaf disease symptoms caused by newly recognized nematode subspecies Litylenchus crenatae mccannii (Anguinata) described from Fagus grandifolia in North America
Lynn Kay Carta, Zafar A. Handoo, Shiguang Li, Mihail Kantor, Gary Bauchan, David McCann, Colette K. Gabriel, Qing Yu, Sharon Reed, Jennifer Koch, Danielle Martin, David J. Burke, Apr 1 2020, In: Forest Pathology
Citations: 61

Biosecurity risks to human food supply associated with plant-parasitic nematodes
Camelia Kantor, Jonathan D. Eisenback, Mihail Kantor, 2024, In: Frontiers in Plant Science
Citations: 33

Foliar nematode, Litylenchus crenatae ssp. mccannii, population dynamics in leaves and buds of beech leaf disease-affected trees in Canada and the US
Sharon E. Reed, Sylvia Greifenhagen, Qing Yu, Adam Hoke, David J. Burke, Lynn K. Carta, Zafar A. Handoo, Mihail R. Kantor, Jennifer Koch, Jun 1 2020, In: Forest Pathology
Citations: 31

Understanding the dynamic interactions of root-knot nematodes and their host
Alemayehu Habteweld, Mihail Kantor, Camelia Kantor, Zafar Handoo, 2024, In: Frontiers in Plant Science
Citations: 30

Taxonomy and identification of principal foliar nematode species (Aphelenchoides and litylenchus)
Zafar Handoo, Mihail Kantor, Lynn Carta, Nov 2020, In: Plants
Citations: 23

Morphological and molecular characterization of pratylenchus dakotaensis n. Sp. (nematoda: Pratylenchidae), a new root-lesion nematode species on soybean in North Dakota, USA
Zafar A. Handoo, Guiping Yan, Mihail R. Kantor, Danqiong Huang, Intiaz A. Chowdhury, Addison Plaisance, Gary R. Bauchan, Joseph D. Mowery, Jan 2021, In: Plants
Citations: 22

Cellular insights of beech leaf disease reveal abnormal ectopic cell division of symptomatic interveinal leaf areas
Paulo Vieira, Mihail R. Kantor, Andrew Jansen, Zafar A. Handoo, Jonathan D. Eisenback, Oct 2023, In: PloS one
Citations: 21

First Report of Beech Leaf Disease, Caused by Litylenchus crenatae mccannii, on American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) in Virginia
M. Kantor, Z. Handoo, L. Carta, S. Li, Jun 2022, In: Plant disease
Citations: 12

On the molecular identity of Paratylenchus nanus Cobb, 1923 (Nematoda: Tylenchida)
Sergei A. Subbotin, Guiping Yan, Mihail Kantor, Zafar Handoo, 2021, In: Journal of Nematology
Citations: 11

Centers & Institutes

• One Health Microbiome Center
• Plant Institute

• Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
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