Research Project: Molecular Systematics, Identification, Biology, and Management of Crop-Parasitic Nematodes

Location: Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology Laboratory

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Pathogenicity and control of Meloidogyne spp. on some spinach, Swiss chard, and table beet plant cultivars - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ibrahim, I.K., Handoo, Z.A., Zeyadah, S.A., Kantor, M., Kawanna, M.I. 2022. Pathogenicity and control of Meloidogyne spp. on some spinach, Swiss chard, and table beet plant cultivars. Notulae Scientia Biologicae. 14(1). https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb14111175.

Commercial potato cultivars exhibit distinct susceptibility to the root lesion nematode Pratylenchus penetrans - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Figueiredo, J., Reis Vieira, P.C., Abrantes, I., Esteves, I. 2022. Commercial potato cultivars exhibit distinct susceptibility to the root lesion nematode Pratylenchus penetrans. Horticulturae. 8:244. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8030244.

Top ten most important U.S. regulated and emerging plant parasitic nematodes - (Review Article)
Kantor, M.R., Handoo, Z.A., Kantor, C., Carta, L.K. 2022. Top ten most important U.S. regulated and emerging plant parasitic nematodes. Horticulturae. 8(3). https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8030208.

First report of Punctodera stonei Brzeski, 1998 (Nematoda:Heteroderidae) from Virginia, U.S.A. - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kantor, M.R., Subbotin, S.A., Huse, G., Handoo, Z.A. 2022. First report of Punctodera stonei Brzeski, 1998 (Nematoda:Heteroderidae) from Virginia, U.S.A.. Journal of Nematology. 54(1). https://doi.org/10.2478/jofnem-2022-0008.

In memory of Gary Bauchan: Integrated taxonomy of soil predatory mites in farming systems - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Rueda-Ramírez, D., Carta, L.K., Mowery, J.D., Bauchan, G.R., Ochoa, R., Young, M., Palevsky, E. 2022. In memory of Gary Bauchan: Integrated taxonomy of soil predatory mites in farming systems. Systematic and Applied Acarology. 27(2):181–208. https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.27.2.3.

Molecular and morphological characterization of Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber, 1923) Skarbilovich, 1959 from Egypt - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Haroon, S., Handoo, Z.A., Kantor, M.R., Skantar, A.M., Hult, M. 2021. Molecular and morphological characterization of Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber, 1923) Skarbilovich, 1959 from Egypt. Notulae Scientia Biologicae. 13(4):11083. https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb13411083.

First report of beech leaf disease, caused by Litylenchus crenatae mccannii, on American beech (Fagus grandifolia) in Virginia - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kantor, M., Handoo, Z.A., Carta, L.K., Li, S. 2022. First report of beech leaf disease, caused by Litylenchus crenatae mccannii, on American beech (Fagus grandifolia) in Virginia. Plant Disease. 106(6):1764. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-21-1713-PDN.

Molecular and morphological characterization of a first report of Cactodera torreyanae Cid del Prado Vera & Subbotin, 2014 (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) from Minnesota, the United States of America - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Handoo, Z.A., Skantar, A.M., Subbotin, S., Kantor, M.R., Hult, M.N., Grabowski, M. 2021. Molecular and morphological characterization of a first report of Cactodera torreyanae Cid del Prado Vera & Subbotin, 2014 (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) from Minnesota, the United States of America. Journal of Nematology. https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2021-093.

Molecular and morphological evidence for the first report of Seville root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne hispanica (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae) in the USA and North America - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Skantar, A.M., Handoo, Z.A., Subbotin, S.A., Kantor, M., Vieira, P., Agudelo, P., Hult, M.N., Rogers, S.T. 2021. Molecular and morphological evidence for the first report of Seville root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne hispanica (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae) in the USA and North America. Journal of Nematology. https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2021-098.

Beech leaf disease - (Book / Chapter)

Reaction of some spinach, swiss chard and table beet cultivars to the cyst nematodes Heterodera schachtii and Heterodera trifolii - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Morphological and molecular characterization of Paratylenchus beltsvilleiensis n.sp.(Tylenchida: Paratylenchidae) from the rhizosphere of pine tree (Pinus virginiana Mill) in Maryland, USA - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Morphological and molecular characterization of Paratylenchus beltsvilleiensis n.sp.(Tylenchida: Paratylenchidae) from the rhizosphere of pine tree (Pinus virginiana Mill) in Maryland, USA. Journal of Nematology. 53(1). https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2021-079.

Description of Trichodorus maryland in. sp. (Nematoda: Trichodoridae) from Maryland, USA - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Decraemer, W., Kantor, M.R., Handoo, Z.A., Subbotin, S. 2021. Description of Trichodorus maryland in. sp. (Nematoda: Trichodoridae) from Maryland, USA. Nematology. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-bja10132.

Description of ten new species including two new genera of nematodes (Nematoda) associated with economically important crops of Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Handoo, Z.A., Kantor, M.A., Khan, E. 2021. Description of ten new species including two new genera of nematodes (Nematoda) associated with economically important crops of Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan Journal of Nematology. 39(1):24-40. https://doi.org/10.17582/journal.pjn/2021/39.1.24.40.

Morphological and molecular characterization of Pratylenchus dakotiensis n. sp.(Nematoda: Pratylenchidae), a new root-lesion nematode species on soybean in North Dakota, USA - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Handoo, Z.A., Yan, G., Kantor, M., Huang, D., Chowdhury, I.A., Plaisance, A., Bauchan, G.R., Mowery, J.D. 2021. Morphological and molecular characterization of Pratylenchus dakotiensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae), a new root-lesion nematode species on soybean in North Dakota, USA. Plants. 10(168):1-13. https://doi:10.3390/plants10010168.

Description of seven new species and one new record of plant-parasitic nematodes (Nematoda: Tylenchida) associated with economically important crops of Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir (Part-1 of the series) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Handoo, Z.A., Kantor, M.A., Khan, E. 2020. Description of seven new species and one new record of plant-parasitic nematodes (Nematoda: Tylenchida) associated with economically important crops of Kashmir Valley, Jammu and Kashmir (Part-1 of the series). Pakistan Journal of Nematology. 38(2):110-123.

Taxonomy identification of principal foliar nematode species (Aphelenchoides and Litylenchus) - (Review Article)
Handoo, Z.A., Kantor, M.A., Carta, L.K. 2020. Taxonomy identification of principal foliar nematode species (Aphelenchoides and Litylenchus). Plants. 9(1490):1-31. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9111490.

Morphological and molecular characterisation of Punctodera mulveyi n. sp. (Nematoda: Punctoderidae) from a golf course green in Oregon, USA, with a key to species of the Punctodera - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kantor, M.A., Handoo, Z.A., Skantar, A.M., Hult, M.N., Ingham, R., Wade, N., Ye, W., Bauchan, G.R., Mowery, J.D. 2020. Morphological and molecular characterisation of Punctodera mulveyi n. sp. (Nematoda: Punctoderidae) from a golf course green in Oregon, USA, with a key to species of the Punctodera. Nematology. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-bja10068.

On the molecular identity of Paratylenchus nanus Cobb, 1923 (Nematoda: Tylenchida) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Subbotin, S.A., Yan, G.P., Kantor, M.R., Handoo, Z.A. 2020. On the molecular identity of Paratylenchus nanus Cobb, 1923 (Nematoda: Tylenchida). Journal of Nematology. 52:1-7. doi:10.21307/jofnem-2020-127.

First report of Mesocriconema sphaerocephalum (Taylor, 1936) Loof, 1989 associated with bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) in Egypt - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Handoo, Z.A., Kantor, M.A., Mostafa, H.M., Moawad, M.M., Mahfouz, A.M. 2020. First report of Mesocriconema sphaerocephalum (Taylor, 1936) Loof, 1989 associated with bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) in Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Entomology. 19(1):19-28. https://doi.org/10.21608/ejaj.2020.105860.

Festulolium and fungal endophyte associations: host status for Meloidogyne incognita and nematotoxic plant extracts - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Meyer, S.L., Patchett, B.J., Gillanders, T., Kantor, M., Timper, P., MacDonald, M.H. 2020. Festulolium and fungal endophyte associations: host status for Meloidogyne incognita and nematotoxic plant extracts. Journal of Nematology. 52:1-16. https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2020-076.

Chia: Host status for Meloidogyne incognita and activity of plant extracts - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Meyer, S.L.F., MacDonald, M.H., Reetz, N.D., Kantor, M.R., Carta, L.K., Handoo, Z.A., Camp, M.J., Phillips, T.D. 2020. Chia: Host status for Meloidogyne incognita and activity of plant extracts. Plant Disease. 104:2979–2985. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-19-2171-RE.

Foliar nematode, Litylenchus crenatae ssp. mccannii, population dynamics in leaves and buds of beech leaf disease-affected trees in Canada and the US - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Reed, S., Greifenhagen, S., Yu, Q., Burke, D., Carta, L.K., Handoo, Z.A., Kantor, M., Koch, J. 2020. Foliar nematode, Litylenchus crenatae ssp. mccannii, population dynamics in leaves and buds of beech leaf disease affected trees in Canada and the US. Forest Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12599.

Combined releases of predatory mites and provisioning of free-living nematodes for the biological control of root-knot nematodes on `Micro Tom tomato' - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Azevedo, L.H., Moreira, M.F., Grilli, G., Borges, V., De Moraes, G.J., Inomoto, M.M., Vicente, M., Desiqueira, M., Peres, L.P., Rueda-Ramirez, D., Carta, L.K., Meyer, S.L., Mowery, J.D., Bauchan, G.R., Ochoa, R., Palevsky, E. 2020. Combined releases of predatory mites and provisioning of free-living nematodes for the biological control of root-knot nematodes on `Micro Tom tomato'. Biological Control. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104280.

Molecular and morphological characterization of the amaryllis lesion nematode, Pratylenchus hippeastri (Inserra et al., 2007), from California - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Handoo, Z.A., Skantar, A.M., Kantor, M.R., Hafez, S.L., Hult, M.N. 2020. Molecular and morphological characterization of the amaryllis lesion nematode, Pratylenchus hippeastri (Inserra et al., 2007), from California. Journal of Nematology. 52(1):1-5. https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2020-058.

Molecular and morphological characterization of the alfalfa cyst nematode, Heterodera medicaginis, from Utah - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Handoo, Z.A., Skantar, A.M., Hafez, S.A., Kantor, M.R., Hult, M.N., Rogers, S.T. 2020. Molecular and morphological characterization of the alfalfa cyst nematode, Heterodera medicaginis, from Utah. Journal of Nematology. 19(52):1065-1081.

Improvement of long segment ribosomal PCR amplification for the molecular taxonomic identification of Litylenchus crenatae mccannii in beech trees with beech leaf disease - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Carta, L.K., Li, S. 2020. Improvement of long segment ribosomal PCR amplification for the molecular taxonomic identification of Litylenchus crenatae mccannii in beech trees with beech leaf disease. Journal of Nematology. 52:e2020-016. https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2020-016.

Reaction of oat and wheat cultivars and Poaceous grasses to the cyst Nematode Heterodera goldeni - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ibrahim, I.K., Awd-Allah Sherin, F., Handoo, Z.A., Khalil, A.E., Kantor, M. 2019. Reaction of oat and wheat cultivars and Poaceous grasses to the cyst Nematode Heterodera goldeni. Nematropica. 49:189-193.

Beech leaf disease symptoms caused by newly recognized nematode subspecies Litylenchus crenatae mccannii (Anguinata) described from Fagus grandifolia in North America - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Carta, L.K., Handoo, Z.A., Li, S., Kantor, M., Bauchan, G.R., Mccann, D., Gabriel, C.K., Yu, Q., Reed, S., Koch, J., Martin, D., Burke, D.J. 2020. Beech leaf disease symptoms caused by newly recognized nematode subspecies Litylenchus crenatae mccannii (Anguinata) described from Fagus grandifolia in North America. Forest Pathology. 50(2):e12580. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12580.

Evaluation of some plant species for their resistance against root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Ibrahim, I.K., Handoo, Z.A., Zid, A.M., Kantor, M.R. 2019. Evaluation of some plant species for their resistance against root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. Pakistan Journal of Nematology. 37(2):135-140. https://doi.org/10.18681/pjn.v37.i02.p135-140.

Vegetable plant vigor and suppression of Meloidogyne incognita with vetiver shoot amendments in soil - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Jindapunnapat, K., Meyer, S.L., Macdonald, M.H., Reetz, N.D., Chitwood, D.J., Masler, E.P., Soonthornchareonnon, N., Camp, M.J., Sasnarukkit, A., Chinnasri, B. 2019. Vegetable plant vigor and suppression of Meloidogyne incognita with vetiver shoot amendments in soil. Nematropica. 49:208-219.

Nematophagous Pleurotus species consume some nematode species but are themselves consumed by others - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Marlin, M., Wolf, A., Carta, L.K., Newcombe, G., Alomran, M. 2019. Nematophagous Pleurotus species consume some nematode species but are themselves consumed by others. Forests. 10(5):404. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10050404.

First report of the root-lesion Nematode, Pratylenchus fallax, on soybean in Wisconsin, USA - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Saikai, K.K., Handoo, Z.A., MacGuidwin, A.E. 2019. First report of the root-lesion Nematode, Pratylenchus fallax, on soybean in Wisconsin, USA. Plant Disease. 103(8):1555. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-19-0288-PDN.

Nematotoxicity of Paeonia spp. extracts and Camellia oleifera tea seed cake and extracts to Heterodera glycines and Meloidogyne incognita - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Wen, Y., Meyer, S.L., MacDonald, M.H., Zheng, L., Jing, C., Chitwood, D.J. 2019. Nematotoxicity of Paeonia spp. extracts and Camellia oleifera tea seed cake and extracts to Heterodera glycines and Meloidogyne incognita. Plant Disease. 103:2191-2198. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-18-1663-RE.

Responses of Heterodera glycines and Meloidogyne incognita infective juveniles to root tissues, root exudates, and root extracts from three plant species - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Wang, C., Masler, E.P., Rogers, S.T. 2018. Responses of Heterodera glycines and Meloidogyne incognita infective juveniles to root tissues, root exudates, and root extracts from three plant species. Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-17-1445-RE.

Biochemistry - (Book / Chapter)
Chitwood, D.J., Masler, E.P. 2018. Biochemistry. Cyst Nematodes. United Kingdom:CAB International. p. 89-100.

Activity of vetiver extracts and essential oil against Meloidogyne incognita - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Jindapunnapat, K., Reetz, N.D., Macdonald, M.H., Bhagavathy, G., Chinnasri, B., Soonthornchareonnon, N., Sasnarukkit, A., Chauhan, K.R., Chitwood, D.J., Meyer, S.L. 2018. Activity of vetiver extracts and essential oil against Meloidogyne incognita. Journal of Nematology. 50(2):147-162.

Characterisation of the effects on proteases of Heterodera glycines and Meloidogyne incognita second-stage juveniles by inhibitors obtained from cysts of H. glycines - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Masler, E.P. 2018. Characterisation of the effects on proteases of Heterodera glycines and Meloidogyne incognita second-stage juveniles by inhibitors obtained from cysts of H. glycines. Nematology. 20(1):461-470. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-00003151.