Mankanwal Goraya

Mankanwal Goraya

  • Dual title Ph.D. Student in Plant Pathology and Microbiome Sciences
  • Advised by: Dr. Paul Esker
211 Buckhout Lab
University Park, PA 16802

Areas of Expertise

  • Plant Parasitic Nematology
  • Molecular diagnostics

Education

  • MS, Plant Pathology, North Dakota State University, U.S.A
  • B.Sc., Agriculture (Honors), Punjab Agricultural University, India

Research Publications

  • Goraya, M., Kantor, C., Vieira, P., Martin, D., & Kantor, M. (2024). Deciphering the vectors: Unveiling the local dispersal of Litylenchus crenatae mccannii in the American beech (Fagus grandifolia) forest ecosystem. PLOS ONE, 19(11), e0311830. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311830
  • Goraya, M., & Yan, G. (2024). Rapid and Direct Detection of the Stubby Root Nematode, Paratrichodorus allius, from Soil DNA Extracts Using Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Assay. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 25(19), 10371. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms251910371
  • Goraya, M., Yan, G., Whitworth, J., & Grimm, K. S. (2024). Advancing nematode identification on potato: An isothermal recombinase polymerase amplification assay for stubby root nematode, Paratrichodorus allius. American Journal of Potato Research, 101(1), 52-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12230-023-09940-4
  • Goraya, M., Yan, G., Plaisance, A., & Handoo, Z. A. (2023). Identification and reproduction of dagger nematode, Xiphinema americanum, in potato. Nematology, 25(10), 1127-1139. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-bja10281
  • Singh, J., Saini, D. K., Kashyap, R., Kumar, S., Chopra, Y., Sandhu, K. S., Goraya, M., & Aggarwal, R. (2022). Omics technologies for agricultural microbiology research. In Trends of Applied Microbiology for Sustainable Economy(pp. 343-394). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91595-3.00015-X