Mihail Kantor, Ph.D.

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

Deciphering the vectors: Unveiling the local dispersal of Litylenchus crenatae ssp. mccannii in the American beech (Fagus grandifolia) forest ecosystem
PLoS One, Goraya, Mankanwal, Kantor, Camelia, Vieira, Paulo, Martin, Danielle, Kantor, Mihail, 2024

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

Beech Leaf Disease
PennState Extension, Kantor, Mihail, Norman, Calvin, 2024

Occurrence of plant-parasitic nematodes on rice (Oryza sativa) in Kenya with a focus on Hirschmanniella oryzae
Nematology, Ndirangu, Kiama J., Pili, Njira N., Chelal, John, Biwot, John, Kandie, Faith, Razieh, Yazdani, Quintanilla, Marisol, Ouedraogo, Rimnoma S., Hughes, David, Kantor, Mihail, Coyne, Danny, Haukeland, Solveig, Couvreur, Marjolein, Bert, Wim, Teklu, Misghina G., 2024

Biosecurity risks to human food supply associated with plant-parasitic nematodes
Frontiers in Plant Science, Kantor, C, Eisenback, Jon, Kantor, Mihail, 2024

MORPHOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF BOLEODORUS VOLUTUS IN THE UNITED STATES FROM THE RHIZOSPHERE OF MEDICINAL HEMP
Nematropica, Skantar, A. M., Kantor, M. R., Carta, L. K., Hult, M. N., Handoo, Z. A., 2024

Understanding the dynamic interactions of root-knot nematodes and their host: role of plant growth promoting bacteria and abiotic factors
Frontiers in Plant Science, Habteweld, Alemayehu, Kantor, Mihail, Kantor, Camelia, Handoo, Zafar, 2024

Project Nematoda
Journal of Nematology, Kantor, Mihail, Eisenback, Jonathan, 2023

On a new species of needle nematode Longidorus (nematoda: Longidoridae) from Maryland and California, USA
Journal of Nematology, Handoo, Zafar, Kantor, Mihail, Subbotin, Sergei, 2023

Exploring the Latest Findings on Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Pennsylvania, with a Focus on the Northern American Beech Leaf Nematode
Journal of Nematology, Kantor, Mihail, Miles, Andrew, Crandall, Sharifa, Rosa, Cristina, 2023

Cellular insights of beech leaf disease reveal abnormal ectopic cell division of symptomatic interveinal leaf areas
PLoS One, Vieira, Paulo, Kantor, Mihail R., Jansen, Andrew, Handoo, Zafar A., Eisenback, Jonathan D., 2023

First Report of the Beech Leaf Disease Nematode Litylenchus crenatae mccannii (Nematoda: Anguinidae) in Michigan
Plant Disease, Vieira, Paulo, Kantor, Mihail R., Medina-Mora, Carmen M., Sakalidis, Monique L., Handoo, Zafar A., 2023

CURRENT STATUS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF PHYTOPARASITIC NEMATODES IN EGYPT
Nematropica, Ibrahim, Ibrahim, Kantor, Mihail, Handoo, Zafar, 2023

Molecular and morphological characterization of Tylenchus zeae n. sp. (Nematoda: Tylenchida) from Corn (Zea mays) in South Carolina
Journal of Nematology, Kantor, Mihail R., Handoo, Zafar A., Subbotin, Sergei A., Mowery, Joseph D., Hult, Maria N., Rogers, Stephen, Skantar, Andrea M., 2023

First report of barley root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne naasi from turfgrass in Idaho, with multigene molecular characterization
Journal of Nematology, Skantar, Andrea M., Handoo, Zafar A., Kantor, Mihail R., Hult, Maria N., 2023

Morphological and molecular characterisation of Longidorus patuxentensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Longidoridae) from Maryland and California, USA
Nematology, Kantor, Mihail R., Subbotin, Sergei A., Im, Bill, Handoo, Zafar A., 2023

CURRENT STATUS OF GENERA AND SPECIES OF PHYTOPARASITIC NEMATODES IN EGYPT
Nematropica, Ibrahim, I. K.A., Kantor, M., Handoo, Z. A., 2023

The Systematics, Morphological, and Molecular Characterization of Economically Important Plant–Parasitic Nematodes: A Themed Issue in Honor of Dr. Gary Bauchan
MDPI, Handoo, Zafar, Kantor, Mihail, 2022

First report of Punctodera sotonei Brzeski, 1998 (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) from Virginia, U.S.A., Handoo, Zafar, Kantor, Mihail, Subbotin, Sergei, Huse, Gregory, 2022

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

lant-parasitic nematodes associated with medical hemp in Maryland., Handoo, Zafar, Kantor, Mihail, Skantar, Andrea, Carta, Lynn, 2022

Microscopy and organismal associations of Litylenchus crenatae in beech leaf disease of Fagus grandifolia in Ohio, USA. Presented at the International Congress of Nematology, Carta, Lynn, Handoo, Zafar, Kantor, Mihail, Bauchan, Garry, Ochoa, Ron, Burke, David, 2022

Pathogenicity and control of Meloidogyne spp. on some spinach, Swiss chard, and table beet plant cultivars
Notulae Scientia Biologicae, Ibrahim, Ibrahim K., Handoo, Zafar A., Zeyadah, Sabren M.A., Kantor, Mihail, Kawanna, Maha A.I., 2022

Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Punctodera stonei
Journal of Nematology, Kantor, Mihail R., Subbotin, Sergei A., Huse, Gregory, Handoo, Zafar A., 2022

Top Ten Most Important U.S.-Regulated and Emerging Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
Horticulturae, Kantor, M, Handoo, Zafar, Kantor, Camelia, Carta, Lynn, 2022

Morphological Characterization of Fresh and 20-Yr-Old Fixed Nematode Specimens of Sauertylenchus maximus (Allen, 1955)
Journal of Nematology, Kantor, Mihail R., Vieira, Paulo, Skantar, Andrea M., Huse, Gregory, Handoo, Zafar A., 2022

PATHOGENICITY AND CONTROL OF THE CITRUS NEMATODE TYLENCHULUS SEMIPENETRANS ON CITRUS, GRAPE, OLIVE, LOQUAT, AND PERSIMMON SPECIES AND CULTIVARS
Nematropica, Ibrahim, I. K.A., Abu-Habib, A. H.A., Kantor, M., Handoo, Z. A., 2022

Molecular and morphological characterization of Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber, 1923) Skarbilovich, 1959 from Egypt
Notulae Scientia Biologicae, Haroon, Sanaa A., Handoo, Zafar, Kantor, Mihail, Skantar, Andrea, Hult, Maria, 2021

Festulolium and fungal endophyte associations: Host status for Meloidogyne incognita and nematotoxic plant extracts
Journal of Nematology, Meyer, Susan L.F., Patchett, Brian J., Gillanders, Timothy J., Kantor, Mihail R., Timper, Patricia, MacDonald, Margaret H., 2021

First report of Seville root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne hispanica (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae) in the USA and North America
Journal of Nematology, Skantar, Andrea M., Handoo, Zafar A., Subbotin, Sergei A., Kantor, Mihail R., Vieira, Paulo, Agudelo, Paula, Hult, Maria N., Rogers, Stephen, 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, Handoo, Zafar A., Skantar, Andrea M., Subbotin, Sergei A., Kantor, Mihail R., Hult, Maria N., Grabowski, Michelle, 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, Handoo, Zafar Ahmad, Kantor, Mihail Radu, Khan, Ekramullah, 2021

Morphological and molecular characterization of Paratylenchus beltsvillensis n. sp. (Tylenchida: Paratylenchidae) from the rhizosphere of pine tree (Pinus virginiana Mill) in Maryland, USA
Journal of Nematology, Kantor, Mihail R., Handoo, Zafar A., Subbotin, Sergei A., Bauchan, Gary R., Mowery, Joseph D., 2021

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

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

First report of Cactodera milleri Graney and Bird, 1990 from Colorado and Minnesota
Journal of Nematology, Skantar, Andrea M., Handoo, Zafar A., Kantor, Mihail R., Hafez, Saad L., Hult, Maria N., Kromroy, Kathryn, Sigurdson, Kimberly, Grabowski, Michelle, 2021

Molecular and morphological characterization of the amaryllis lesion nematode, Pratylenchus hippeastri (Inserra et al., 2007), from California
Journal of Nematology, Handoo, Zafar A., Skantar, Andrea M., Kantor, Mihail R., Hafez, Saad L., Hult, Maria N., 2021

Description of Trichodorus marylandi n. sp. (Nematoda: Trichodoridae) from Maryland, USA
Nematology, Decraemer, Wilfrida, Kantor, Mihail R., Handoo, Zafar A., Subbotin, Sergei A., 2021

REACTIONS OF SOME SPINACH, SWISS CHARD, AND TABLE BEET CULTIVARS TO THE CYST NEMATODES HETERODERA SCHACHTII AND H. TRIFOLII
Nematropica, Ibrahim, I. K.A., Handoo, Z. A., Zeyadah, S. M.A., Kantor, M., Kawanna, M. A.I., 2021

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, Handoo, Zafar Ahmad, Kantor, Mihail Radu, Khan, Ekramullah, 2020

Chia: Host status for meloidogyne incognita and activity of plant extracts
Plant Disease, Meyer, Susan L.F., MacDonald, Margaret H., Reetz, Nathan D., Kantor, Mihail R., Carta, Lynn K., Handoo, Zafar A., Camp, Mary J., Phillips, Tim D., 2020

Taxonomy and identification of principal foliar nematode species (Aphelenchoides and litylenchus)
Plants, Handoo, Zafar, Kantor, Mihail, Carta, Lynn, 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, Reed, Sharon E., Greifenhagen, Sylvia, Yu, Qing, Hoke, Adam, Burke, David J., Carta, Lynn K., Handoo, Zafar A., Kantor, Mihail R., Koch, Jennifer, 2020

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

Molecular and morphological characterization of the alfalfa cyst nematode, Heterodera medicaginis, from Utah
Journal of Nematology, Handoo, Zafar A., Skantar, Andrea M., Hafez, Saad L., Kantor, Mihail R., Hult, Maria N., Rogers, Stephen A., 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 Punctodera
Nematology, Kantor, Mihail R., Handoo, Zafar A., Skantar, Andrea M., Hult, Maria N., Ingham, Russell E., Wade, Nadine M., Ye, Weimin, Bauchan, Gary R., Mowery, Joseph D., 2020

Characterization of Vittatidera zeaphila (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) from Indiana with molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus
Journal of Nematology, Skantar, Andrea M., Handoo, Zafar A., Kantor, Mihail R., Carta, Lynn K., Faghihi, Jamal, Ferris, Virginia, 2020

Evaluation of some plant species for their resistance against root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp.
Pakistan Journal of Nematology, Ibrahim, I. K.A., Handoo, Z. A., Zid, A. M., Kantor, M. R., 2019

Reaction of oat and wheat cultivars and poaceous grasses to the cyst nematode heterodera goldeni
Nematropica, Ibrahim, I. K.A., Awd-Allah, S. F.A., Handoo, Z. A., Khalil, A. E., Kantor, M., 2019

First report of the cactus cyst nematode, Cactodera cacti, from a cactus garden in Idaho
Journal of Nematology, Skantar, Andrea M., Handoo, Zafar A., Kantor, Mihail R., Hult, Maria N., Hafez, Saad A., 2019

List of type specimens deposited since 1998 in the United States department of agriculture nematode collection, Beltsville, Maryland
Journal of Nematology, Handoo, Zafar A., Kantor, Mihail R., Carta, Lynn K., Chitwood, David J., 2018

NMR analysis reveals a wealth of metabolites in Root-Knot nematode resistant roots of Citrullus amarus watermelon plants
Journal of Nematology, Kantor, Mihail, Levi, Amnon, Thies, Judith, Guner, Nihat, Kantor, Camelia, Parnham, Stuart, Boroujerdi, Arezue, 2018