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Melissa G Mitchum Lab

Plant-Nematode Interactions

Review Articles

Members of the Mitchum lab are in bold (with the following designations: §post-doctoral researcher, £graduate student, undergraduate student, ‡research specialist).

  1. Goverse A and Mitchum MG. At the interface of molecular plant-nematode interactions: new players and emerging paradigms. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2022, 67:102225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2022.102225
  2. Mitchum MG and §Liu X. Peptide effectors in phytonematode parasitism and beyond. Annual Review of Phytopathology 2022, 60:97-119. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-021621-115932
  3. £Goode K and Mitchum MG. Pattern-triggered immunity against root-knot nematode infection: a minireview. Physiologia Plantarum 2022, 174:e13680. Special Issue on “Root Responses to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses” https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.13680
  4. Gheysen G and Mitchum MG. Phytoparasitic nematode control of plant hormone pathways. Plant Physiology 2019;179(4):1212-1226, Focus Issue on Biotic Stress https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.18.01067
  5. Mitchum MG. Soybean resistance to the soybean cyst nematode Heterodera glycines: an update. Phytopathology 2016;106(12):1444-1450.  https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-06-16-0227-RVW
  6. §Kandoth PK and Mitchum MG. War of the worms: how plants fight underground attacks. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2013;16: 457-463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2013.07.001
  7. Mitchum MG, Hussey RS, Davis EL, Baum TJ, Wang X, Elling AA, Wubbin M. Nematode effector proteins: an emerging paradigm of parasitism. Tansley Review, New Phytologist 2013;199: 879–894. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12323
  8. Hogenhout S, Mitchum MG, Smant G. Focus on molecular plant-nematode and plant-insect interactions. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 2013;26(1):8. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-26-01-0008
  9. Mitchum MG, Wang X, §Wang J, and Davis EL. The role of peptides and other small molecules in nematode parasitism. Annual Review of Phytopathology 2012;50:175-195. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-081211-173008
  10. Gheysen G and Mitchum MG. How nematodes manipulate plant development pathways for infection. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2011;14:1-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2011.03.012
  11. Mitchum MG, Wang X and Davis EL. Diverse and conserved roles of CLE peptides. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2008;11(1):75-81. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2007.10.010
  12. Davis EL, Hussey RS, Mitchum MG and Baum TJ. Parasitism proteins in nematode-plant interactions. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2008;11(4):360-366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pbi.2008.04.003
  13. Davis EL and Mitchum MG. Nematodes. Sophisticated parasites of legumes. Plant Physiology 2005;137(4):1182-1188. https://dx.doi.org/10.1104%2Fpp.104.054973