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  1. Microscopic roundworms form specialized feeding tubes to sequester nutrients from their plant hosts.

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, February 2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Melissa Mitchum

  2. A major role of class III HD-ZIPs in promoting sugar beet cyst nematode parasitism in Arabidopsis

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, November 2024, PLOS

    Melissa Mitchum

  3. Phytonematode peptide effectors exploit a host post‐translational trafficking mechanism to the ER using a novel translocation signal

    Article • New Phytologist, July 2020, Wiley

    Melissa Mitchum