Deciphering the vectors: Unveiling the local dispersal of Litylenchus crenatae ssp. mccannii in the American beech (Fagus grandifolia) forest ecosystem

• Mankanwal Goraya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Camelia Kantor,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Paulo Vieira,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Mycology and Nematology Genetic Diversity and Biology Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5627-2628

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• Danielle Martin,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

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• Mihail Kantor

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mpk6148@psu.edu

  Affiliation Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7609-104X

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