Publications

2024

  • Counting nematodes made easy: Leveraging AI-powered automation for enhanced efficiency and precision.
    Kanan K. Saikai, Trim Bresilla, Janne Kool, Norbert de Ruijter and Casper van Schaik
    Published online: Front. Plant Sci

2023

  • Prevalence of pest nematodes associated with soybean (Glycine max) in Wisconsin from 1998 to 2021 MacGuidwin, A. E., Smith, D. L., Conley, S. P., and Saikai, K.
    Published online: Journal of Nematology

  • Biocontrol-based strategies for improving soil health and managing plant-parasitic nematodes in coffee production.
    Saikai, K. K., Oduori, C., Situma, W., Njoroge, S., Murunde, R., Haukeland, S., and Coyne, D. 2023. Biocontrol-based strategies for improving soil health and managing plant-parasitic nematodes in coffee production. Front. Plant Sci. 14:1196171. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1196171.

  • Nematode Problems in Maize and Their Sustainable Management
    Lopez-Nicora, H., Peng, D., Saikai, K., and Rashidifard, M. 2023. “Nematode Problems in Maize and Their Sustainable Management” in Nematode Diseases of Crops and Their Sustainable Management, edited by R. M. Khan and M. Quintanilla, London, UK: Elsevier.

2022

  • Impact of Pratylenchus penetrans for soybean grown in Wisconsin, USA.
    Saikai, K. and A. E. MacGuidwin.
    Published online: Plant Disease

2021

  • Revisiting the modified Baermann extraction method: extraction efficiency of Radopholus similis using different extraction materials.
    Saikai, K., S. Wanjala, C. Oduori, and D. Coyne.: Nematology

  • Pratylenchus smoliki, a new Nematode Species (Pratylenchidae: Tylenchomorpha) from the Great Plains Region of North America.
    Powers, T., T. Todd, T. Harris, R. Higgins, A. MacGuidwin, P. Mullin, M. Ozbayrak, K. Powers, and K. Saikai. 2021.
    Published online: Journal of Nematology

2020

  • Intraspecific variation in phenological and phylogenetic features among Pratylenchus penetrans isolates from Wisconsin, USA.
    Saikai, K. and A. E. MacGuidwin.: Journal of Nematology

  • Difference in lesion formation by male and female Pratylenchus penetrans
    Saikai, K. and A. E. MacGuidwin.: Journal of Nematology

  • Prevalence of the root lesion nematode virus (RLNV1) in populations of Pratylenchus penetrans from North America.
    Vieira, P., A. Peetz, B. Mimee, K. Saikai, D. Mollov, A. MacGuidwin, I. Zasada, L. G. Nemchinov
    Published online on May 2020: Journal of Nematology

2019

  • First report of Pratylenchus fallax on soybean in Wisconsin
    Saikai, K., Z. A. Handoo, and A. E. MacGuidwin
    Published Online on 12 Apr 2019: Plant Disease

  • First report of Pratylenchus alleni on soybean in Wisconsin
    Saikai, K. and A. E. MacGuidwin.
    Published Online on 22 Apr 2019: Plant Disease

2015

Note: Kutsuwa is my maiden name.