Nematology Newsletter 62-2

Nematology Newsletter
An Official Publication of the Society of Nematologists
Business NOT as Usual
June 2016
Volume 62, Issue 2
Table of Contents
From the President - 1-3
Annual Meeting - 4
Tentative Program - 5-16
Meetings of Interests - 16
Election Results - 16
Cyst Workshop - 17
ESN Meeting - 17-18
Open Position at UF - 18
Brazilian Society Report - 19
News from Israel - 20
Letter to the Editors - 21
Classic Reprint - 22-24
Open Position in Brazil - 24
Nematode Resources - 25
Media & Cobb Foundation - 26
Nema Trading Cards - 27-28
The SON has had a “business office” for decades. Back
in the olden days of our Society the workload of dealing
with journal subscriptions and membership registrations became unmanageable, and so we hired a business
office to help with the daily chores. Remember when we
used snail mail to send out ballots? Remember when
we printed membership directories and newsletters and
snail-mailed them to our members? Remember institutional and individual journal subscriptions and print
copies of the journal? Yeah, managing all of that was a
lot of work. So, back in the olden days we hired a “business office” to take care of it. Sure, it was expensive,
but it was justified by the amount of work, and the revenue stream that the journal generated.
From the President
Hi folks!
While you’ve been cranking out amazing science, communicating it to the public, and teaching it your (our)
students, there have been some important things happening behind the scenes in the Society of Nematologists. Here are a few of the highlights:
But then we shifted gears big time. We created a web
page that allowed our members to establish or renew
their membership with a few mouse clicks and a credit
card – completely bypassing the business office. We
shifted to an open access, electronic journal, which obviated the need for a business office to manage journal
subscriptions. We conducted voting and other society
business electronically. Essentially, the SON evolved
its business model such that tasks that used to take 10
hours a week now take only 10 hours a month (actually,
even less for most months – more during registration
drives and meeting registrations, but far less the rest of
the year). On top of that, many of the business office
tasks were redundant with tasks that are assigned to
members of the executive board – we were paying the business office to maintain a membership database that the SON web editor also maintained, and perform tasks that the secretary, web editor and treasurer also performed.
So, yeah, for the past 5 years or so we pretty much didn’t need a business office. So why were we paying so much for so little all that time? You guessed it
– even if there isn’t that much to do, who else is going to do it? And we’d become so accustomed to the business office “taking care of things” that frankly we
didn’t even know what we were paying them to do, and we were afraid to find
out. Who has the courage to take a peek behind the curtain and see what’s been
going on? If we terminate our “professional” business office, who is willing to
step up and take on the business office responsibilities?
Enter Dr. Stephen H. Thomas. Distinguished Professor. Nematologist. Superstar. That’s right, folks. Your past president is performing a self-sacrificing
feasibility study to determine whether our Society can return to its roots as an
all-volunteer organization.
Thanks to Steve’s gumption, hard work, and love for this Society, we’re finally
addressing a long-overdue issue that will vastly improve our financial standing.
Our goal with this project is to find out what our society really needs from its
“business office” to provide value to our members, and develop a sustainable
path forward that distributes these duties most efficiently among our current
organizational structure. The results of this experiment are just beginning to
emerge, stay tuned
Presidential Support
You know how every now and then you see a press release that includes a statement like, “the presidents of over 1,000 scientific societies support this initiative”? In the past few months I’ve used my executive power to sign on in
support of several of these types of initiatives, including legislation that would
increase funding of basic and applied scientific research, improve support for
biological collections, and programs aimed at educating governmental bodies
and the general public about the importance of soil biodiversity and the realities
of climate change. When I write these letters of support, I take great pleasure in
mentioning specific roles and contributions that members of our Society have
made to these bodies of knowledge. Members of our Society have used competitive, public funding to generate knowledge that has fundamentally changed
how we feed the world, how we study the world, our place in the world, and how
to create a more sustainable, healthy, and meaningful future. We are a power
for good. Nematologists rock!
Poutine, not Routine: Attache ta tuque!
Enfin! J’t’après mourir de faim! Boy oh boy, I can’t wait to drop into a mom and
pop casse-croûtes and dig into a plate of french-fries topped with cheese curd and
smothered in gravy. You think that’s a weird combination of flavors? Lâche pas la
patate!
That’s right – I can’t wait to go to the SON meetings this summer in Montreal!
Because we’re meeting jointly with ONTA (formerly OTAN, for those of you old
enough to remember), the upcoming SON meetings will be twice as good! (2 X
Nematology = Awesome!). If you haven’t already, please get to the meeting web
page and get all set up to take in a full-blown, life-changing scientific experience
– among friends! Nothing better!
To Tweet or not to Tweet – Is that a Question?
Keeping your finger on the pulse of the coolest and lamest developments in nematology has never been easier. Thanks to our volunteer social media master
Andrea Skantar, and lots of savvy SON members, there’s no excuse for being in
the dark when it comes to the latest buzz on nematofauna. Get your head out
of the sand. Muck soil, you say? Either way, pull your head out and get plugged
into the SON Facebook and Twitter feeds so you’ll know what’s happening in the
world of all cool-stuff-nematological. Bazinga!
From Havana to Antibes
As you may have heard, the 2020 IFNS Congress will be held in Antibes, France.
It’s a fantastic venue, and the science is sure to be equally spectacular. As you
know, we put in a preliminary bid to host the meetings in Cuba. Given the fluctuating political environment, a lot of details about the ease of putting together a
meeting of this magnitude could not be nailed down in time for us to package up
a competitive, compelling bid. I am optimistic that there is a bright spot in the
SON’s future that includes an IFNS Congress in Cuba. As disappointed as I am
that we couldn’t put together a more competitive bid, the process of trying to pull
it together generated a lot of positive energy, particularly between the SON and
our many Latin American partners. Our joint meeting with ONTA places this in
sharp focus, and I hope that we can use this momentum to facilitate even more
opportunities for future scientific collaboration and exchange.
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Nematology: I’m not Spartacus, I’m a Nematologist
tions and social problems.
Back in the late Pleistocene, when I was a grad student, there was a lot of handwringing over the future of nematology. Nematology departments were being
downsized and sequestered into other academic units. The number of industry representatives at our meetings was in sharp decline, along with financial
contributions that supported mixers, workshops, student travel, and prestigious
awards. Submissions to the Journal of Nematology were down. Nematology
positions in academia were going away, and they weren’t coming back. Word on
the street was that nematicidal chemistries had been perfected, and even better,
antihelminthic plant genetics was almost there. Nematologists, or anyone with
advanced training in nematode anatomy, taxonomy, physiology, ecology, behavior and management would soon be obsolete. Nozzleheads and Gene Jockeys
were all the world needed to solve the world’s nematode problems. And there
I was – a first-year nematology graduate student at the SON meetings, and the
mood around the watering hole was as if we were a bunch of dinosaurs who
knew that a meteor was about to strike the earth.
Where are they now? They have taken up positions in diverse academic departments (agronomy, horticulture, weed science, landscape design, environmental
science, plant science, animal science, zoology, botany, parasitology, biology,
microbiology, cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, medicine, ecology, evolutionary biology, physiology, behavior, genomics, bioinformatics, etc.). They
are teachers and educators, legislators, program managers, outreach coordinators, product engineers, consultants and entrepreneurs. We might not see them
at our meetings every year, but I certainly feel better about the state of the world
knowing that some of my students who have gone on to be doctors, growers, administrators, dentists and yes, even lawyers, know what nematodes are and why
they are important on more than a superficial level.
Fast-forward 20 years: How vibrant and relevant is the science of nematology
today? Well, I suppose that depends on your perspective. I certainly don’t see
new nematology departments or faculty lines popping up all over the place, if
that’s your metric of success. Are we continuing to give our students obsolete
training in a discipline that is going extinct? It certainly doesn’t seem that way
to me. The number of students attending and presenting their research at our
meetings continues to be robust, and the science they are doing is innovative
and meaningful. And like dandelions, our students are popping up in plum
positions all over the place – even in places you might not expect them. They’ve
put the training they received in nematology into their toolboxes, and it’s served
them well as they’ve successfully competed for, and even created diverse positions in industry and academia.
As we look around us now, the science of nematology is more widespread,
abundant, and relevant than it ever was. Back in the olden days, a student with
advanced training in nematology was often perceived to be qualified for only
a narrow range of disciplinary vocations. Nowadays our students are highlyprized blue-chip candidates for positions in an amazing array of occupations.
To be sure, they are still making the most of those few plum nematology positions in industry and at prestigious public universities. But it is becoming more
and more common to find them taking the lead in their professions by plying
their backgrounds in nematology to successfully tackle age-old scientific ques-
I am convinced that despite the decline in dedicated nematology positions in academia, the science of nematology is growing and expanding its influence. Several
years ago Diana Wall and I hosted Dr. Arden Bement, world-renown engineer and
then Director of the National Science Foundation, on an impromptu visit to our
lab in McMurdo Station, Antarctica. As I mechanically started into some of the
standard nematode talking points, he beamed at us and excitedly blurted, “Oh yes,
I know all about nematodes! I was a member of the “Friends of Nematodes Club”
back in college. It was a hoot!” Well, how about that. Good to know that even
folks at the very top of NSF know a thing or two about nematode worms and why
they are important. And on more than a superficial level, I might add!
As a faculty member in a basic biology department, I certainly didn’t end up with
one of those plum nematology positions at a prestigious university. But I still get
to study and teach about nematodes, in all their glory, and feel like I’m making
the world a better place for it. What a gig! In closing, I conjure the famous scene
from the 1960 movie “Sparticus” (starring Kirk Douglas as Spartacus): I imagine
all of those folks in disparate vocations across the globe, all nematologists in training and at heart, all shouting a cacophonous and unifying chorus of “I am a Nematologist!” Yeah baby!
See you in Montreal – and bring your A-game!
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Joint Meeting
Society of Nematologists
&
Organization of Tropical
American Nematologists
Montreal, Canada
July 17-21
The Society of Nematologists and Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America will
be hosting a joint meeting in 2016. We are just
beginning planning a great conference for July
17-21, 2016 in Montreal Canada fitting for the
meeting of the Americas. The meeting kicks off
with registration and a social on July 17, followed by two days of technical programs, a 1
day tour, and then closes with a one day technical program and awards banquet on July 21.
The Chair of the technical program committee
is headed by Patricia Timper (patricia.timper@
ars.usda.gov) for SON and Ignacio Cid del Prado Vera ([email protected]) for ONTA. The preliminary technical program is included in the
pages that follow.
The local arrangement committee is headed by
Benjamin Mimee ([email protected]),
Guy Belair ([email protected]), and Mario
Tenuta ([email protected]). These
three have already started planning a great conference.
Please visit the meeting website often for updated information: http://soilecology.ca/SONONTA2016/Program/index.html.
Welcome SON and OTAN Members!
Welcome SON and OTAN Members!
Montreal, Canada
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The tentative program for the joint meeting of the Society of Nematologists and the Organization of Tropical American Nematologists
is presented to help you plan your time during the meeting. Items highlighted in yellow remain to be determined.
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The tentative program for the joint meeting of the Society of Nematologists and the Organization of Tropical American Nematologists
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The tentative program for the joint meeting of the Society of Nematologists and the Organization of Tropical American Nematologists
is presented to help you plan your time during the meeting. Items highlighted in yellow remain to be determined.
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The tentative program for the joint meeting of the Society of Nematologists and the Organization of Tropical American Nematologists
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The tentative program for the joint meeting of the Society of Nematologists and the Organization of Tropical American Nematologists
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The tentative program for the joint meeting of the Society of Nematologists and the Organization of Tropical American Nematologists
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The tentative program for the joint meeting of the Society of Nematologists and the Organization of Tropical American Nematologists
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The tentative program for the joint meeting of the Society of Nematologists and the Organization of Tropical American Nematologists
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Meetings of Interest to Nematologists:
July 17-21: Joint Meeting of the SON and ONTA. Montreal, Québec,
Canada
http://soilecology.ca/SONONTA2016/index.html
July 17-21: XVII International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe
Interaction. Portland, OR, USA
http://www.ismpmi.org/congress/2016/Pages/default.aspx
July 24-28: The International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and
Microbial Control and the 49th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology. Tours, Loire Valley, France
http://www.sipweb.org/meetings.html
July 30 – August 3, 2016: APS Annual Meeting. Tampa, FL, USA
http://www.apsnet.org/meetings/annual/Pages/default.aspx
August 10 - 13, 2016: The 13th Chinese Nematology Symposium, Kunming City, Unnan Province, China
August 22 - 26, 2016: The 27th International Colloquium on Soil Zoology and 14th International Colloquium on Apterygota, Nara, Japan
http://soilzoology.jp/icsz_ica2016/abstracts-submission/
SON Election Results
August 28 – September 1, 2016: 32nd International Symposium of
Nematology. Braga, Portugal
http://esn2016braga.com/
Congratulations are in order for the following candidates:
SON Vice President - Billy Crow
SON Treasurer - Kathy Lawrence
Cobb Foundation Chair - Richard Davis
Cobb Foundation Vice-Chair - Nathan Schroeder
The Society gives a HUGE thanks to all of you that made this a successful election. The tally was extremely close and the society thanks all of the candidates
that were willing to serve the SON.
April 10 – 14, 2017: The 8th International Scientific Seminar on Plant
Health, for Cuban Agriculture Transition to Sustainability. Havana,
Cuba (download a brochure about the meeting here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ap3kkhvu8o8gmrr/The%208th%20International%20Scientific%20Seminar%20on%20Plant%20Health.pdf?dl=0)
http://www.inisav.cu
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WORKSHOP:
Morphological and Molecular Diagnostics of Globodera spp.
Joint Meeting of the Society of Nematologists and Organization of Tropical
American Nematologists
* Globodera species: current systematics and phylogeography. Dr.
Sergei Subbotin.
* Morphological diagnostics of potato cyst nematodes (Globodera
spp.). Dr. Zafar Handoo.
* Using molecular identification methods for Globodera species. Dr.
Vivian Blok.
* Globodera spp: Identification, distribution and hosts in the Andean
regions. Dr. Javier Franco.
* Globodera species of quarantine and non-quarantine relevance in
Chile: diagnostics and distributions. Dr. Ingrid Moreno.
The 32nd Symposium of the European Society of Nematologists will take place at
the Gualtar Campus of the University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, from August 28
to September 1, 2016. This symposium is an international forum to gather researchers from around the world, to share and discuss their findings regarding the
broad and interdisciplinary field of Nematology. Scientific sessions topics are: Applications of EPN in agriculture; Biocontrol of plant parasitic nematodes; Ecology
and genetics of nematode communities; EPN biology & diversity; Intraspecific diversification and genetic structure of nematode populations; Nematodes as bio-indicator in terrestrial, fresh water and marine habitats; Nematode effectors including suppressors of host plant resistance; Nematode genomics and transcriptomics;
Nematode systematics and taxonomy; Molecular basis of nematode resistance and
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Program: July 21, 2016, 10:30am-11:45am.
Questions/Discussions:
1. Selected case studies: examples submitted from the participants of the workshop. Please email your questions, protocols, gel pictures related to problems
with the identification of Globodera spp. in your laboratory to Dr. Janete Brito.
They will be used as the backbone for our discussions.
2. Perspectives for developing molecular diagnostic protocols and strengthening interactions between laboratories and countries.
Contact: Dr. Janete Brito, FDACS/DPI, Gainesville, FL, USA: [email protected].
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Open Position: University of Florida
Nematology Graduate Student
University of Minho - Rectory
avirulence; Phylogeny and parasitism evolution in nematodes; Plant hormone/
metabolite manipulations by nematodes; Plant-mediated interactions between
nematodes and other organisms; Plant parasitic nematodes management in
temperate crops - integrated control strategies; Plant parasitic nematodes management in temperate crops – methodology; Plant parasitic nematode management in tropical and arid crops; Plant response to nematode infection (compatible); PWN biology and epidemiology; Quarantine aspects and management
of PWN in the EU; Quarantine aspects in nematology; Sensory perception and
communication; Species delineation, molecular barcodes and diagnostics; Sustainable management of plant resistance and nematode adaptation; Synthetic
and natural compounds for nematode control. Further information about the
event is provided on the website esnbraga2016.com.
A graduate student assistantship is available in Dr. Zane Grabau’s nematology lab
in the Department of Entomology and Nematology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida. Florida’s $8 billion agricultural industry
produces a wide variety of crops, but also faces a wide variety of highly damaging
plant-parasitic nematodes making it one of the
most important and interesting places to conduct nematology research. Lab research focuses
primarily on plant-parasitic nematode management in Florida agronomic (cotton, peanuts,
corn, etc.) and horticulture (fruit and vegetable)
systems including strategies ranging from biocontrol to crop rotation to pesticide application.
Lab research also seeks to improve nematode
management through better understanding of
plant-parasitic nematode ecology. Other lab research activities include investigating soil ecology through analysis of the entire nematode community. The University of Florida
houses one of the largest and most prestigious nematology programs in the world,
so graduate students benefit from being trained by a wide range of expert faculty
alongside a numerous and talented pool of nematology students. Pay for the assistantship is competitive and includes benefits. Contact Dr. Zane Grabau at [email protected] for more information. University of Florida/IFAS is An Equal Opportunity Institution.
In name of the Organizing Committee: Maria Teresa Almeida and Isabel
Abrantes
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Report from the Brazilian Society of
Nematologists
From June 12-17, the Brazilian Society of Nematology (SBN: http://nematologia.
com.br) gathered a crowd of nearly 250 nematologists, mainly plant nematologists, and including a very high number of graduate students, in Petrolina, Pernambuco, in the heartland of NE Brazil, in a very dynamic agricultural area, the
S. Francisco River Valley (VSF), which is responsible for producing nearly 90%
of Brazil´s fruits. Nematodes are responsible for over USD$ 10 billion in losses
to the main Brazilian crops (mainly soybean). A new online, downlodable pdf
Nematology textbook (in Portuguese) by LC Ferraz and DJF Brown, was also
presented (http://docentes.esalq.usp.br/sbn/ferbro/FerrazBrown2016.pdf). An
interesting new disease of soybean (“soja louca”, or "crazy soybean", caused by
Aphelenchoides besseyi) was also reported. The meeting was jointly organized by
EMBRAPA/ Semiárido ( https://www.embrapa.br/semiarido ) and 2 universities:
UNIVASF (http://www.univasf.edu.br/english/ ) and UFRPE (http://www.ufrpe.
br/br ). The general coordinator Dr. José Mauro Castro, his local collaborators,
and the President of SBN, prof. Ricardo Souza are to be highly commended for
a great nematological meeting. Next year, the SBN meeting will be in Vitória,
ES. (Report and photographs by Manuel M. Mota)
Participants in the annual meeting of the Society of Brazilian Nematologists, in Petrolina,
Pernambuco, Brazil
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News from Israel
Sigal Brown Miyara's lab,
The Plant Protection Institute,
The ARO Volcani Center; Israel
[email protected]
The long-term goal of our research is to reduce the damage caused by plant
parasitic nematodes in Agriculture. Safety and environmental concerns of toxic nematicides along with lack of natural resistance sources emphasize the need
to identify genes and signal mechanisms that determine whether the plant host
is susceptible or resistant to nematodes. Our program focuses on applied and
basic research, which are
progressed side by side
to accomplish our goals.
At the basic research we
are interested in identifying the molecular genetic
processes controlling the
plant response to parasitic nematodes. For that
purpose we are studying host factors, which
affect the regulation of
nematode development
in planta. Specifically we
are interested in the role
of oxygenated fatty acids
derivatives called oxylipins in regulating plant defense response. Ultimately,
our studies should lead to creating plants where nematode-inhibiting trait will
be engineered. Likewise nematode effectors are being studied for their involvement in regulating disease development. At the applied research our study is
mainly focuses on the developing of new strategies and approached to reduce
nematode damage at the short term these include the use of chemicals, biological control agents and existing resistance sources. At the field of developing
new biological control agents against plant-parasitic nematodes several projects
are being studies intensively. We are a multi-disciplinary team with different backgrounds and looking to different approaches to help the Israeli agriculture. Our
lab has an on-going collaboration and student exchange with the Faculty of Agriculture (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem), which includes a teaching course
on Plant Nematode-Interaction. Our collaborations with Weizmann Institute also
complement our research, which have been attracting different students around
the world for completion or continuation with their own studies. We are always
looking for new opportunities and students that intend to proceed their careers
in Nematology. If you are one of those, don’t hesitate to reach out to our lab for
potential grants or new opportunities (www. http://app.agri.gov.il/sighor/NemLab.
htm)
(Pictured from left to right) Ynon Mazar, Prof. Yitzhak Spiegel (90 days from retirement), Dr.
Payal Sanadhya (India), Orly Oren, Dr. Sigal Brown Miyara, Nathalia Fitoussi, Ofer Slonim, Dr.
Patricia Buci, Dr. Bharathiraja Chinnapandi (India); Shani Gabay, and Fatta Gurung (Nepal)
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Letter to the Editors
A misunderstanding of the life-cycle of the root-knot nematodes.
Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) cause billions of dollars of losses to numerous crop plants all over the world, making them the most commonly studied group
of plant-parasitic nematodes on the planet. Unfortunately a slight misunderstanding
of their life-cycle has been introduced into the literature. The infective, vermiform
second-stage juvenile rapidly swells into a sedentary, sausage-shape that rapidly undergoes two molts into the third and fourth-stage juveniles. These stages are morphologically similar to that of the swollen second-stage juvenile, except that in the male
fourth-stage becomes vermiform once again. The illustrations of several life stages,
wrongly show the third-stage juvenile as a slightly swollen vermiform and the fourth-stage juvenile as a sausage-shaped. Both of these forms could be various forms of the
second-stage. The only way to determine the stage of the juvenile is to count the number of casted cuticles. If there is one, it is a third-stage and if there are two, it is a fourth-stage.
This life cycle in uses the wrong shape of the third-stage juvenile. Both the third
and fourth-stage juveniles are swollen, sausage-shaped.
Sincerely yours,
J. D. Eisenback
These drawings of the life-stages of the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne spp., incorrectly show
the third-stage juvenile as a slightly swollen vermiform and the fourth-stage as a sausage-shaped
form. Both of these forms may be second-stage juveniles. Third and fourth-stage juveniles appear
the same as the swollen, sausage-shaped form. The only way to identify these stages is to count the
number of cast cuticles.
This life cycle has been corrected to show that the second-stage juvenile changes
from a vermiform to a sausage shape, and that the third and fourth-stage juveniles
are morhologicaly similar.
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gronomica
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Open position: Brazil
Agronomica Brazil
We are looking for a nematologist with general training in molecular and
morphological determination of plant-parasitic nematodes. The salary will be
according the profile of the candidate. Please, send your CV and other information. Ph.D. Plant Health Valmir Duarte (www.agronomicabr.com.br;
[email protected])
These two eggs of soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines, were photographed at
the same magnification. One is nearly two times longer than the other. The cause and
the outcome of this phenomenon remains unexplained (photograph by Eisenback).
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Pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus
This high resolution mosaic photomicrograph of an adult male and female pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus free resource from the Nematology Newsletter and the Society of Nematologists. You are welcome to download a full high resolution version of this photograph from the NNL dropbox website posted on the previous page.
Please credit J. D. Eisenback if you want to use it on a website or in a publication.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l1xbntyzse2ji1l/AADiPFM3gLy8rbH0lxkdVaCma?dl=0
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Officers
N. A. Cobb Foundation
Society of Nematologists
President: Byron Adams
President Elect: Patty Timper
Vice President: Nancy Kokalis-Burelle
Past-President: Stephen Thomas
Secretary: Koon-Hui Wang
Treasurer: Senyu Chen
Executive Members: Axel Elling, Horacio Lopez-Nicora, Paulo Vieira
Editor-In-Chief: Andrea Skantar
Website Editor: Roxana Myers
Newsletter Editors: Jon Eisenback, Paulo Vieira
Chair: Terry Niblack
Vice Chair: David Shapiro
Secretary: Janete Brito
Treasurer: Axel Ellling
Members: Byron Adams, Senyu Chen, Nancy
Kokalis-Burelle, Koon-Hui Wang
We wish to express our gratitude to the following companies
who support our society and contribute to its continued
growth:
Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube by clicking on the appropriate logo.
Dear Nematology Newsletter Readers and SON members:
Since students are the future of our discipline, please consider supporting the Nathan A. Cobb Nematology Foundation: http://www.crec.ifas.ufl.edu/societies/nacobb/projects.shtml. The foundation’s primary purpose is to raise money to provide travel for students to scientific meetings. Please make a generous contribution to the Foundation with your tax-deductible contribution
when you renew your SON membership at http://www.nematologists.org/products/.
The SON website is up and running and available for you to renew your membership dues for 2016. If you are not a member please consider joinging our society online and pay your dues as
soon as possible.
You can now generate donations to the Nathan A. Cobb Nematology Foundation every time you make a purchase through Amazon.com. It won’t cost you anything! Amazon has created the
AmazonSmile Foundation to support 501(c)3 organizations, and when you shop at AmazonSmile, they will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to the Nathan A. Cobb Nematology Foundation.
Please bookmark the link http://smile.amazon.com/ (select Nathan A. Cobb Nematology Foundation) and support the future of nematology every time you shop at Amazon.
Jon Eisenback and Paulo Vieira, Editors — Nematology Newsletter
Please submit your contributions to the Nematology Newsletter at the following email address:
[email protected]
Most of the photographs and the classic reprint contained in this newsletter are available for download as high resolution images at the following URL:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l1xbntyzse2ji1l/AADiPFM3gLy8rbH0lxkdVaCma?dl=0
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Nematode trading Cards
Instructions:
Print the front
and back of
these nema
trading cards
on the same
page, carefully
cut them out,
and share
them with
your students,
family, and
friends.
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