Our new publication shows that guava growers in South FL are struggling with high prevalence of #guava root-knot #nematode due to very limited control options (specially nematicides) available for use. rdcu.be/dd0MQ

Faith Kipyegon has broken another World Record in Women's 5000m race (14:05.20) at the Paris Diamond League! Wow! Congratulations! #ParisDL #RadullKE

Our poster on diversity of #soybean RKN in Kenya in the on going conference #WSRC11.

Good to see @nemafrica alumni at #son2023. ORAGE CALVINCE of University of Idaho with a poster on banana paper technology trials in Kenya. PhD research presentations by Denis Gitonga of Florida State University on Integrated Management Strategies on PPNs and David Kihoro of @UnLincoln on Xiphinema.

Microbes Inc. sponsored graduate student travel awards at #SON2023. Thank you to Microbes Inc. and congratulations to this year's award winners!

Please RT… Our lab in Fort Lauderdale, FL is looking for a Biological Scientist to work on nematodes. This is a permanent job. Interested please use the link below to apply: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/5280…

A New Root-Knot Nematode species, Meloidogyne karsseni n. sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae), From Mexico and a Taxonomic Update on M. paranaensis From Guatemala dlvr.it/Sxr54x

A major milestone completed - passed my PhD qualifying exams 🥳. I’m now a doctoral candidate!! I’m grateful to my advisor Hajihassani Nematology Lab and all my committee members for their support and guidance. #PhD

Anatomical changes caused by root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita in Ridge gourd root. A- Nematode invaded B- Normal root Nematological Society of India, New Delhi Society of Nematologists Active Plant Nematologists UF crop nematology UC Davis Entomology and Nematology Sampathgowda M R YNN ~ Young Nematologists Network

The Basic Crash Course in Nematology, #BCCN2023 kicked off yesterday with the UGent students together with NemAfrica welcoming the participants in the morning and conducting some field activities in the afternoon. The course will go on throughout the week icipe duduville campus

Happy International Women’s Day. On this day, NemAfrica honors our mentor and supervisor Solveig Haukeland #InvestinWomen, #accelerate #progress.

For her continued support, belief and dedication towards empowering NemAfrica, we honor and appreciate Prof @CortadaLaura #InvestinWomen, #accelerate #progress.

Class field trip. Today we visited UF Nematology alum Ruhiyyih with BASF in Morrisville NC and also Syngenta Crop Protection in Greensboro NC.

Meet our lab members participating and representing our lab at #SON2024 Annual Meeting in Park City, Utah.

UF Nematology alumni and current grad students at #SON2024

UFs team NemaGators came in second place in the Cobb Bowl graduate student competition. Great job guys!

Sharing our newest publication on another tropical fruit host for Meloidogyne enterolobii in Florida. #nematode #dragonfruit bsppjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Congratulations, Dr. Denis Gitonga! Proud moment for our lab as you defended your PhD in Nematology at the University of Florida this afternoon!

I'm delighted to advertise our new fully funded PhD project: Can regenerative farming techniques increase the biocontrol potential of entomopathogenic nematodes against the cabbage stem flea beetle? Supervisors: Fisayo Daramola, Neil Havis, Matthew Back 🇺🇦. e4-dtp.ed.ac.uk/e5-dtp/supervi…

Denis Gitonga is our new Regulatory Nematologist with the Florida Department of Agriculture, I think they hired a good one!