Active Nematologists Active Plant Nematologists being represented at Society of Nematologists #SON2024

Super happy to have been able to share our work on arthropod pests and predators of California hemp fields and attend some awesome talks at the Cannabis Research Conference in Ft. Collins, CO. Thanks to the organizers for this neat event!

Are you a California hemp grower, or know one? Please fill out our CA hemp questionnaire and share! #cannabis #CannabisCommunity #hemp #pests #farm #californiaag #agriculture

It's happening, and all are welcome to the first of six workshops on Visualizing Science! Online and free for all. (We do not have plans to record the workshops.) Please register here: tinyurl.com/SciVizWorkshop

Exploring and exploiting the rice phytobiome to tackle climate change challenges #review #PlantCommunications cell.com/plant-communic…

Awesome workshop at Kearney on the Biology and Identification of Phytoseiid Predatory Mites in Agriculture hosted by D. Sandipa Gautam, Dr. Beth Grafton-Cardwell, and David Haviland. Learned so much today! #tinycreatures

Did you know untreated firewood can carry hidden, tree-killing pests? 😱 What would you guess is the best way to protect our forests? A) Buy local firewood B) Use certified, heat-treated wood C) Don’t move untreated firewood D) All the above.

Watching the beautiful northern lights outside our home in Michigan! 🥰

Thank you for letting me be a part of this! I’m so glad to have had this opportunity! 💗

My first, first author article and look at how beautiful that figure came out 😍 Give it a read when you have time (it’s a short article over an amazing research paper!)

Thrilled to announce—my FIRST Ph.D. paper is OUT!!!!! 🎉Unveiling local dispersal of beech leaf nematode. Huge thanks to my advisor, Mihail Kantor, and incredible co-authors Paulo Vieira , Camelia Kantor, and Danielle Martin. Check it out👉doi.org/10.1371/journa…

Six weeks late but, I’m happy to announce that I’ve taken a permanent position with USDA/APHIS as a Supervisory Entomologist in MI. Happy to say I get to play a small role in protecting the nations forests, and I couldn’t be more proud to work for an organization like the USDA ❤️

New paper out by grad student Sofia Simeto on our continuing efforts to explore the use of entomopathogens to control the emerald ash borer (EAB)- this paper on infecting EAB eggs doi.org/10.3390/f15122… A MN Invasive and Terrestrial Plant and Pest Center funded project

I am excited and honored to share tales of our longstanding relationship with the insects around us -- on 22 January in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Please come if you can! aadl.org/node/633538

I am building a research team - please check it out! sites.google.com/view/haarithph…

HymenoKeys, an interactive matrix keys system to identify #Hymenoptera families and Ichneumonidae subfamilies mapress.com/zt/article/vie… #Taxonomy

One of the more impressive maternal caretakers of the arthropod world, the Oak Treehopper (Platycotis vittata). From the time the big momma in the middle laid eggs in her chosen oak branch until they were all grown up, she never left her offspring unattended

Never underestimate the power of nematodes at survival…. earth.com/news/frozen-wo…

When the rain gives you an opportunity to photograph a cuckoo wasp (Chrysididae), you had best seize it, because as soon as she’s dry she’ll be zipping around feeding on nectar and looking for something to parasitize. Boy are they pretty

Distribution of Pratylenchus spp. and Heterodera glycines in Michigan and combined reproduction on Peking and PI 437654 soybean | Plant Health Progress apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/PH…