Connecting African and European nematology expertise
From 1–5 December 2025, Dan Bebber, Professor of Ecology at the University of Exeter, UK, joined Prof. Danny Coyne of NemAfrica, Kenya,…
Posts By: Oihane Lakar
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NEM-EMERGE project insights presented at the AAB Advances in Nematology event (London, UK)
On 4 December 2025, the NEM-EMERGE project coordinator Hans Helder participated in the Advances in Nematology 2025 event, hosted by the Association…
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Nematodes’ adaptation capacity undermines durability of potato’s pyramided resistance
A recent study made in the framework of NEM-EMERGE, led by partners from INRAE (France), has revealed that the adaptation ability of…
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Insights in nematode DNA sequencing raises interest in Southern Africa
From 28 September to 1 October 2025, the NEM-EMERGE coordinator, Hans Helder, from Wageningen University, gave a keynote talk entitled “Insights in…
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Looking for heat-stable resistance genes in tomato plants
A group of NEM-EMERGE researchers from Wageningen University is working to find outnovel tomato plants carrying heat-stable resistance to root-knot nematodes, which…
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Upgrading NemaDecide to Detect Virulent Potato Cyst Nematode Populations
A team of NEM-EMERGE researchers at Stichting Wageningen Research are enhancing the decision support system NemaDecide to include the detection of newly…
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An accurate root-knot nematode species detection kit developed in NEM-EMERGE
NEM-EMERGE researchers from HLB, with the collaboration of partners from Stichting Wageningen Research, the Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, and…
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Key Collection of Root-Knot Nematodes to Study Virulence in Tomato
The NEM-EMERGE researchers at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya are coordinating the creation of a collection of root-knot nematode populations impacting tomato…
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The adaptation of potato cyst nematodes to overcome potato resistance is specific to each resistance factor, meaning that cross-infection does not occur
NEM-EMERGE partners at INRAE have recently published an article in the Molecular Ecology journal, where they report their findings regarding the way…
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Experiments to figure out tomatoes’ resistance level
NEM-EMERGE partners at the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia are testing the virulence of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) on tomatoes with varying degrees of…
