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…
Posts By: Oihane Lakar
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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…
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OECD symposium, a great networking opportunity
The symposium ‘Nematodes on the Move’ was held on 14-16 July under the direction of the Co-operative Research Programme: Sustainable Agricultural and…
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Enriching experience at the joint meeting of EAPR and EUCARPIA
The 20th Joint Meeting of EAPR ‘Breeding and Varietal Assessment’ and EUCARPIA ‘Potatoes’ 2025 was held in St Andrews, Scotland, from 15…
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Workshop on nematode DNA extraction for genome sequencing
On June 26th and 27th, a two-day international workshop was hosted by Sebastian Kiewnick and his PhD candidate Hemanth Gopal at the…
