NEMATOLOGY NEWSLETTER An Official Publication of the Society of Nematologists V O L U M E 5 9, I S S U E 1 M A R C H 2 0 1 3 SOCIETY OFFICERS PRESIDENT BRENT SIPES From the President s Desk... PRESIDENT-ELECT JONATHAN EISENBACK VICE-PRESIDENT STEVE THOMAS TREASURER INGA ZASADA SECRETARY ANDREA SKANTAR EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, JOURNAL OF NEMATOLOGY NANCY BURELLE VENUE CHANGE for Annual Meeting - See page 3 Please visit our web page at http://www.nematologists.org/ to view the March 2013 message from SON President Brent Sipes. There, you will hear important updates on: recently approved changes to our Society s constitution, and an invitation to present your current research at the annual meeting. Thanks for watching! EDITOR, NEMATOLOGY NEWSLETTER SALLIANA STETINA WEB SITE EDITOR BYRON ADAMS PAST PRESIDENT JAMES LAMONDIA EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS ANTOON PLOEG NATHAN SCHROEDER HORACIO LOPEZ- NICORA INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Teaching Slides 2 News from 2, 5 Members Annual Meeting 3 Call for 4 Nominations Travel Award 5 Opportunities Cereal Nematodes 6 Workshop Constitutional Changes Approved The Society of Nematologists recently completed a 60 day voting period on the proposed Constitutional Amendments. Based on the votes cast, the amendments are hereby adopted, effective immediately. PROPOSAL No. 1: Change the term length of the appointed Executive Board Members to provide more continuity as committee liaisons and so that only one member rotates off the Executive Board each year and so that each incoming SON President appoints only one new member. Option Number of Votes For The Amendment 75 Against The Amendment 2 Total Votes 77 PROPOSAL No. 2: Instead of naming the standing subject matter committees in the Constitution, specify the committees only in the Manual of Operations. Option Number of Votes For The Amendment 75 Against The Amendment 6 Total Votes 81 Submitted by Andrea Skantar Secretary, Society of Nematologists
Address all newsletter correspondence to: Dr. Sally Stetina Email: PAGE 2 The Nematology Newsletter is published quarterly by the Society of Nematologists, 108 W. Burwell Ave., Loudonville, OH 44842, USA nemanews@gmail.com Call for Teaching Slides Do you have pictures of nematodes or nematode symptoms? Cool pictures of nematode morphology? The SON Education Committee wants them! If you would like to share slides or pictures that can be used for teaching nematology, please submit them to nemateach@byu.edu. The SON Education Committee will make them freely available through the SON web site to improve nematology teaching. Submit as many slides as possible! Whoever submits the best slides before the 2013 SON Annual Meeting in Knoxville wins a YETI cooler (generously sponsored by Syngenta)! Grewal Move LSU Students Doing Well!! Parwinder Grewal has accepted the position of Professor and Head of Entomology and Plant Pathology Department at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He will be relocating from the Ohio State University in May, 2013. Parwinder is a Fellow and Past President of SON. As the host of the 2013 SON meeting, Parwinder is looking forward to seeing all members from July 14-17, 2013 for an exciting meeting in Knoxville, the home of the Smoky Mountains. Nematology Newsletter viewpoints are those of the contributors and are not necessarily those of the Society of Nematologists, the Executive Board, or the Nematology Newsletter Editor. Manjula T. Kularathna won second place at the Beltwide Cotton Conference for his presentation entitled Influence of soil nutrients on reproduction and pathogenicity of Rotylenchulus reniformis on cotton. Addison Plaisance won the 2013 Mary Grodner Scholarship from the Louisiana Vegetation Management Association for his research on turf-associated nematodes. Deborah M. Xavier won second place in the Rodrigo Rodríguez-Kábana student poster competition at the 44 th Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America meeting. She also won third place for her presentation Influence of soil texture on reproduction and pathogenicity of Rotylenchulus reniformis on cotton at the Beltwide Cotton Conference. PS: Overstreet, Pontif and McGawley are also well, getting older and smiling at the accomplishments of students who make them look good! Submitted by Ed McGawley Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA, USA NEMATOLOGY NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 59, ISSUE 1 PAGE JULY 14 T H 17 T H Society of Nematologists 52nd Annual Meeting Knoxville, TN Abstracts Deadline April 30, 2013 Fee: $50.00 at the time of submission Hilton Knoxville Hilton Knoxville $86.00 plus taxes with a gov t ID 501 West Church Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37902 865-523-2300 www3.hilton.com Registration Early Before May 15 Late After May16 Member...$550 Member...$650 Student member.... $300 Student member.... $350 Non-member...$650 Non-member...$750 Student non-member...$360 Student non-member...$400 Accompanying person $250 Accompanying person $300 Parwinder Grewal, the SON Meeting Local Arrangements Chair, has accepted a position as department head at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Due to logistics and cost considerations, the SON Board has approved to change the venue of the 2013 meeting from Cleveland to Knoxville, Tennessee. Knoxville is a wonderful city to host the meeting and all arrangements have been made with Hilton Knoxville. More details are posted on the web 3
PAGE 4 NATHAN A. COBB NEMATOLOGY FOUNDATION CHAIR PATTY TIMPER VICE CHAIR KOON-HUI WANG TREASURER RICHARD DAVIS SECRETARY SUSAN MEYER BOARD MEMBERS BRENT SIPES JONATHAN EISENBACK INGA ZASADA ANDREA SKANTAR SUSTAINING ASSOCIATES OF THE SOCIETY OF NEMATOLOGISTS AGRIGUARD COMPANY, LLC ARROW EXTERMINATORS BAYER CROPSCIENCE DOW AGROSCIENCES DUPONT CROP PROTECTION MANA CROP PROTECTION MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS MONSANTO PASTEURIA BIOSCIENCE PEST PROS, INC. SYNGENTA VALENT BIOSCIENCES CORP. Call for Award Nominations for 2013 The SON recognizes individuals for scientific excellence and contributions to the science of nematology through several awards. A member of the society may nominate one candidate per year for each award. It is important that nominations provide a critical analysis of the nominee's contributions. The Honors and Awards Committee encourages members of the Society to actively seek candidates with outstanding records and nominate them for an appropriate award for the year of 2013. One or more candidates are chosen for each award. Honorary Member Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Society. It is awarded for meritorious and superlative contributions to the science of nematology. The number of living persons in this category should not exceed 2% of the regular and emeritus membership and the award is limited to one person per year. Fellow of the Society is granted by the Society to a member in recognition of distinguished contributions to the science of nematology. No more than 0.4% of the living membership may be elected Fellow in any given year. This honor is bestowed upon a member who has excelled in areas of significant research, teaching, extension, administration, or through contributions in service to the Society of Nematologists or the science of nematology above and beyond that of most of its members. The Syngenta Crop Protection Award is presented by Syngenta, Greensboro, NC, to a person who has made contributions in nematology, not previously recognized, which has led to significant advancement in agriculture. The contributions should have been made within the last 5 years and the nominee should be within 15 years of receiving a Ph.D. degree at the time of the award. Teaching Excellence Award recognizes a SON member for excellence in teaching nematology. The nominee must have excelled in classroom teaching of a nematology course or through developing innovative nematology teaching materials for use in a classroom-setting (K-12, undergraduate or graduate level). NOMINATION INSTRUCTIONS: The nomination packet must be submitted by May 31, 2013. Any member of the Society may submit nominations and the nomination process is performed in confidence. Each nomination packet should include the following: 1. Statement. This should include the nominee's name, educational background, current and previous positions, and contributions to nematology and agriculture in the scope of the particular award. The statement must also explain and document the significance of these contributions. Each statement must be double-spaced and no more than 4 pages long. 2. List of publications. A listing of publications separated into the following categories: a) peer-reviewed journal publications, b) book chapters or reviews, and c) other publications such as bulletins, laboratory manuals, extension publications, etc. The publication list must be single-spaced. 3. Letters of endorsement. Besides a cover letter, each nomination should also include two letters of endorsement. The letters should be addressed to Judy Thies, Chair of the Honors and Awards Committee. Electronic submissions are preferred. Send Word, WordPerfect, or PDF documents to Judy Thies at judy.thies@ars.usda.gov. To ensure that duplicate nominations are not made or if you need further information, contact Judy Thies, Chair, SON Honors and Awards Committee at judy.thies@ars.usda.gov or 843-402-5317. Nominations must be received by May 31, 2013! NEMATOLOGY NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 59, ISSUE 1 PAGE 5 Dow AgroSciences Graduate Student Travel Awards Submit your Dow Student Travel Award application on or before May 1, 2013! Dow AgroSciences has provided the Society of Nematologists with funds to support graduate student travel to attend the Society of Nematologists meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee. Five awards of $500 (USD) each will be given to students presenting papers (oral or poster presentations) at the 2013 Society of Nematologists meeting. The Travel Award Application and guidelines for abstracts will soon be available on the Society of Nematologists web site http://www.nematologists.org Submit cover letter, abstract, and awards application via e-mail to Dr. Judy Thies at judy.thies@ars.usda.gov All submissions must be received by May 1, 2013. The Honors and Awards Committee will evaluate the requests. Award announcements will be made by June 1, 2013. Nathan A. Cobb Travel Awards The Nathan A. Cobb Foundation is pleased to request applications for graduate student travel awards to attend the Society of Nematologists meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee. Awards categories include: General Fund, Entomophilic Nematology Endowment, and William F. Mai Endowment. The Cobb Travel Award Application, details of award categories and guidelines for abstracts will soon be available on the Society of Nematologists web site http://www.nematologists.org The deadline for receipt of Cobb Travel Award applications is May 1, 2013! Submit cover letter, abstract, and awards application via e-mail to Dr. Judy Thies at judy.thies@ars.usda.gov All submissions must be received by May 1, 2013. The Honors and Awards Committee will evaluate the requests. Award announcements will be made by June 1, 2013. Takeuchi to Spend Four Months at LSU Dr. Yuko Takeuchi, Assistant Professor in the Laboratory of Terrestrial Microbial Ecology in Kyoto, Japan will spend the summer of 2013 in Baton Rouge conducting research on pinewood nematode. She and nematologists at LSU will be comparing the pathogenicity of Louisiana and Japanese isolates of the nematode and interactions between the nematodes and the beetle vectors from both countries. In 2011, Ed McGawley spent a month in Japan with Yuko and Kazuyoshi Futai studying pinewood nematode and surveying for reniform nematode. Submitted by Ed McGawley Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA, USA
PAGE 6 International Cereal Nematodes Workshop The 4th International Cereal Nematodes Initiative Workshop will be held August 22-24, 2013 in Beijing, China. This workshop is being offered in conjunction with the 10 th International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP) scheduled for August 25-30, 2013. Workshop topics include the global distribution of cereal nematodes (Heterodera and Pratylenchus), the economic importance and population dynamics of cereal nematodes on wheat, host resistance and other control strategies in wheat, use of molecular tools for research with cereal nematodes, and biological control. If you would like to contribute to the workshop, contact Dr. Deliang Peng (dlpeng@caas.net.cn) and Dr. Amer Dababat (a.dababat@cgiar.org) for application information. If you would like to attend the workshop and the ICPP, additional information is available online at http:// www.isppweb.org/congress.asp. Graphics courtesy of E. C. McGawley. Editor s Corner The Nematology Newsletter is what you make it! Please keep those contributions coming! The deadline for submissions for the June 2013 issue is May 24, 2013. Submissions received after that deadline will be included in the September 2013 issue. If possible, prepare your articles using Word and send any images as jpg files. I will do my best to acknowledge all submissions that I receive, so if you send something and do not hear back from me, please do follow up to be sure that I received it. Please send your submissions to: nemanews@gmail.com. NEMATOLOGY NEWSLETTER