Four symposia on entomopathogenic nematodes were organized by Drs. Ganpati B. Jagdale, Raquel Campos-Herrera, Claudia Dolinski, David I. Shapiro-Ilan and Parwinder S. Grewal at 50th Annual meeting of the Society of Nematologists which was held at the Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon from July 17 to July 20, 2011. A total of 22 invited speakers shared their research and extension experience in the field of Entomopathogenic Nematology. Following is a list of topics covered by various speakers in each symposium.
SYMPOSIUM I: Entomopathogenic Nematodes as Model Systems in Ecology
Convener: Raquel Campos-Herrera.
Poinar, G.O.Jr. 2011. Legacy of entomopathogenic nematology: The early Years (1930-1990).
Barbercheck, M. 2011. Peering into the black box: building an understanding of the population biology of entomopathogenic nematodes.
Stock, P. 2011. Entomopathogenic nematodes and their bacterial Symbionts: how many, where and how?
Griffin, C. 2011. Behavioural ecology of entomopathogenic nematodes: Past, present and future.
Hoy, C.W. and Grewal, P.S. 2011. Entomopathogenic nematode ecological modeling, from frontiers of Ecology to the future of agriculture.
Gaur, H. 2011. The impact of climate change on plant-parasitic nematodes.
SYMPOSIUM II: Entomopathogenic Nematodes as Model Systems in Stress Physiology and Evolutionary Biology
Conveners: Ganpati B. Jagdale and Parwinder S. Grewal
Grewal, P.S. 2011. Entomopathogenic nematology since the 1990’s: the openings of a new era.
Itamar Glazer, I. 2011. How to manage daily stresses: the entomopathogenic nematode perspective.
Perry, R. N. and Ehlers, R.-U. 2011. Enhancing survival attributes of entomopathogenic Nematodes.
Adler R. Dillman, A.R., Mortazavi, A. and Sternberg, P.W. 2011. Genomic analysis of steinernema: informing functional Biology and Ecology.
Sternberg, P.W. and Xiaodong Bai, X. 2011. Genome sequencing and beyond.
SYMPOSIUM III: Entomopathogenic Nematodes as Model Systems: Contributions to Symbiosis
Convener: Raquel Campos-Herrera
Somvanshi,V.S., Sloup, R. E., Crawford, J.M., Martin, A. R., Heidt, A.J., Clardy, J.C. and Ciche, T.A. 2011. How Heterorhabditis Bacteriophora handle their insect pathogenic symbionts.
Goodrich-Blair, H. and Forst, S. 2011. Understanding microbial symbiosis using the association between Xenorhabdus bacteria and Steinernema nematodes.
Clarke, D.J. 2011. The regulation of symbiosis in Photorhabdus.
An, R. and P.S. Grewal, P.S. 2011. In-vivo gene expression reveals differences in molecular features used by Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus for virulence and symbiosis.
ffrench-Constant, R.H., Wilkinson, P. and Dowling, A.J. 2011. The worm that turned: bacterial symbionts of entomopathogenic nematodes as a potent source of novel bacterial toxins.
SYMPOSIUM IV: Entomopathogenic Nematodes as Biological Control Agents in Sustainable Agriculture.
Convener: Claudia Dolinski
Georgis, R. 2011. Commercialization of entomopathogenic nematodes: an insider’s perspective.
Lacey, L.A. and Koppenhöfer, A.M. 2011. Successes with entomopathogenic nematodes for control of insect pests above and below ground.
Han, R. 2011. Production technology and field application of entomopathogenic nematodes in china.
Shapiro-Ilan, D. I. and Dolinski, C. 2011. Application technology for entomopathogenic nematodes.
Ganguly, S. and Dolinski, C. 2011. New advances in entomopathogenic nematodes around the world.
Duncan, L. 2011. Grower acceptance of entomopathogenic nematodes in Florida.
Please see the official program booklet of the Society of Nematologists for the abstracts of individual talks.