ICN 2022

1 to 6 May 2022, Conference Centre of Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France

Bandeau - ICN 2022

Thursday 5 May 2022

Plenary Sessions
08:30-09:00

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Plenary 6


09:00-09:30

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Plenary 7


09:30-10:00

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Plenary 8

10:00-10:30

Espace Gould - Level 2Coffee break - Visit of exhibition

Parallel Sessions
10:30-12:30

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Oral session 17

Integrated nematode management

Chairs: Kathy S. Lawrence and Lais Fontana

Oral presentations

10:30-10:50

 Integrated management of cyst nematodes in agricultural important crops in China
Deliang Peng, Ricardo Holgado, Huan Peng, Wenkun Huang, Jingwu Zheng, Shulong Chen

10:50-11:10

Bridging the vegetable IPM GAP in Africa: from here to sustainerty
Danny Coyne

11:10-11:30

IPM options in cotton production with plant parasitic nematodes in the USA
Kathy Lawrence

11:30-11:45

Can Meloidogyne and Helicotylenchus populations be manipulated using soil nutrient levels?
Mieke Daneel, Lesego Matlala, Hendrika Fourie

11:45-12:00

Pathogenic variability of the population of Pratylenchus brachyurus in cover crops
Lais Fontana, Bruna Orlandini Toninato, Glaucia Leticia Sete da Cruz, Ana Cristina Da Silveira, Angélica Sanchez Melo, Guilherme Tarini, Cláudia Regina Dias-Arieira

12:00-12:15

A complex between the plant parasitic nematode and a fungus - reevaluating Pratylenchus capsici disease etiology
Sigal Braun Miyara, Patricia Bucki, Qing Xue, Svetlana Duvrinin, Ohad Avraham, Nathalia Sichov, Abraham Gamliel

Poster flash presentations

12:15-12:20

Synergies between climate change impacts and conservation tillage practices on agricultural soils functionality
Paula Lillo, Mª Ángeles Hernández, Miguel Ángel Porcel, Sara Sánchez-Moreno

12:20-12:25

A new mode of action classification scheme for nematode control agents (“nematicides”) - nematode working group of IRAC
John A. Wiles, Ionit Iberkleid, Huazhang Huang, Tim C. Thoden, Ralf Nauen, Andrew Crossthwaite, Ekaterini Riga, Marc Rist, Matthias Gaberthueel, Russell Eldridge

12:25-12:30

Damage threshold, population dynamics and host-status of Meloidogyne chitwoodi on five selected crops
Misghina Goitom Teklu, Fantahun F. Addisu, Thomas H. Been, Corrie H. Schomaker, Johnny Visser, Leendert P.G. Molendijk


10:30-12:30

Room Espace Gould - Level 2Oral session 18

Nematodes as bioindicators

Chairs: Sara Sanchez-Moreno and Deborah Neher

Oral presentations

10:30-10:50

Historical perspective on nematodes as indicators
Deborah Neher

10:50-11:10

Nematode responses to oak forest dieback in Mediterranean landscapes
Sara Sánchez-Moreno, Jorge Curiel Yuste

11:10-11:30

 Nematodes communities used for soil health indication in Midwestern United States agricultural systems
Carmen Ugarte

11:30-11:45

Characterization of the biological state of soils by studying nematofauna as bio-indicators: ELISOL methodology
Cecile Villenave, Anne Jimenez, Manon Trambolho, Hélène Cérémonie, Camille Chauvin

11:45-12:00

Zinc effects on terrestrial nematodes: from field studies towards a toxicokinetic approach
Péter Nagy, Krisztina Hrács, Lola Virág Kiss, Zoltán Sávoly, Gergely Boros, Katalin Posta

12:00-12:15

Regenerative agriculture and its ability to restore soil ecosystem health and functioning
Gerhard du Preez, Driekie Fourie, Ané Loggenberg

Poster flash presentations

12:15-12:20

A study on the ecological impact of recycling derived fertilisers (RDFs) using nematodes as environmental bioindicators
Anna Karpinska, Thomaé Kakouli-Duarte

12:20-12:25

Evaluating the environmental risks of microplastics using nematodes as bioindicators
Sebastian Höss, Marie Theres Rauchschwalbe, Hendrik Füser, Walter Traunspurge

12:25-12:30

Nematodes of argan biosphere: Biodiversity and assessment of soil quality
Amina Braimi, Amine Idhmida, Abdolhadi Ajerrar, Hinde Benjlil, Mohamed Ait hamza, Fouad Msanda, Zahra Ferji, Abdelhamid El Mousadik, Thierry Mateille, El Hassan Mayad


10:30-12:30

Room Miles Davis - Level 3Oral session 19

Future of nematology: legislation, education and training

Chairs: Wim Bert and Ricardo Holgado

Oral presentations

10:30-10:50

Teaching nematology–what do students need to know?
Cynthia Gleason

10:50-11:10

What is next? Nematology Education from a Ghent Perspective: together we create impact
Inge Dehennin, Laura Cortada-Gonzalez, Aäron Plovie, Danny Coyne, Solveig Haukeland, Hugues Baimey, Antoine Affokpon, Awol Seid Ebrahim, Beira Hailu Meressa, Nasamu Bawa, Christopher Okolo, Biodun Claudius-Cole, Julius Bulus, Hendrika Fourie, Antoinette P. Malan, Herbert Talwana, Shahasi Athman, Francis Onyilo, Njira Njira Pili, Shem Nchore, Pierre Abad, Matthew Back, Richard Sikora, Mieke Daneel, Raymond Collett, Elvire Line Sossa, Alfred Alumai, Dora Scott, Paul Sule Chindo (in memoriam), Wim Bert

11:10-11:30

Nematode legislation contributes to food sustainability by management of Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida in Norway
Ricardo Holgado, Christer Magnusson, Randi Knudsen

11:30-11:45

 Nematology 101 - A collection of lectures for plant nematology as slide presentations, videos, and textbook chapters
Jonathan Eisenback

11:45-12:00

Best4Soil Nematode database tool to design clever crop rotations
Leendert Molendijk, Paulien van Asperen

12:00-12:15

Regulation of potato cyst nematodes in Kenya
Solveig Haukeland, Miriam W. Mbiyu, Moses Nyongesa, George Ngundo

12:15-12:30

Pine wilt disease and the pinewood nematode in Portugal and Europe: it was 20 years ago today; what have we learned?
Manuel Mota


10:30-12:30

Room Ella Fitzgerald - Level 3Oral session 20

Natural Products as nematicides

Chairs: Nicoletta Ntalli and Karla Medina

Oral presentations

10:30-10:50

Attraction of Meloidogyne juveniles to essential oil constituents and derivatives
Yuji Oka

10:50-11:10

Nematotoxicity of vetiver extracts against root-knot nematodes by systemic defense activation in sa-pathway
Kansiree Jindapunnapat, Buncha Chinnasri

11:10-11:30

Biostimulants or Bionematicides: experience with seaweed extracts
Bruno Ngala, Nicolas Mariette, Melina Ianszen, Pauline Dewaegeneire, Marie-Christine Denis, Catherine Porte, Christophe Piriou, Emilie Robilliard, Antoine Couetil, Eric Nguema-Ona, Virginie Gobert, Amélie Beury, Anne-Claire Le Roux

11:30-11:45

Entomopathogenic nematodes, a powerful weapon to control foliar insect pests
Kay Moisan, Magda Galeano, Mireya Baños, Kelly Arkoumanea, Stavroula Louka, Olga Kostenko, Roxina Soler, Jose E. Belda

11:45-12:00

Nematicidal plant secondary metabolites with plant and soil enhancement properties
Nikoletta Ntalli

12:00-12:15

What it takes for development and launch of a successful biological nematicidal product
Sebastian Hartmann-Wittulsky

Poster flash presentations

12:15-12:20

Nematicidal plants for root-knot nematode management in tomato agrosystems
Cliven Njekete, Anne-Violette Lavoir, Antoine Bedel, Vincent Michel, Caroline Djian-Caporalino

12:20-12:25

Investigation on the effectiveness of some plant extractions against Ditylenchus dipsaci and Meloidogyne incognita
İbrahim Halil Elekcioğlu, Ece Börtecine Kasapoglu Uludamar, Adem Taskın

12:25-12:30

 Effects of synthetic and phytonematicides on the reproductive potential of Meloidogyne species on potato plants
Kgabo Pofu

12:30-14:00

Espace Gould - Level 2Lunch - Visit of exhibition

Parallel Sessions
14:00-16:00

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Oral session 21

Nematode-plant interactions

Chairs: Shahid Siddique and Stéphanie Jaubert

Oral presentations

14:00-14:20

Strigolactones enhance rice susceptibility to root-knot nematode infection by antagonizing jasmonate based defense
Godelieve Gheysen, Zobaida Lahari, Chhana Ullah, Tina Kyndt, Jonathan Gershenzon

14:20-14:40

Copper microRNAs modulate the formation of giant feeding cells induced by the root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita in Arabidopsis thaliana
Stéphanie Jaubert, Yara Noureddine, Joffrey Méjias, Martine Da Rocha, Sébastien Thomine, Pierre Abad, Bruno Favery

14:40-15:00

Two sides of the same coin: Serendipita indica alters different development of sedentary plant-parasitic nematodes in Arabidopsis
Michael Opitz, Virginia Ruiz-Ferrer, Fernando Evaristo Díaz-Manzano, Carolina Escobar, Roshanak Daneshkhah, Roland Ludwig, Cindy Lorenz, Siegrid Steinkellner, Krzysztof Wieczorek

15:00-15:15

Molecular markers for cell damage induced by root-knot nematodes
Janice de Almeida Engler

15:15-15:30

PCN hijack carbon-for-nutrient exchange between potato and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to enhance reproduction
Christopher Bell, Emily Magkourilou, P. Urwin, Katie Field

15:30-15:45

Unravelling the mechanisms underlying cyst nematode hatching
Lemeng Dong, Kristyna Flokova, Alessandra Guerrieri, Harro Bouwmeester

Poster flash presentations

15:45-15:50

Trade-offs between virulence and breaking resistance in root-knot nematodes
Alison Coomer, Henok Zemene Yimer, Valerie Williamson, Shahid Siddique

15:50-15:55

Parasitic worms redirect host metabolism via NADPH oxidase-mediated ROS to promote infection
M. Shamim Hasan, Divykriti Chopra, Christiane Matera, Oliver Chitambo, Sina Valerie-Mahlitz, Ali Naz, Slawomir Janakowski, Miroslaw Sobczak, Axel Mithöfer, Tina Kyndt, Florian Grundler, Shahid Siddique

15:55-16:00

Meta-analysis of wild Arachis transcriptome data unravels candidate genes for combined nematode and drought resistance
Patricia M. Guimaraes, Ana Paula Zotta Mota, Roberto Coiti Togawa, Ana Claudia Guerra Araujo, Ana Cristina Miranda Brasileiro


14:00-16:00

Room Ella Fitzgerald - Level 3Oral session 22

Metabolism & Physiology of nematodes and host plants

Chairs: Florian Grundler and Vicky Hunt

Oral presentations

14:00-14:20

Tricky parasites: How nematodes take their vitamins from plants
Clarissa Hiltl, Shahid Siddique, Zoran S. Radakovic, Anna Gioran, Muhammad Shahzad Anjam, Esther Riemer, Samer S. Habash, Syed Jehangir Shah, Julia Holbein, Divykriti Chopra, Miroslaw Sobczak, Daniele Bano, Sebastian Eves-van den Akker, Alexander Graf, Florian M. W. Grundler

14:20-14:40

Extending the survival of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora through phenotype selection and marker-assisted breeding
Carlos Molina, Nanette Hope Nellas Sumaya, Giulia Godina, Rolish Singh, Carlotta Kirsch, Bart Vandenbossche, Verena Dörfler, Mike Barg, Ralf-Udo Ehlers

14:40-15:00

Reaction of genotypes of Phaseolus vulgaris L BAT-306 and Triunfo-70 to Meloidogyne incognita and the behavior of enzymes related to the defense of both cultivars
Dainé Hernandez-Ochandía, Yailén Arias-Vargas, Ivonne González-Marquetti, Susana Gorrita-Ramírez, M.G. Rodriguez, I. Miranda, Belkis Peteira Delgado-Oramas, R. Holgado

15:00-15:15

Defining the combined stress response in wild Arachis: the whole is not the sum of its parts
Ana Paula Zotta Mota, Ana Cristina Miranda Brasileiro, Bruna Vidigal, Thais Nicolini Oliveira, Andressa da Cunha Quintana Martins, Mario Alfredo Passos Saraiva, Ana Claudia Guerra de Araújo, Roberto C. Togawa, Maria Fatima Grossi‐de‐Sá, Patricia Messenberg Guimaraes

15:15-15:30

Loss of the ERGO-1 small RNA pathway in Caenorhabditis inopinata
Vicky Hunt, Akemi Yoshida, Ryusei Tanaka, Kazunori Murase, Taisei Kikuchi

15:30-15:45

A Comparative study of the development and reproduction of Meloidogyne enterolobii and other thermophilic Meloidogyne sp
Raymond Lesley Collett, Mieke Stefanie Daneel, Mariette Marais, Hendrika Fourie

15:45-16:00

Steroidal alkaloids as hatching factors for the potato cyst nematode, G. rostochiensis
Juliet Ochola, Laura Cortada, Margaret Ng’ang’a, Ahmed Hassanali, Danny Coyne, Baldwyn Torto


14:00-16:00

Room Espace Gould - Level 2Oral session 23

Integrated nematode management (continued)

Chairs: Mara Da Rocha and Hendrika Fourie

Oral presentations

14:00-14:20

Integrated nematode control options for cereal and leguminous crops in South Africa
Hendrika Fourie, Raymond Collett, Nancy Ntidi, Mieke Daneel

14:20-14:40

Reaction of Phaseolus vulgaris accessions from EMBRAPA core collection as to resistance to Heterodera glycines
Mara Rubia Da Rocha, Daniela Patricia Balduino, Cristiano Augusto Mendes Junior, Thiago Livio Pessoa Oliveira De Souza, Rosana Pereira Vianello Brondani, Paula Pereira Torga

14:40-15:00

Detrimental impact of soil fumigants on nematode suppressiveness
Tristan Watson, Johan Desaeger, Tom Forge, Louise Nelson, Denise Neilsen, Gerry Neilsen

15:00-15:15

Effects of some spice extracts on Melodiogyne arenaria
Hissein Mahamat Haroun, Gökhan Aydınlı, Sevilhan Mennan

15:15-15:30

Biotic factors of mulch-induced soil suppressivity against Meloidogyne incognita may depend on soil microclimate
Krisztina Boziné Pullai, Renáta Petrikovszki, Franciska Tóthné Bogdányi, Péter Nagy, Zoltán Mayer, Katalin Posta, Rozália Tóth, Ferenc Tóth

15:30-15:45

Management of Meloidogyne paranaensis and M. exigua in coffee with chemical and biological nematicides
Andressa Cristina Zamboni Machado, Daniel Sala Faria, Santino Aleandro Silva

Poster flash presentations

15:45-15:50

Case studies of root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) control in protected vegetables in Hungary
Anita Gódor, Franciska Tóthné Bogdányi, Ferenc Tóth

15:50-15:55

Ozone treatments for the management of Meloidogyne sp. in greenhouse tomato cultivation in southeastern Spain
Caridad Ros Ibáñez, Mª Ángeles Hernández Colucho, Daniel Soler Cárceles, José Luis Lozano González

15:55-16:00

Interaction between Fusarium spp and root lesion nematode Pratylenchus capsici on pepper crops in the Arava (Israel)
Patricia Bucki, Maoz Aizikowitz, Marcel Maymon, Marina Benichis, Ohad Abraham, Qing Xue, Abraham Gamliel, Sigal Brown Miyara

16:00-16:30

Espace Gould - Level 2Coffee break - Visit of exhibition

16:30-18:00

Espace Gould - Level 2Poster Session S6 to S10 - (all numbered posters presented)

Parallel Sessions
16:30-18:00

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Workshop 8

Nematode-fungal interactions and complex diseases

Chairs: Richard Sikora and Driekie Fourie

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Nematode-disease complexes: a neglected factor in improving crop health
Richard A. Sikora, Ann MacGuidwin, Driekie Fourie, Danny Coyne, Holger Heuer, Matthias Gaberthüel

Verticillum / Pratylenchus for potato: both do the damage, but only one gets the credit
Ann MacGuidwin

Cereal root rot - nematode interrelationships: vision for the future?
Driekie Fourie, Amer Dababat

Nematode-fungal root-rot complexity on banana: a perennial problem of unknown importance?
Danny Coyne

Metagenomics: the future to disentangle complex diseases?
Holger Heuer

Present and future management systems for complexity management
Matthias Gaberthueel


16:30-18:00

Room Espace Gould - Level 2Workshop 9

Slime time: Nematodes associated with terrestrial molluscs

Chairs: Jenna Ross and Solveig Haukeland

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Welcome and opening remarks
Jenna Ross and Solveig Haukeland

Survey of slug-parasitic nematodes in East and West Flanders, Belgium, and description of Angiostoma gandavense n. sp. (Nematoda: Angiostomatidae) from arionid slugs
Phougeishangbam Rolish Singh, Marjolein Couvreur, Wilfrida Decraemer, Wim Bert

Looking for nematodes in the apple snail Pomacea canaliculata – a recent invasive in Kenya
Solveig Haukeland, Fernadis Makale, Ivan Rwomushan

Molluscs and EPNs: Symbiotic bacteria may help with slug control
Jiří Nermuť, Victoria Weijler, Jakub Savula, Vanessa Bachinger, Shakeel Zahid, Jana Konopická, Jiří Borák, Martin Janouch and Vladimír Půža

SlugBot: Developing an autonomous monitoring and biocontrol system for slugs
Jenna Ross, Tom Ashford, Archita Barua, Faye McDiarmid, Ben Scott-Robinson, Andy Hall, Pat Barretto, Tom Watsham, Tom Walters, Sam Herring, Rowan Duckworth, Michael Alcock, Tim Knott, Geoff Osmond and Daniel Rowe

Discussion points, note of interest for Horizon Europe bid and closing remarks
Jenna Ross and Solveig Haukeland


16:30-18:00

Room Ella Fitzgerald - Level 3Forum 2

Nematology Education Forum: the current situation and the ideal way forward

Chairs: Inge Dehennin, Driekie Fourie and Wim Bert

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18:15-19:30

Palais des Congrès d’Antibes Juan-les-PinsBus departure for the Gala Evening

Villa EilenrocGala Evening

19:15

Speech: Jean Leonetti, Mayor of Antibes Juan-les-Pins

19:30

Aperitif and Dinner