ICN 2022

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

Bandeau - ICN 2022

Friday 6 May 2022

Plenary Sessions
08:30-09:00

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Plenary 4

  • New perspectives on nematode – bacteria interactions, their causes and consequences

09:00-09:30

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Plenary 9

  • From human to plant diseases, scientific approaches of pest control in the big data era

09:30-10:00

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Plenary 10

10:00-10:30

Espace Gould - Level 2Coffee break - Visit of exhibition

Parallel Sessions
10:30-12:30

Room Miles Davis - Level 3Oral session 24

New challenges in nematodes taxonomy and evolution

Chairs: Oleksandr Holovachov and Majid Pedram

Oral presentations

10:30-10:50

Constraints on nematode evolution: how to conserve a Bauplan constructed from the substrate of an ever changing genome
Philipp Schiffer

10:50-11:10

Analysis of Meloidogyne hapla in soil using Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification technique
Zahra Omer, Maria Viketoft, Ann-Charlotte Wallenhammar, Stina Andersson

11:10-11:30

 Nematode species: their evolution and description in theory and practice
Michael Hodda

11:30-11:45

Satellitome evolution illuminates complex species history and satellite DNA transcriptomes show coordinated expression in Meloidogyne nematodes
Evelin Despot-Slade, Saša Širca, Brankica Mravinac, Philippe Castagnone-Sereno, Miroslav Plohl, Nevenka Meštrović

11:45-12:00

 Species diagnosis, hosts and distribution of cyst nematodes of the genus Heterodera (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae) with a focus on species of concern for Australia
Daniel C. Huston, Manda Khudhir, Mike Hodda

12:00-12:15

New cyst nematode species from the Tepeaca Valley, Puebla, Mexico
Ilia Mariana Escobar Avila, Alejandro Tovar Soto, Sergei Subbotin

Poster flash presentations

12:15-12:20

Morphological and molecular characterization of several Paratylenchus spp. from Belgium
Phougeishangbam Rolish Singh, Gerrit Karssen, Catherine Malike Etongwe, Marjolein Couvreur, Wim Bert

12:20-12:25

An update to the identification compendium of Aphelenchoides Fischer, 1894 (Aphelenchoidea)
Samira Fadakar, Majid Pedram

12:25-12:30

Unravelling the race complex: A first look Into the population genetics of the stem nematode Ditylenchus dipsaci
Dennie te Molder, Stefan van de Ruitenbeek, Joost Riksen, Jaap Bakker, Geert Smant, Mark Sterken


10:30-12:30

Room Espace Gould - Level 2Oral session 25

Metabolism & Physiology of nematodes and host plants (continued)

Chairs: John Jones and Stephan von Reuss

Oral presentations

10:30-10:50

Identification of a Globodera rostochiensis eggshell annexin and analysis of its potential role in the control of hatch
James Price, Terry Smith, John Jones

10:50-11:10

Modulation of anaphase-promoting complex genes impacts root-knot nematode gall development
Aline Kohn Carneiro, Kercia Siqueira, Danila Cabral, Nubia Eloy, Harald Keller, Paulo Ferreira, Adriana Hemerly, Janice de-Almeida Engler

11:10-11:30

Nematode derived modular metabolites and their functions in chemical ecology
Stephan Von Reuss

11:30-11:45

Tapping into signaling interactions between nematodes and aphids
Jessil Ann Pajar, Nicole M. van Dam

11:45-12:00

The effects of female pheromone exposure on lethal fighting in Steinernema carpocapsae males
Maria Cassells, Christine Griffin

12:00-12:15

Calcium signaling events modulate host immune responses during parasitic interactions
M. Shamim Hasan, Chhana Ullah, Sakil Mahmud, Clement Pellegrin, Sharon Letia, Mirosław Sobczak, Ute C. Vothknecht, Sebastian Eves-van den Akker, Florian M.W. Grundler

12:15-12:30

Silencing a new female-specific multi-gene family of Pratylenchus penetrans can reduce nematode propagation
Cláudia Vicente, Jordana Branco, Margarida Espada, Manuel Mota, Paulo Vieira


10:30-12:30

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Oral session 26

EPN commercialization and application

Chairs: Ralf Udo Ehlers and Patricia Navarro

Oral presentations

10:30-10:50

Conservation biocontrol with entomopathogenic nematodes: biotic and abiotic factors driving its potential
Raquel Campos-Herrera

10:50-11:10

Host searching behavior of native and introduced entomopathogenic nematodes for control of Aegorhinus superciliosus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in blueberry crops
Patricia Navarro, Almendra Monje, Graciela Berrios, Ivonne Alvarez, Camila Herrera

11:10-11:30

Entomopathogenic nematodes for insect pest management: progress and prospects for commercialization in South East Asia
Nanette Hope Sumaya, Prakaijan Nimkingrat

11:30-11:45

Evaluating locally isolated entomopathogenic nematodes against Thaumatotibia leucotreta in laboratory bioassays
François Du Preez, Antoinette Malan, Pia Addison

11:45-12:00

Exosome-like vesicles are a key process of non-canonical protein secretion in S. carpocapsae
Duarte Toubarro, Jorge Jorge, António Marcilla, Nelson Simões

12:00-12:15

Diabrotica v. virgifera management using genetically improved strains of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora
Ralf-Udo Ehlers, Carlos Molina, Bart Vandenbossche, Stefan Toepfer

Poster flash presentations

12:15-12:20

Efficacy of species mixtures of entomopathogenic nematodes against different larval stages of cockchafers
Bart Vandenbossche, Mike Barg, Helge Postel, Edith Ladurner, Mauro Piergiacomi, Ralf-Udo Ehlers

12:20-12:25

Early season use of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora increases strawberry yield in fields infested by the white grub Temnorhynchus baal
Ibrahim Shehata, Mostafa Hammam, Fahiem El- Borai, Larry Duncan, Mahfouz Abd-Elgawad

12:25-12:30

The undetectable killer: Steinernema carpocapsae avoid recognition when infecting Drosophila suzukii larvae
Anna Garriga, Duarte Toubarro, Nelson Simões, Ana Morton, Fernando García-del-Pino


10:30-12:30

Room Ella Fitzgerald - Level 3Oral session 27

Next-generation nematicides

Chairs: Kurtz Benedikt and Tim Thoden

Oral presentations

10:30-10:50

Reklemel™ Active: a novel highly selective nematicide
Tim Thoden, Marta Garcia, John Wiles

10:50-11:10

Nematicidal or nematistatic? New insights into the mode of action of fluopyram in plant-parasitic nematodes
A. Sylvia S. Schleker, Marc Rist, Christiane Matera, Arunas Damijonaitis, Katja Twelker, Corinna Saalwaechter, Sven Geibel, Oliver Gutbrod, Svend Matthiesen, Koichi Matsuoka, Samer S. Habash, Ute Schlee, Florian M. W. Grundler

11:10-11:30

NIMITZ®, efficacious, safer and selective nematode management tool: technical review
Bruno Lovato, Pablo Navia, Morten Boisen

11:30-11:45

A Pipeline for the discovery of modulators of neuromuscular function with potential utility as nematicidal leads
Sean Harrington, Jacob Pyche, Jess Knox, Aaron Au, Inga Zasada, Ken-Loon Choo, Cassandra d'Amata, Mark Lautens, Peter Roy

11:45-12:00

 Sensitivity of Pratylenchus vulnus to Salibro™ nematicide in vitro and in planta
Yu-Chen Wang, Tim Thoden, Zin Thu Zar Maung, Andreas Westphal

12:00-12:15

Biological activity of Tymirium™ molecule as a soil- and seed-applied nematicide
Matthias Gaberthueel, Shannon Morsello, Jon Hamill, Dale Ireland, Jeff Simmons, André Bachiega

Poster flash presentations

12:15-12:20

Selective control of parasitic nematodes using bioactivated nematicides
Andrew R. Burns, Rachel Ross, Megan Kitner, Jessica Knox, Jack M. P. Castelli, Kirsten Yeung, Emily Puumala, Bruna M. Palmeira, Elizabeth M. Redman, Sagar Marwah, Jens Tiefenbach, Jamie Snider, Constance A. M. Finney, Igor Stagljar, Henry M. Krause, Sonya A. MacParland, John S. Gilleard, Leah E. Cowen, Hui Peng, Susan Meyer, Mark Lautens, Inga Zasada, Peter J. Roy

12:20-12:25

The effect of 1-octen-3-ol and 3-octanone on plant parasitic nematodes
Arben Myrta, Nicola Sasanelli, Astha Gurung, Pasqua Veronico, Salim Khoja, Alberto Troccoli, Ian Baxter, Tariq M. Butt

12:25-12:30

Impacts of long-term SDHI nematicide use on turfgrass
Christian Kammerer, William Crow

12:30-14:00
Parallel Sessions
14:00-16:00

Room Ella Fitzgerald - Level 3Oral session 28

Interactions of nematodes with micro-organisms

Chairs: Maria Viketoft and Johan Desaeger

Oral presentations

14:00-14:20

Microbiota associated with phytonematodes in the rhizosphere of cultured plants
Holger Heuer, Ahmed Elhady, Shimaa Adss, Johannes Hallmann

14:20-14:40

 Cultivating relationships: genetics shape microbiome form and function in C. elegans
Buck S. Samuel

14:40-15:00

Can microbiomes protect phytonematodes against antagonists?
Olivera Topalovic, Frederik Bak, Susana S. Santos, Mette H. Nicolaisen, Flemming Ekelund, Mette Vestergård

15:00-15:15

Microbiome analysis of malacopathogenic nematodes suggests no evidence of a single bacterial symbiont responsible for gastropod mortality
Laura Sheehy, James Cutler, Gareth Weedall, Robbie Rae

15:15-15:30

Nematodes rely on microbial facilitation in extreme environments
Jesse Jorna, Byron J. Adams

15:30-15:45

Nematode–microbe complexes play an essential role in apple replant disease
Xorla Kanfra

Poster flash presentations

15:45-15:50

Soil-born endophytic fungi antagonize plant-parasitic root-knot nematodes in tomato
Polina Marchenko, Tina Austerlitz, Krzysztof Wieczorek

15:50-15:55

External and Internal microbiomes of Antarctic dry valley nematodes are distinct, but more similar to each other than the surrounding environment
J. Parr McQueen, Kaitlin Gattoni, Eli Gendron, Pacifica Sommers, Steven Schmidt, Dorota Porazinska

15:55-16:00

Characterization of nematode-bacteria associations with gastropods and their virulence towards crop pests in norhtern Mindanao, Philippines
Veronica Tañan, Nanette Hope Sumaya, PhD


14:00-16:00

Room Miles Davis - Level 3Oral session 29

Trade and market access implications of plant parasitic nematodes

Chairs: Francesca De Luca and Valeria Orlando

Oral presentations

14:00-14:20

Nematology in support of plant health – role of EPPO
Françoise Petter, Madeleine McMullen, Charlotte Trontin, Fabienne Grousset, Camille Picard, Muriel Suffert, Rob Tanner, Baldissera Giovani, Anne-Sophie Roy

14:20-14:40

Nematodes associated with damage on Taxus media cv. Hillii in Norway
Christer Magnusson, Dag Ragnar Blystad, Zahra Ben Hellal

14:40-15:00

Movement of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with the turf industry
Valeria Orlando, Tom Prior, Rebecca Lawson, Lesley Jutson, Margarida Correia, Paul Taylor, James Stubbs, Charlotte Howard

15:00-15:15

Plant-parasitic nematodes pose a serious threat to the production and nutritional quality of popular biofortified cassava
Aminat Oyetunde, Steve Afolami, Peter Kulakow, Danny Coyne

15:15-15:30

Plant-parasitic nematodes and export to non-European Union countries
Anne Sophie van Bruggen, Evelyn van Heese

15:30-15:45

Detection and diagnostics of tropical Meloidogyne spp. within the Euphresco project MeloTrop
Saša Širca, Barbara Gerič Stare, Anne-Marie Chappe, Fabrice Ollivier, Laurent Folcher, Maria L. Inácio, Filomena Nóbrega, Leidy Rusinque, Eugénia Andrade, Carla Maleita, Luci Conceição, Isabel Abrantes, Evelyn Y.J. van Heese, Gerrit Karssen, Jasmina Bačič

Poster flash presentations

15:45-15:50

 Negative binomial modeling of nematode count data yield more accurate mean and variance estimates
Gideon Alake, Inga Zasada, Edzard van Santen, Peter DiGennaro

15:50-15:55

FAGUSTAT: Investigating Beech Leaf Disease, a threat to beech trees and forests in Europe
Nicole Viaene, Negin Ebrahimi, Annelies Haegeman, Ondrej Douda, Anne Sophie van Bruggen, Nikica Ogris, Saša Širca, Barbara Gerič Stare, Thomas Prior, Ana Pérez Sierra, Mariana Groza, Mihaela Coman, Marie-Jo Hurley, Déborah Lanterbecq, Simon Van Kerkhove, Quentin Leroy

15:55-16:00

Plant-parasitic nematode: a potential threat to medicinal plants in Vietnam
Huu Tien Nguyen, Bert Wim, Trinh Quang Pha


14:00-16:00

Room Espace Gould - Level 2Oral session 30

Nematode community assemblies

Chairs: Byron Adams and Eric Grenier

Oral presentations

14:00-14:20

Impact of cultural practices and environmental conditions on plant-parasitic nematode communities through a long-term agroecological field trial
Nathan Garcia, Eric Grenier, Laurent Folcher

14:20-14:40

A novel metabarcoding strategy for studying nematode communities
Md Maniruzzaman Sikder, Mette Vestergård, Rumakanta Sapkota, Tina Kyndt, Mogens Nicolaisen

14:40-15:00

Community assembly in the wake of glacial retreat: a meta-analysis
Satyendra K. Pothula, Byron J. Adams

15:00-15:15

Exploring belowground biodiversity in Lincoln, Nebraska’s tallgrass prairie corridor
Abigail Borgmeier, Kaitlin Gattoni, Timothy Harris, Peter Mullin, Dorota Porazinska, Kirsten Powers, David Wedin, Thomas Powers

15:15-15:30

DNA barcoding individual specimens using COI and 18S in nematode community analyses: advantages of a combined approach
Thomas Powers, Dorota Porazinska, Byron Adams, Abigail Borgmeier, Rebecca Higgins, Timothy Harris, Peter Mullin, Kirsten Powers

15:30-15:45

Agriculture land-use intensification causes biotic homogenization on phytonematode communities at regional scale
Antonio Archidona Yuste, Thorsten Wiegand, Nico Eisenhauer, Carolina Cantalapiedra-Navarrete, Juan E. Palomares Rius, Pablo Castillo

Poster flash presentations

15:45-15:50

Nematode communities in organic and conventional rice production in Indonesia: a morphological and metabarcoding approach
Muhammad Aksan, Prabowo Lestari, Marjolein Couvreur, Antarjo Dikin, Johannes Helder, Wim Bert

15:50-15:55

Association of beneficial terrestrial nematodes with glyphosate-tolerant and conventional soybean-based cropping systems
Akhona Mbatyoti, Mieke Daneel, Antoinette Swart, Dirk De Waele, Hendrika Fourie, Rinus Knoetze

15:55-16:00

 Research on free-living terrestrial nematodes (Order Dorylaimida) from tropical rain forest in Vietnam
Thi Anh Duong Nguyen, Joaquin Abolafia, Reyes Pena-Santiago


14:00-16:00

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Oral session 31

Effectors in plant parasitic nematodes

Chairs: Bruno Favery and Geert Smant

Oral presentations

14:00-14:20

Effector gene birth in plant parasitic nematodes: neofunctionalization of a housekeeping glutathione synthetase gene
Sebastian Eves-van den Akker, Catherine Lilley, Abbas Maqbool, Duqing Wu, Hazijah Yusup, Laura Jones, Paul Birch, Mark Banfield, Peter Urwin

14:20-14:40

A root-knot nematode effector targets the spliceosomal plant machinery allowing the giant cell formation
Michaël Quentin

14:40-15:00

 Nematode-encoded RALF peptide mimics facilitate parasitism of plants through the FERONIA receptor kinase
Xin Zhang, Huan Peng, Hongdong Liao, Deliang Peng, Feng Yu

15:00-15:15

NemaWAARS: A motif to unveil mechanisms of parasitism gene regulation in the pinewood nematode as a target for disease control and plant resistance
Margarida Espada, Cláudia Vicente, Jorge Faria, Paulo Vieira, Sebastian Eves-van den Akker, Lurdes Inácio, Manuel Mota

15:15-15:30

Discovery of novel stylet-secreted NLS-containing effector candidates from the soybean cyst nematode Heterodera glycines
Anju Verma, Rick Masonbrink, Tom Maier, Thomas J. Baum, Melissa G. Mitchum

15:30-15:45

The Meloidogyne incognita effector MiL648 contributes to nematode virulence through its interactions with OPR2 in tomato
Ava Verhoeven, Anna Finkers-Tomczak, Pjotr Prins, Debbie Valkenburg-van Raaij, Koen Varossieau, Hein Overmars, Erik Slootweg, Mark Sterken, Aska Goverse, Geert Smant

Poster flash presentations

15:45-15:50

The Root-knot nematode effector Mj-NEROSS suppresses plant immunity by interfering with the ROS production in plastids
Boris Stojilkovic, Yujin Chen, Xiang Hui, Godelieve Gheysen

15:50-15:55

Studying root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica MAP-1 variation and their implication in parasitism
Anil Kumar, Patricia Bucki, Sigal Braun Miyara

15:55-16:00

The M. javanica effector Mj-10A08 downregulates ethylene receptors via protein-protein interactions to facilitate tomato parasitism​
Yujin Chen, Boris Stojilković, Godelieve Gheysen

Plenary Session
16:10-16:40

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Plenary 11

  • Multi-criteria assessment in agriculture: how can agroecology help?

16:40-17:00

Closure congress

  • Pierre Abad, Larry Duncan and Florian Grundler