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Nematology at Cornell
A History, by W.F. Mai
Major Research Projects in Plant Nematology at Cornell
Research experiments have been classified in approximately 40 research projects in a variety of areas. Research has been conducted on a number of different kinds of plant pathogenic nematodes including the stem and bulb nematodes of onions (Ditylenchus dipsaci), the golden nematode of potatoes (Heterodera rostochiensis), nematodes attacking roots of fruit trees (primarily Pratylenchus penetrans), nematodes attacking roots of vegetables and nursery crops (Meloidogyne hapla and others), and a cyst nematode attacking table beets and cabbage, (Heterodera schachtii).
Most of the studies have been conducted on plant parasitic nematodes but other soil inhabiting nematodes and other soil-inhabiting organisms have been included in the tests.
Chemical control has received major attention but other control measures have received increasing attention in recent years. Although nematode control has been emphasized other areas have been studied - such as nematode physiology, taxonomy, morphology and life cycles; nematode population dynamics; relation of nematodes with other soil organisms; and nematode-plant relations.
Table 2. Research Projects in Nematology at Cornell
Dr. W.F. Mai's Research Projects
DATE | INVESTIGATOR | PROJECT # | TITLE |
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1955-57 | Mai, Cetas, Kent* | Hatch 128 B.J. 79 |
A study of the factors affecting the efficiency of potato spraying and dusting |
1955-58 | Mai, Newhall, Lewis* | Hatch 133 | The bulb nematode disease of onions |
1947-48 | Mai, Newhall, Massey, Chitwood* | State Proj. 174 | The golden nematode disease of potatoes |
1957-58 | Mai, Harrison, Kent* | State Proj. 174 | The golden nematode disease of potatoes |
1958 | Grange League Fed. | Survey of nematode damage to forage and nursery crops | |
1960 | Harrison, Mai, Kent* | State Proj. 174 | The golden nematode disease of potatoes |
1957-59 | Mai, Parker, Fisher, Edgerton, Brase, Kirkpatrick* | Hatch 188 (NE-34) State Proj. 274 |
Biology and control of nematodes associated with plant diseases: parasitic on roots of fruit trees |
1961 | Mai, Parker, Goodnow, Kruk, Fisher, Edgerton, Clark, Brase, Elliot, Austin, Norton* | Hatch 188 (NE-34) State Proj. 274 |
Biology and control of nematodes associated with plant diseases: parasitic on roots of fruit trees |
1962-63 | All and MacDonald, Oberly, without Fisher, Clark* | Hatch 188 (NE-34) State Proj. 274 |
Biology and control of nematodes associated with plant diseases: parasitic on roots of fruit trees |
1967 | Mai* | NYC1 99 (NE-34) |
Factors affecting buildup and pathogenicity of nematodes parasitic on plant roots |
1968-70 | Mai* | NYC1 99 (NE-34) |
Physiology and biochemistry of nematode-host relationships |
1969 | Schultz, Mai* | NYC218 | Diseases of sugar beets |
1953-54 | Lear, Mai, Cunningham, Jacob, Briant* | State Proj. 221 | A five year study of the residual effects of soil fungicides and fumigants |
1953-54 | Lear, Cunningham, Jacob, Newhall* | State Proj. 222 | A study of chemical soiI treatments for their efficacies against the clubroot organism, Plasmodiophora brassicae |
1951-54 | Hutchinson, Mai* | State Proj. 235 | Biological control of golden nematode by predacious fungi |
1959-60 | Mai, Parker, Fisher, Edgerton, Kirkpatrick, Brase, Norton, Elliot, Austin* | Hatch 188 State Proj. 274 |
Nematodes parasitic on roots of fruit trees |
1960 | Mai, Harrison, Pridham (1960) Mai, Harrison, Pridham, Kruk (61-62)* | State Proj. 285 | Nematodes parasitic on and associated with the roots of nursery stock |
1961-66 | Mai, Harrison, Williamson, Kruk, Hoff* | State Proj. 295 | Studies on the parasitism and pathogenicity of plant parasitic nematodes (of New York State) |
1967-71 | Mai | NYC 692 | Plant parasitic nematodes |
1961 | Mai, Harrison, Williamson, Kruk | ||
1962 | Mai, Harrison, Kruk, Edmunds* | State Proj. 296 | Taxonomy, life history, and geographic distribution of plant parasitic and other soil inhabiting nematodes of New York |
1962 | Mai, Harrison, Kruk, Hoff, Jones | State Proj. 295 | |
1963 | Mai, Harrison, Kruk, Smith, Bird, Morsink, Edmunds, Jones | ||
1966 | Mai, Harrison, Kruk, Hoff, Cheu,Deal, Dunn, EI-Sherif, Hagger, Riedel, Thistlethwayte | ||
1968-71 | Mai | NYC331 NE-64 |
Biology of the plant-parasitic nematode Pratylenchus penetrans |
1967-71 | Mai | NYC693 | Studies on plant parasitic and other soil inhabiting nematodes of New York |
1972-77 | Mai | NYC445 NE-64 |
See NYC331, NE-64 |
1971-87 | Mai, VanDemark (74, 77), Brady (71), Jaffee (79), Hullar (82) | NYC391 153429 |
Ecology and control of plant parasitic nematodes |
1976-81 | Mai, Harrison (76-81), Van Dermark (80) | NYC441 | The impact of nematode populations on crop yield |
1980-86 | Mai, Harrison (80-86), Van Dermark (80), Scott (84) | NYC449 | The impact of nematode population dynamics on crop growth on crop yield |
Dr. G.S. Abawi's Research Projects
DATE | INVESTIGATOR | PROJECT # | TITLE |
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1973 | Abawi, Hunter, Barton | NY(G)25479 | Ecology, biology and control of soil-borne plant pathogens |
1982 | Abawi | Determination and the use of economic loss thresholds of soil-borne pathogens in the development of integrated control programs for annual vegetable crops | |
1989 | Abawi, Hunter | Design and evaluation of new approaches for the management of plant parasitic nematodes | |
1994 | Abawi, Zuckerman | Biological control of the northern root knot nematode on vegetables grown on organic soil | |
1994 | Abawi | NE-171 | Biological and cultural management of plant-parasitic nematodes |
Dr. B.B. Brodie's Research Projects
DATE | INVESTIGATOR | PROJECT # | TITLE |
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1977 | Brodie, O'Brien, Van Demark | Biology, ecology, and control of cyst nematodes | |
1980 | Brodie | NYC422 | Biology, ecology, and control of potato cyst nematodes |
1984 | Brodie | NYC422 | Biology, ecology and management of the golden nematode |
1988 | Brodie | NYC422 | Studies on golden nematode biology, ecology and host resistance |
1992 | Brodie | NYC422 | Studies on nonchernical means of managing the golden nematode |
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