ICN 2022

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

Bandeau - ICN 2022

Monday 2 May 2022

07:30-08:30

Espace Gould - Level 2Congress registration

Plenary Sessions
08:30-09:00

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3 Opening Ceremony

  • Local Committee Chair (Dr. Pierre Abad),
  • IFNS President (Dr. Larry Duncan)
  • ESN President (Pr. Ralf-Udo Ehlers),
  • Bayer (Sumeja Ouyeder),
  • Université Côte d’Azur President (Pr. Jeanick Brissewalter)

09:00-09:30

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Plenary 1

  • Microgravity effect on entomopathogenic nematodes' ability to find and kill insects
      Fatma Kaplan, David Shapiro-Ilan, Karl Cameron Schiller

09:30-10:00

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Plenary 2

  • Plant Root-knot Nematode Interaction: a sophisticated dialogue
10:00-10:30

Espace Gould - Level 2Coffee break - Visit of exhibition

Parallel Sessions
10:30-12:30

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Oral session 1

Plant resistance and nematode virulence

Chairs: Aska Goverse and Sebastian Kiewnick

Oral presentations

10:30-10:50

Multiple mechanisms of resistance to SCN encoded by soybean Rhg1
Andrew Bent, Shaojie Han, Adam Bayless, Katelyn Butler, John Smith, Ryan Zapotocny, Christina Fliege, Matthew Hudson, Brian Diers, Shiyan Chen, Xiaohong Wang, Derrick Grunwald

10:50-11:10

Epigenetic modifications in Meloidogyne incognita virulence to resistance gene Mi in tomato
Laetitia Perfus-Barbeoch Zurletto, Rahim Hassanaly-Goulamhoussen, Christoph Grunau, Etienne G.J. Danchin, Bruno Favery, Philippe Castagnone, Pierre Abad

11:10-11:30

Tackling new virulent Globodera pallida populations using new sources of resistance in wild potato species
Sebastian Kiewnick

11:30-11:45

The genetic basis for root-knot nematode virulence
David Bird

11:45-12:00

Proline-rich extensin-like receptor kinases mediate damage-triggered immune responses to nematode infections
Jose L. Lozano Torres, Jaap-Jan Willig, Sonja Warmerdam, Casper C. van Schaik, Jaap Bakker, Aska Goverse, Geert Smant

12:00-12:15

Functional analysis of the Ma gene for resistance to root-knot nematodes in Prunus
Simon Saucet, Cyril Van Ghelder, Daniel Esmenjaud

Poster flash presentations

12:15-12:20

Deciphering the mechanism of ascarosides perception in plants
Sharon Letia, Badou Mendy, Stephan H. von Reuss, Florian M.W. Grundler, M. Shamim Hasan

12:20-12:25

Screening of plantain and banana cultivars for resistance against Radopholus similis with prospects of using macropropagation plantlets for selection
Emmanuel Olajide, Laura Cortada, Delphine Amah, Danny Coyne, Wim Bert, Rony Swennen, Yao Kolombia

12:25-12:30

Identification of candidate resistance genes in chickpea (Cicer arietinum) against Pratylenchus thornei using GWAS
Sonal Channale, John Thompson, Rajeev Varshney, Mahendar Thudi, Rebecca Zwart


10:30-12:30

Room Espace Gould - Level 2Oral session 2

Soil suppressiveness and nematode control using cover crops

Chairs: Caroline Djian-Caporalino and Camille Chauvin

Oral presentations

10:30-10:50

 Cover cropping for nematode management in nut crop production
Andreas Westphal, Yu-Chen Wang, J. Ole Becker, Jeff Mitchell, Amelie Gaudin

10:50-11:10

Cover crops and litter mulching improves the soil food web structure and suppressiveness in banana fields
Camille Chauvin, Jean-Michel Risede, Cécile Villenave, Marc Dorel

11:10-11:30

Evaluating sorghum as cover crop against root-knot nematodes
Caroline Djian-Caporalino, Thierry Mateille, Marc Bailly-Bechet, Nathalie Marteu, Ariane Fazari, Pierre Bautheac, Alizée Raptopoulo, Luan Van Duong, Johannes Tavoillot, Bernard Martiny, Claire Goillon, Philippe Castagnone-Sereno

11:30-11:45

Suppression effect of microbial communities, extracted from the rhizospheres of tropical trees, on M. enterolobii
Milad Rashidifard, Hendrika Fourie, Gerhard Engelbrecht, Samad Ashrafi, Mieke Stefanie Daneel, Sarina Claassens

11:45-12:00

Root-knot nematode suppression by cover crop and tillage practices in a bare-ground vegetable production system
Josiah Marquez, Timothy Coolong, Bhabesh Dutta, Abolfazl Hajihassani

12:00-12:15

Minimum tillage, cover crops, and dead mulch foster free-living nematodes, microbial activity and soil fertility
Jan Henrik Schmidt, Maria R. Finckh, Matthias von Ahn, Xorla Kanfra, Holger Heuer, Johannes Hallmann

Poster flash presentations

12:15-12:20

Host status of different cover crops for three Pratylenchus species
Betre Estifanos, Ank Theelen Peeten, Philippe Packbier, Bernd Honermeier, Johannes Hallmann

12:20-12:25

Using nematode community analysis to assess the resilience of agricultural soils in the Netherlands
Anja Kombrink, Hilde Coolman, Egbert Schepel

12:25-12:30

Characterization and steering of the native, soil microbiome-based suppression of plant-parasitic nematodes
Robbert van Himbeeck, Stefan Geisen, Johannes Helder


10:30-12:30

Room Miles Davis - Level 3Oral session 3

Ecology of free-living nematodes

Chairs: Candice Jansen van Rensburg and Thomae Kakouli-Duarte

Oral presentations

10:30-10:50

Mitochondrial metagenomics for evaluation of nematode diversity: paving a way into the future
Dorota L. Porazinska, Eli Gendron, Joseph L. Sevigny, Peter Mullin, Kris Powers, Thomas O. Powers, W. Kelley Thomas

10:50-11:10

 On the Importance of species diversity in ecosystem functions and services
Howard Ferris

11:10-11:30

Protected areas in southern Africa, what do we know of the nematode fauna?
Candice Jansen van Rensburg

11:30-11:45

Distribution and diversity of moss-dwelling nematodes
Bianca Kreuzinger-Janik, Nabil Majdi, Walter Traunspurger

11:45-12:00

Natural ecosystem diversity and functioning of nematode communities in a semi-desert ecosystem in Mexico
Hugo H. Mejía-Madrid, Sara Sánchez-Moreno

12:00-12:15

Bacterial nematode grazing enhances P mobilization from phytate by Bacillus subtilis: what are the mechanisms involved?
Claude Plassard, Mercedes Garcia-Sanchez, Houssein Monder, Mathilde Souche, Anne-Laure Pablo, Carlos Trives-Segura, Leyla Slamti, Julien Brillard

Poster flash presentations

12:15-12:20

The relations between glyphosate and soil health based on nematode trophic groups in Turkish hazelnut orchards
Sevilhan Mennan, Gökhan Aydınlı, Ivo Brants, Xavier Belvaux, Husrev Menna

12:20-12:25

Soil nematode communities around gopher tortoise burrows in native and degraded ecosystems
Rachel M. Shepherd, L.M. Uy, K.M. Gattoni, J.P. McQueen, E.M.S. Gendron, P.G. Hahn, M.A. Lashley, D.L. Porazinska

12:25-12:30

CRISPR and mutagenesis experiments reveal mechanisms of integration of horizontally acquired cellulases in Pristionchus
Ziduan Han, Ralf J. Sommer


10:30-12:30

Room Ella Fitzgerald - Level 3Oral session 4

EPN ecology and biology

Chairs: Raquel Campos-Herrera and Antoinette Malan

Oral presentations

10:30-10:50

How the spores of Isaria fumosorosea strain CCM8367 are spread by entomopathogenic nematodes
Jiří Nermuť, Jana Konopická, Vladimír Půža, Rostislav Zemek

10:50-11:10

 Machines and machine learning for applied nematology: potential and opportunity
Denis S. Willett, Fahiem E. El-Borai, Larry W. Duncan, Camila C. Filgueiras

11:10-11:30

Role of Xenorhabdus on the metabolism of Steinernema infective juveniles (Nematoda: Steinernematidae)
S. Patricia Stock, Emilie Lefoulon

11:30-11:45

Interactions between entomoparasitic nematodes within their host species, rose chafer grub
Luca Eszter Balog, Oleksandr Holovachov, Júlia Katalin Török

11:45-12:00

Molecular effectors in immune modulation and pathogenicity by entomopathogenic nematodes
Adler Dillman, Sophia Parks, Chau Nguyen, Shyon Nasrolahi, Dihong Lu, Raghavendran Ramaswamy, Anna Buchman, Omar Akbari, Naoki Yamanaka, Martin Boulanger

12:00-12:15

Key transcriptional changes in the shifting from free-living to infective stage of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora
Nelson Simões, Duarte Toubarro

Poster flash presentations

12:15-12:20

War in the darkness: the use of volatile organic compounds and entomopathogenic nematodes to control wireworms
Diana la Forgia, François Verheggen, Andrea Chacon

12:20-12:25

Mass spectrometry-driven discovery of neuropeptidergic systems regulating nictation in free-living and parasitic nematodes
Bram Cockx, Rose Boelen, Johnathan Dalzell, Liesbet Temmerman

12:25-12:30

Standardized surveys confirm greater EPN presence and diversity in a subtropical compared to Mediterranean citrus orchards
Alexandros Dritsoulas, Fahiem El-Borai, Mostafa Hammam, Mahfouz Abd-Elgawad, Larry Duncan, Ioannis Giannakou

12:30-14:00

Espace Gould - Level 2Lunch - Visit of exhibition

Parallel Sessions
14:00-16:00

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Oral session 5

Plant resistance and nematode virulence (continued)

Chairs: Peter DiGennaro and David Bird

Oral presentations

14:00-14:20

How plants recognize nematodes: Signals and signalling
Shahid Siddique, Florian Grundler

14:20-14:40

Inducing plant resistance against parasitic nematodes: Preparing for battle
Tina Kyndt, Willem Desmedt, Anikó Meijer, Jonas De Kesel, Mohammad Reza Atighi, Richard Raj Singh, Eva Degroote

14:40-15:00

30 years of research on resistance against Globodera pallida: an overview
Sylvain Fournet, Marie Claire Kerlan, Josselin Montarry, Eric Grenier

15:00-15:15

Resistance loci interactions discovery through comprehensive transcriptomics
Peter DiGennaro, Weiming Hu, Vincent Colantonio

15:15-15:30

Dehydroascorbate activates induced resistance in rice against root-knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola
Satish Namdeo Chavan, Jonas De Kesel, Willem Desmedt, Eva Degroote, Richard Raj Singh, Nguyen Thu Giang, Kristof Demeestere, Tim De Meyer, Tina Kyndt

15:30-15:45

Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals the specific activation of defense pathways against Globodera pallida in Gpa2 resistant potato roots
Qi Zheng, André Bertran, Anouk Brand, Casper C. van Schaik, Stefan van de Ruitenbeek, Geert Smant, Aska Goverse, Mark G. Sterken

Poster flash presentations

15:45-15:50

Investigation of resistance against Ditylenchus dipsaci on sugar beet
Alan Storelli, Andreas Keiser, Sebastian Kiewnick, Mario Schumann, Werner Beyer, Matthias Daub, Michael Rostás, Anne-Kathrin Mahlein

15:50-15:55

Prospective identification through DNA-capture technologies of a rice resistance gene to control Meloidogyne graminicola
Sophie Mantelin, Hue Nguyen Thi, Miles Armstrong, Hai Ho-Bich, Lizhong Xiong, Mathias Lorieux, John Jones, Ingo Hein, Stéphane Bellafiore

15:55-16:00

Host status of Crop plants to Meloidogyne enterolobii populations
Hemanth Kumar Koniganahalli Gopal, Sebastian Kiewnick, Etienne G.J. Danchin


14:00-16:00

Room Espace Gould - Level 2Oral session 6

Phylogenetics/Phylogenomics: the latest updates on the Phylum Nematoda

Chairs: Sergei Subbotin and Johannes Helder

Oral presentations

14:00-14:20

Evolution and diversification of plant and animal parasitism within the phylum Nematoda
Johannes Helder, Martijn Holterman, Sven Van den Elsen, Geert Smant, Stefan Geisen, Michaela Schratzberger

14:20-14:40

Nematode phylogenomics - how far did we progress?
Oleksandr Holovachov, Mohammed Ahmed, Ashleigh B. Smythe, Kevin M. Kocot

14:40-15:00

 Phylogeny and systematics of Aphelenchoididae: overview and problems
Natsumi Kanzaki, Robin Giblin-Davis

15:00-15:15

An update to the phylogeny of Aphelenchoidea; Ektaphelenchinae, Seinurinae and Tylaphelenchinae, as case studies
Majid Pedram, Farahnaz Jahanshahi Afshar

15:15-15:30

High-quality genome assembly of an emerging root-knot nematode species, Meloidogyne luci
Nik Susič, Georgios D. Koutsovoulos, Cristian Riccio, Etienne G. J. Danchin, Mark L. Blaxter, David H. Lunt, Polona Strajnar, Saša Širca, Gregor Urek, Barbara Gerič Stare Maybe

15:30-15:45

Phylogeography, phylogeny and DNA barcoding of the cyst nematodes
Sergei Subbotin

Poster flash presentations

15:45-15:50

Genetic and phylogenetic characterization of different populations of Meloidogyne izalcoensis, a new species from coffee in Brazil
Marcilene Santos, Sheila Almeida, Vanessa Mattos, Marina Carneiro, Philippe Castagnone-Sereno, Regina Carneiro

15:50-15:55

 Phylogeography of Ditylenchus gallaeformas
Samara A. Oliveira, Saara DeWalt, Paula Agudelo

15:55-16:00

 Molecular identification and phylogenetic diversity of cereal cyst nematode (Heterodera spp.) populations from Algeria
Mehalaine Khawla, Imren Mustafa, Dababat Abdelfattah


14:00-16:00

Room Miles Davis - Level 3Oral session 7

Biodiversity of aquatic nematodes

Chairs: Federica Semprucci and Nabil Majdi

Oral presentations

14:00-14:20

Effects of duration and frequency of non-flow periods on stream-dwelling nematode communities
Nabil Majdi, Miriam Colls, Linette Weiss, Vicenç Acuña, Sergi Sabater, Walter Traunspurger

14:20-14:40

Taxonomic and functional diversity of marine nematodes in the biomonitoring: reality or utopia?
Federica Semprucci

14:40-15:00

 Community structure of deep-sea nematodes: a metabarcoding approach
Lara Macheriotou, Sofie Derycke, Ann Vanreusel

15:00-15:15

Resource diversity effects on cryptic marine nematode species: a multi-faceted approach
Rodgee Mae Guden, Derycke Sofie, Tom Moens

15:15-15:30

Can we predict sediment quality with nematode metabarcoding?
Janina Schenk, Nils Kleinbölting, Sebastian Höss, Marvin Brinke, Walter Traunspurger

15:30-15:45

Aquatic nematodes as bio-indicators of crude oil water-soluble fractions (WSFs) toxicity: a microcosm approach
Luana Monteiro, Tom Moens, Walter Traunspurge

Poster flash presentations

15:45-15:50

Tobrilidae communities in western Nebraska sandhill lakes are driven by alkalinity and biotici interactions
Kaitlin Gattoni, Abigail Borgmeier, J. Parr McQueen, Peter Mullin, Kirsten Powers, Thomas Powers, Dorota Porazinska, Eli Gendron

15:50-15:55

Nematode predators catalyze an increase of chloroviruses by foraging on the symbiotic hosts of zoochlorellae
Kirsten Powers, Zeina Al-Ameeli, John Delong, Steven Thomas, James Van Etten, David Dunigan, Thomas Powers

15:55-16:00

Spatial distribution patterns of microbiome and free-living benthic nematodes in response to sediment ecological conditions in Sado estuary, Portugal
Soraia Vieira, Kasia Sroczyńska, Marta Martins, Maria Costa, Joana Neves, Helena Adão, Cláudia Vicente


14:00-16:00

Room Ella Fitzgerald - Level 3Oral session 8

Nematode management in tropical conditions

Chairs: Biodun Claudius-Cole and Haddish Melakeberhan

Oral presentations

14:00-14:20

Management of potato cyst nematode and bacterial wilt by use of banana fiber paper in potatoes
Effie Ochieng, John Kimenju, Douglas Miano, Kalpana Sharma, Charles Opperman, Tahira Pirzada, Laura Cortada-Gonzalez, Danny Coyne

14:20-14:40

Management of nematodes in peri-urban vegetable farms in West Africa
Abiodun Claudius-Cole

14:40-15:00

 Challenges and management of plant-parasitic nematodes on plantain, Musa spp. AAB-subgroup, in Nigeria
Monioluwa Omolara Olaniyi

15:00-15:15

Adopting integrated nematode-soil health management in smallholder potato farms in the highlands of Guatemala
Stephen Kakaire, Amilcar Sanchez, Anibal Sacbaja, Catherine Chan, Brent Sipes, Haddish Melakeberhan

15:15-15:30

The effects of orange and lemon juice on root-knot nematode population densities and plant growth under greenhouse
Grace Tefu, Mieke Daneel, Driekie Fourie

15:30-15:45

 Integrated management of Meloidogyne incognita and Fusarium oxysporum in cucumber under protected cultivation system
Jaydeep Ashok Patil, Anil Kumar, Sewak Ram

Poster flash presentations

15:45-15:50

EUPHRESCO – MELORISK: Preventing Meloidogyne graminicola spread in European rice paddies
Maria Lurdes Inácio, Leidy Rusinque, Filomena Nobrega, Rita Varela

15:50-15:55

Dominance index of soil nematodes on a coffee plantation after cost-effective bionematicide application
Iis Nur Asyiah, Laeli Nordiana, Balawara Andika, Sugeng Winarso, Lenny Widjayanthi, Dwi Nugroho, Kurniawan Firmansyah, Ankardiansyah Pandu Pradana

15:55-16:00

Control of the rice root-knot nematode Meloidogyne graminicola using rice plants as trap crops
Giulia Torrini, Stefano Sacchi, Leonardo Marianelli, Giuseppe Mazza, Annachiara Fumagalli, Beniamino Cavagna, Pio Federico Roversi, Mariangela Ciampitti

16:00-16:30

Espace Gould - Level 2Coffee break - Visit of exhibition

16:30-18:00

Espace Gould - Level 2Poster Session S1 to S5 - (odd numbered posters presented)

Parallel Sessions
16:30-18:00

Room Miles Davis - Level 3Workshop 1

Expanding indicator qualities of nematodes to identify sustainable soil health

Chair: Haddish Melakeberhan

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16:30-18:00

Room Ella Fitzgerald - Level 3Workshop 2

Aphelenchoides besseyi: reemergence of a forgotten parasite

Chair: Johan Desaeger

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 Occurrence and control of Aphelenchoides besseyi in China
Hongli Ji, Jialian Xie, Fang Yang, Xing Xu, Yunliang Peng

Summer crimp disease (Aphelenchoides besseyi): Species delimitation and feeding habits
Clemen De Oliveira, Johan Desaeger, Sergei Subbotin, Renato Inserra, Janete Brito, Natalia Peres

Aphelenchoides besseyi: Emerging challenge in Brazilian crops
Andressa Machado

General discussion


16:30-18:00

Amphi. Antipolis - Level 3Workshop 3

Advances and challenges in CRISPR-mediated technologies in parasitic and free-living nematodes

Chairs: Sebastian Eves-van den Akker and Ralf J. Sommer

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CRISPR-mediated reverse genetic approaches in P. pacificus and potential modifications for plant parasitic nematodes
Ralf Sommer, Witte Hanh

TransPPN: The transformation of plant-parasitic nematodes consortium
Sebastian Eves-van den Akker, The TransPPN Consortium

Liposome-mediated CRISPR and RNAi in parasitic and free-living nematodes
Andre Pires da Silva, Sally Adams, Hongguang Shao, James B. Lok, Prachi Pathak

General discussion


16:30-18:00

Room Espace Gould - Level 2Workshop 4

DNA barcoding of nematodes

Chairs: Thomas Powers and Dorota Porazinska

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18:00-19:00

Room Ella Fitzgerald - Level 3IFNS - Executive Meeting 1

18:00

Espace Gould - Level 2Drinks reception