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One more PhD chapter accepted for publication in Pest Management Science! 🎉 With this acceptance, only 1️⃣ chapter of my PhD thesis remains to be published.

📣 Job offer: The EURL Nematodes is still recruiting a Bioinformatics Project Manager in Nematology/Plant pathology to join our team at ANSES, based in Le Rheu/Rennes (France). Deadline for application: 28/08/2026. The job offer (in French and English): Click and apply. www.anses.fr/fr/content/b...

Beech leaf disease (BLD) is a foliar disease of beech trees thought to be caused by an invasive nematode. Signs: dark green bands between leaf veins, yellow or thickened curled leaves, canopy thinning. Report to EDDMapS. Learn more: bit.ly/3CukKYi

Have you ever wanted to learn more about using the nematode, C. elegans, as a model? Then join our 'Introduction to C. elegans' training course in September! 📆 Weds 23 - Thurs 24 Sept 2026, University of Derby Find out more and book your place: my.rsb.org.uk/item.php?eve... #TrainingCourse

The receptor kinase NILR1 confers nematode resistance through developmental rather than canonical immune signaling https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.24.740501v1

Combining genomic data from 156 nematode species with fossil calibrations, the authors develop a time-calibrated phylogeny that resolves the timing of nematode diversification and evolution of parasitism, while accounting for variation in divergence time estimates 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The timescale of nematode evolution reveals late and convergent radiations of parasitism - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Establishing a universal evolutionary timescale of nematodes has been complicated by their patchy fossil record and analytical limitations. Combining genomic data from 156 nematode species with fossil...

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🌲 Is it time to rethink pinewood nematode management? Two recent studies challenge key assumptions behind current strategies, from clear-cutting to disease ecology. 📰 My IEFC blog post: www.plantedforests.org/repensando-o... 📄 Supporting research: doi.org/10.1007/s106... | doi.org/10.1111/1365...

Rethinking pinewood nematode control in declining forests - European Institute of Planted Forest - IEFC

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The pinewood nematode continues to spread in France agriculture.gouv.fr/sante-des-ve...

Santé des végétaux - Nématode du pin : renforcement des mesures suite à de nouvelles détections sur le territoire national

Nématode du pin : renforcement des mesures suite à de nouvelles détections sur le territoire national

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Our latest: The timescale of nematode evolution reveals late and convergent radiations of parasitism. Led by Liang Lü, with help from @djbirddanerd.bsky.social Mattia Giacomelli @meleonora-rossi.bsky.social Oleksandr Holovachov, Davide Pisani and myself www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The timescale of nematode evolution reveals late and convergent radiations of parasitism - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Establishing a universal evolutionary timescale of nematodes has been complicated by their patchy fossil record and analytical limitations. Combining genomic data from 156 nematode species with fossil...

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The glycosylated root-knot nematode effector Minc10750 suppresses plant immunity by destabilizing host chitinases Liu et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/DN8ART...

Research Assistant Engineer Job in Molecular Biology (Nematology) at INRAE, France The Plant-Nematode Interaction team at INRAE in Sophia Antipolis is offering a renewable 12-month contract as an assistant engineer in molecular biology to study the functions of nematode or plant genes, See details…

Research Assistant Engineer Job in Molecular Biology (Nematology) at INRAE, France

The Plant-Nematode Interaction team at INRAE in Sophia Antipolis is offering a renewable 12-month contract as an assistant engineer in molecular biology to study the functions of nematode or plant genes, See details in French and email for application below:

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Nabin K. Dangal et al. explored the effect of seed treatment in sudden death syndrome (SDS) management and yield and the effect of SDS risk factors such as soybean cyst nematode on performance of seed treatment and resistance: https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-25-1114-RE

🌱🪱 Beat plant-parasitic nematodes without chemicals, by working with the soil microbiome. New Frontiers Research Topic via GPC's ECRi: "Plant–Nematode–Microbiome Networks in Sustainable Biological Control." 📅 Deadline 7 Sept 2026 · 4 APC waivers 🔗 globalplantcouncil.org/ecri/ecri-ou...

Frontiers | Plant–Nematode–Microbiome Networks in Sustainable Biological Control

The study of plant–nematode–microbiome networks is at the forefront of research in sustainable agriculture and biological control. Plant-parasitic nematodes ...

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The local factors that stabilize the self-organization of plant holobionts are not well understood. We show that nematodes and their associated phages govern holobiont assembly, enhancing resistance to pathogens depending on plant-specific soil legacy. doi 10.64898/2026.07.02.736003 #plantsci

New Article: "Neighbours rewire plant–soil feedback patterns via reshaping root microbiomes" rdcu.be/ftejZ Plant performance in conspecific and heterospecific soils is also determined by neighbours inducing changes in the root microbiome that regulate plant growth. #PlantScience

Cracking the Code of a Walnut Killer: A First-Ever Genome for a Crop-Destroying Nematode: https://www.apsnet.org/members/community/newsroom/releases/Pages/walnutkiller.aspx

What ripple effects occur when different holobionts collide? 🔄 "soil nematodes and their associated microbiota (incl. phages) are important yet previously underappreciated biotic factors that influence the emergent properties of plant holobionts" www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

Assembly of plant holobionts is governed by nematode communities and their associated microbiota, conditioned by preceding plants

Plants form holobionts by associating with diverse microbiota. Self-organization gives rise to emergent properties of the holobiont, such as increased resistance to pathogens. However, the local facto...

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Happy to see one of my micrographs of the pinewood nematode (PWN) used in an official awareness presentation prepared by the French Regional Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Forestry (DRAAF PACA), supporting outreach on PWN management. draaf.paca.agriculture.gouv.fr/sensibilisat...

Here's our first concrete example on how microbial markers can be used in resistance #PlantBreeding. Main idea: many diseases are not single-pathogen problems, and breeding/diagnostics may benefit from looking at microbial key taxa (incl. beneficials), not only visual disease scores. #Microbiome

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Hijacking the Host Clock: A Nematode Effector Antagonizes Soybean Circadian Defense and Translation Control (Adv. Sci. 37/2026)

I painted symptoms of the burrowing nematode, Radopholus similis on banana roots. hgpenningtonart.com/...

The 2nd #newsletter is out 📩💥 🪱 #NEMEMERGE is advancing research on tropical root-knot #nematodes through improved resistance, genetic markers & microbial control🔝Discussions with #stakeholders are at the heart of this phase. To read👉🏾 5za6u.r.ag.d.sendibm3.com/mk/mr/sh/Oyc...

Assembly of plant holobionts is governed by nematode communities and their associated microbiota, conditioned by preceding plants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.02.736003v1

A message for every biologist, especially those not studying microbes. We must advance frameworks that are built on the true foundation that microorganisms are part of every cellular assemblage. Holobiont biology indisputably adds that lexicon and fundamental dimension to the visible world.

Well said in a beautiful paper: "microbes are embedded within & frequently mediate the interactions generating ecological networks. For instance, through holobiont relationships, microorganisms span across multiple species, & connect biological systems." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Rethinking One Health: Microbial Foundations for Ecological Governance

One Health (OH) frameworks often approach health through bounded events and discrete risks. Ecological microbial foundations reposition microorganisms as constitutive elements of OH. Microbial metric....

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Chen et al. in the Lin Lab at Fujian Normal University reveal that nematodes and arthropods in rice–wheat agroecosystems exhibit divergent biogeographic patterns, with nematode richness peaking at the regional center and arthropods forming fragmented hotspots.

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A transcription factor-pair work in concert to regulate gene expression across the life cycle of the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.06.24.734266v1

First Insight Into Multiple Paternity in the Potato Cyst Nematode Globodera pallida Facing Masculinizing Plant Resistance Ecol&Evol

First Insight Into Multiple Paternity in the Potato Cyst Nematode Globodera pallida Facing Masculinizing Plant Resistance

Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 7, July 2026.

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