News of the Laboratory of Nematology
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New testimonial thesis student
- Maartje has completed her thesis at Nematology. -
Farewell address Prof. dr. Wim van der Putten
- Organised by: Wageningen University, Laboratory of Nematology Date: Fri 13 June 2025 16:00 to 18:00 Venue:Omnia, building number 105 Hoge Steeg... -
Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality
- Wim van der Putten, together with other auteurs, wrote an article in Science about less intensive management works best for agricultural soil. -
Nematodes vector bacteriophages in compost and soil
- Soil phages (viruses of bacteria) must disperse through a challenging soil habitat before they reach their host. -
Diversity–diseaserelationships in natural microscopic nematode communities
- Small microscopic roundworms (nematodes) offer unique opportunities for studying disease-diversity relationships, but contrary to data from larger... -
On the diversity of nematode antagonists in an agricultural soil, and their steerability by root-knot nematode density and cover crops
- Making use of local (microbial) nematode antagonist community could be a means to manage plant-parasitic nematodes. An obvious question would be: do... -
Vidi grant for Mark Sterken
- Mark Sterken will receive a Vidi grant from NWO. He may spend 850,000 euros in the coming years to develop his own innovative research line. -
Cover crop mixtures do not assemble markedly distinct soil microbiotas ascompared to monocultures in a multilocation field experiment
- Within the cover-crop research and user community, the pros and cons of growing monocultures or mixtures of cover crops are debated. Discussions about... -
Increases in macroaggregate fractions following organic fertilizer application decrease microbial-driven CO2 release
- Fertilizer application is key for plant yield promotion, but also has side effects on microbes, organic carbon storage and aggregate size... -
Close to Darwin
- Jose Lozano spent 10 days on the Galapagos Islands doing research.