COST Action 850: Publications

Summit Workshop COST 850 “Biocontrol Symbiosis”, Salzau Castle, Kiel, Germany, June 02-05, 2006.

Download: Programme (PDF, 90 KB), Opening Session (PDF, 5'614 KB)

Presentations:

Session 1: Symbiosis biology - WG1 (Chairs: Noel Boemare, France and David Clarke, United Kingdom)

• Relation of nematodes and bacteria during reproduction
  Author: Richou Han (PR China) (Download PDF, 2'003 KB)
• Incompatible insect technique: A Wolbachia-based technology for insect pest control
  Author: Kostas Bourtzis (Greece) (Download PDF, 2'503 KB)
• Competitions and costs in Steinernema - Xenorhabdus associations
  Authors: Vanya Emelianoff, Julie Hinsinger, Catherine Moulia & Mathieu Sicard (France) (Download PDF, 3'146 KB)
• Recent EPN research and application technology in Japan
  Authors: Toyoshi Yoshiga, Mutsuhiro Yoshida & Hiroshi Tanabe (Japan) (Download PDF, 7'292 KB)

Session 2: Valedictory session to honour Noel Boemare (Chairs: Richard ffrench-Constant, UK and Nelson Simoes, Portugal)

• Photorhabdus and Xenorhabdus - the benefit of COST 850
  Author: David J. Clarke (UK) (Download PDF, 1'299 KB)
• Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus: Potent producers and natural products
  Authors: Helge B. Bode, A. Brachmann & G. Schwär (Germany) (Download PDF, 1'835 KB)
• Functional redundancy of Photorhabdus toxins: Why so many and what do they all do?
  Authors: R. ffrench-Constant, A. Dowling, M. Hares, G. Yang & N. Waterfield (United Kingdom) (Download PDF, 11'783 KB)
• New insight into diversity in the genus Xenorhabdus
  Authors: Patrick Tailliez, Sylvie Pagès, Nadège Ginibre & Noël Boemare (France) (Download PDF, 1'429 KB)

Session 3: Socio-Economics: From strain to product - WG5 (Chairs: Roma Gwynn, United Kingdom and Giovanna Curto, Italy)

• Progress in internal and external communication of activities: Achievements of WG5 Socio-Economics
  Authors: Giovanna Curto (Italy) & Holger Philipsen (Denmark) (Download PDF, 522 KB)
• Benefits from the Cost Actions for a commercial EPN producer – A historical overview
  Authors: Rick van der Pas & Frans Weber (The Netherlands) (Download PDF, 1'077 KB)
• e-nema GmbH: From EPN start-up to microbial control company
  Authors: Tillmann Frank, Arne Peters & Ralf-Udo Ehlers (Germany) (Download PDF, 1'321 KB)
• History of Becker Underwood and the development of EPNs and slug parasitic nematodes.
  Authors: Graeme Gowling & Cyrille Verdun (United Kingdom) (Download PDF, 2'877 KB)
• Research into practice: Product development pathways for entomopathogenic nematodes in developing countries.
  Author: Roma L Gwynn (Scotland, UK) (Download PDF, 819 KB)
• The registration of EPNs - A review of the situation prevailing in Europe and selected foreign countries
  Author: Dr Bernard J. Blum (Switzerland) (Download PDF, 300 KB)

Session 4: Interaction field biota-EPN behaviour and survival - WG 4 (Chairs: Solveig Haukeland, Norway and Naim Iraki, Palestine)

• Quantification of the slug parasitic nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita from soil samples using real time qPCR
  Authors: Keith MacMillan, Vivian Blok, Iain Young, John Crawford, Christopher E. Mullins & Michael J. Wilson (United Kingdom) (Download PDF, 943 KB)
• Persistence of EPN in turf and agriculture ecosystems
  Authors: Alper Susurluk (Turkey) & Ralf-Udo Ehlers (Germany) (Download PDF, 2'611 KB)
• Horizontal movement of entomopathogenic nematodes through sand, peat and chipped bark
  Authors: Laura Kruitbos, Stuart Heritage & Mike Wilson (United Kingdom) (Download PDF, 1'584 KB)
• Persistence and spread of exotic and indigenous nematodes applied to pine stumps for suppression of pine weevil
  Authors: A.D. Dillon, C.M. Meade & C.T. Griffin (Ireland) (Download PDF, 1'366 KB)
• Primary and secondary invasion
  Author: Arne Peters (Germany) (Download PDF, 1'890 KB)
• More questions than answers: Application and establishment in agroecosystems
  Authors: Alper Susurluk (Turkey) & Ralf-Udo Ehlers (Germany) (Download PDF, 640 KB)
• Determination of desiccation and heat tolerance of several local insect-pathogenic nematode strains in Palestine
  Authors: Naim Iraki, Basma Sandouka, & Amani Abu-Sa’da (Palestine) (Download PDF, 619 KB)
• Steinernema thermophilum Ganguly & Singh 2000- an updated picture
  Authors: Vishal S. Somvanshi (Israel) & Sudershan Ganguly, Israel (Download PDF, 2'361 KB)

Session 5: Tritrophic interactions - WG4 (Chairs: Christine Griffin, Ireland and Stefan Toepfer, Hungary)

• Influence of insect-damaged roots on the host-finding behaviour of the entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis megidis
  Authors: I. Hiltpold, S. Rasmann & T.C J. Turlings (Switzerland) (Download PDF, 10'840 KB)
• Behavioural interactions between the large pine weevil, Hylobius abietis and entomopathogenic nematodes.
  Authors: D. E. Ennis & C.T. Griffin (Ireland) (Download PDF, 529 KB)
• Development of an extraction method for roots of Thuja occidentalis and a bio-assay to test its attractiveness for Heterorhabditis megidis
  Authors: Marieke W. Prins, Rob W.H.M. van Tol, Pim de Voogt & Maurice W. Sabelis (The Netherlands) (Download PDF, 259 KB)

Session 6: EPN in orchards - WP3 (Chairs: Albert Ester, The Netherlands and Jürg Grunder, Switzerland)

• EPN and biological control of the root weevil, Diaprepes abbreviatus, in Florida citrus
  Author: Robin J. Stuart (USA) (Download PDF, 3'082 KB)
• Concepts and strategies for a successful product development - The case of EPN’s for the control of hazelnut weevil, Balaninus nucum
  Authors: Dr Bernard J. Blum & Jürg Grunder (Switzerland) (Download PDF, 535 KB)
• Control of the flathead rootborer (Capnodis tenebrionis) with the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae in a chitosan formulation in apricot.
  Authors: Maria del Mar Martinez de Altube & Alejandro Martinez Peña (Spain) (Download PDF, 2'911 KB)
• Field application of entomopathogenic nematodes against insect pests of fruits and vegetables in Egypt
  Authors: M. M. Shamseldean & A.A. Atwa (Egypt) (Download PDF, 2'380 KB)
• Entomopathogenic nematodes as part of the integrated pest management program in guava orchards of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
  Author: Claudia Dolinski (Brasil) (Download PDF, 6'524 KB)
• Effectiveness of EPN in the control of sawfly (Hoplocampa brevis) on pear orchards
  Authors: Giovanna Curto, Stefano Vergnani & Alberto Reggiani (Italy) (Download PDF, 1'239 KB)
• Effectiveness of EPN in the control of Cydia pomonella overwintering larvae in Northern Italy
  Authors: G. Curto, S. Vergnani, A. Reggiani, R. Cornale, M. Benuzzi, E. Ladurner & S. Caruso (Italy) (Download PDF, 2'248 KB)
• Control of codling moth, Cydia pomonella, with entomopathogenic nematodes
  Authors: Arne Peters & Ellen Elias (Germany) (Download PDF, 1'879 KB)

Session 7: EPN and EPB Genetics & Bioactive Molecules – WGs 1 + 2 (Chairs: Hinanit Koltai, Israel and Kostas Bourtzis, Greece)

• Invasion of the body-snatchers: symbiont transmission by H. bacteriophora
  Author: Todd Ciche (USA)
• The complete mitochondrial genome of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae: Insights into tRNA editing mechanisms
  Authors: R. Montiel, G. Nascimento, M.A. Lucena, J. Medeiros & N. Simões (Portugal) (Download PDF, 1'295 KB)
• Generation and analysis of an EST dataset from recovering axenic dauer juveniles of Steinernema carpocapsae.
  Authors: Zoe Mulroy-Hehir, John T. Jones, Gayle K. Philip, Linda Cardle & Ann M. Burnell (Ireland) (Download PDF, 411 KB)
• Expression of prtX like-proteases by Xenorhabdus nematophila and Photorhabdus luminescens
  Authors: G. Nascimento, R. Montiel, C. Cabral, T. Martins, J. Medeiros, M. Robles & N. Simões (Portugal) (Download PDF, 372 KB)
• Recent research on entomopathogenic nematodes in China
  Author: Richou Han (China) (Download PDF, 2'396 KB)
• The Heterorhabditis Genome Project
  Author: Todd Ciche (USA) (Download PDF, 5'160 KB)
• Proteins expressed by Steinernema carpocapsae during the infection process
  Authors: N. Simões, D. Toubarro, & J. Martins (Portugal) (Download PDF, 685 KB)
• Transcription analysis of Steinernema carpocapsae induced with insect haemolymph
  Authors: Y.J. Hao, R. Montiel, G.Nascimento & N. Simoes (Portugal) (Download PDF, 1'488 KB)
• Development of molecular markers for stress response in different species of entomopathogenic nematodes
  Authors: Vishal S. Somvanshi, Hinanit Koltai & Itamar Glazer (Israel) (Download PDF, 385 KB)

Session 8: Tools for EPN and EPB genetics - WG1 and WG2 (Chairs: Ann Burnell, Ireland and Todd Ciche, USA)

• Mutagenesis as a tool for improvement of biocontrol potential of entomopathogenic nematodes.
  Author: Marek Tomalak (Poland) (Download PDF, 2'334 KB)
• Genetic selection as a tool for improvement of beneficial traits in Heterorhabditis sp.
  Authors: Olaf Strauch & Ralf-Udo Ehlers (Germany) (Download PDF, 309 KB)
• Improvement of EPN by genetic and molecular tools: the nematologist perspective
  Author: Itamar Glazer (Israel) (Download PDF, 2'419 KB)
• Genomics as an approach for research and improvement of entomopathogenic nematodes
  Author: Hinanit Koltai (Israel) (Download PDF, 771 KB)

Management Committee Meeting: Future perspectives in science & collaboration - COST 850

• COST 850 Biocontrol Symbiosis: Achievements
  Author: Ralf-Udo Ehlers (Download PDF, 419 KB)
• COST 850 Management Committee Meeting (Ballet Room, third floor of Castle Salzau)

Session 9: Achievements - COST 850 (Chairs: Marek Tomalak, Poland and Oreste Triggiani, Italy)

• Progress of the research on symbiotic and pathogenic interactions between Xenorhabdus and Photorhabdus bacteria and the phylum Ecdysozoa in France (COST 850 period)
  Authors: Noël Boemare, Michel Brehelin, Sophie Gaudriault, Alain Givaudan, Anne Lanois, Catherine Moulia, Sylvie Pages, Mathieu Sicard, Patrick Tailliez, Olivier Thaler & Robert Zumbihl (Download PDF, 1'887 KB)
• Activity in Israel during COST 850
  Author: Itamar Glazer (Israel) (Download PDF, 992 KB)
• Research on entomopathogenic nematodes in Ireland
  Authors: C.T. Griffin, A.M. Burnell & M.J. Downes (Ireland) (Download PDF, 723 KB)
• Achievements during COST 850 in Belgium
  Authors: Jeff Coosemans & Maurice Moens (Belgium) (Download PDF, 79 KB)
• Use of EPN in Germany
  Authors: Michael Barth, Arne Peters & Ralf-Udo Ehlers (Germany) (Download PDF, 2'177 KB)
• Use of EPN in Scandinavia
  Author: Solveig Haukeland (Norway) (Download PDF, 250 KB)
• Progress in EPN use and research in Italy
  Author: Oreste Triggiani (Italy) (Download PDF, 584 KB)
• Research and use of EPNs in Poland
  Author: Marek Tomalak (Download PDF, 234 KB)
• Achievement in EPN research and use in biological control in Switzerland
  Author: Jürg Grunder (Switzerland) (Download PDF, 869 KB)

Poster Session (Chairs: Stefan Kuske, Switzerland and Olaf Strauch, Germany)

• Role of hemolymph factors during in vitro cellular encapsulation of nematodes by the hemocytes of Galleria mellonella
  Authors: M. Nalini, P. Hyrsl &, T. Raman (Czech Republik)
• Installation of a Swiss zooparasitic nematode bank
  Authors: Stefan Kuske & Jürg M. Grunder (Switzerland)
• New isolate of Photorhabdus luminescens ssp. kayaii from Czech Republic
  Authors: P. Hyrsl, I. Sedlacek & Z. Pacova (Czech Republic)
• Monitoring of insect-hosts of entomopathogenic nematodes in Bulgaria
  Authors: D. Gradinarov & N. Atanasov (Bulgaria)
• Isolation and characterization of a novel subspecies of Photorhabdus asymbiotica isolated from H. indica
  Authors: Ryusei Kuwata, Toyoshi Yoshiga, Mutsuhiro Yoshida & Eizo Kondo (Japan)
• A report on the occurrence of Heterorhabditis indica with two symbiotic bacterial species in Japan
  Authors: M. Yoshida, R. Kuwata, T. Yoshiga & T. Mizukubo (Japan)
• Testing the male colonisation hypothesis in Steinernema spp.
  Authors: M.A.M. Alsaiyah & C.T. Griffin (Ireland)
• Novel mitochondrial gene arrangement among some species of the Genus Heterorhabditis
  Authors: Sassia O. Regeai & Ann M. Burnell (Ireland)
• Attempts to develop an RNAi protocol for Steinernema carpocapsae
  Authors: Ilona Dix, Trevor Tyson & Ann M. Burnell (Ireland)
• A review on entomopathogenic nematodes in Turkey
  Author: Alper Susurluk (Turkey)
• Effectiveness of entomopathogenic nematodes (Steinernema and Heterorhabditis spp.) from Azores- Portugal, against the Mediterranean Fruit Fly
  Authors: A. Medeiros, P. Garcia, N. Simões, & L. Oliveira (Portugal)
• An experience about biological control of Caliroa varipes Klug (Hymenoptera Tentredinae) by EPN, in an urban park of Bologna suburbs (Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy)
  Authors: Giovanna Curto & Nicoletta Vai (Italy)
• Checking for synergistic effects between Bacillus thuringiensis and Steinernema carpocapsae against Plutella xylostella
  Authors: Xiaoli Yi & Ralf-Udo Ehlers (Germany)
• Overlooked important characters in females and infective juveniles of the entomopathogenic family Steinernematidae (Nematoda)
  Authors: Zdenìk Mrácek & Vladimír Pùža (Czech Republic)

Session 10: Biotechnology and Application - WG 3 (Chairs: Mayra de la Torre, Mexico and Denis Wright, United Kingdom)

• Foliar application of entomopathogenic nematodes: progress and prospects
  Authors: Denis J Wright & Roma L Gwynn (United Kingdom) (Download PDF, 1'280 KB)
• Use of nematodes for control of Plutella xyllostella on cabbage foliage
  Authors: Xiaoli Yi, Sibylle Schroer & Ralf-Udo Ehlers (Germany) (Download PDF, 2'287 KB)
• Evaluating efficacy of application of entomopathogenic nematodes via a drip line irrigation system
  Authors: Andrew P. Brown, J. Pearce, C. Verdun & D.J. Wright (UK) (Download PDF, 1'075 KB)
• Investigating different application strategies of Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita
  Authors: Robbie G. Rae, Jamie, F. Robertson & Michael J. Wilson (United Kingdom) (Download PDF, 1'667 KB)
• Effect of the superficial gas velocity on hydrodynamics and growth kinetics of Steinernema spp in a bubble column.
  Authors: Y. Reyes, M. Adame, .O Goméz & M. de la Torre (Mexico) (Download PDF, 719 KB)
• Monoxenic production of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema carpocapsae in an internal-loop airlift bioreactor: Evolution of the hydrodynamic conditions.
  Authors: Gabriela Maciel-Vergara, René Sanjuan-Galindo, Blanca-Rosa Rodríguez-Pastrana, Luis Medina, Adriana-Inés Rodríguez-Hernández & Norberto Chavarría-Hernández (Mexico) (Download PDF, 1'170 KB)
• Life cycle and liquid culture production
  Authors: Olaf Strauch, Ralf-Udo Ehlers & Arne Peters (Germany) (Download PDF, 336 KB)

Session 11: Use of EPN in closed environments – WG3 (Chairs: Mohammed Shamseldean, Egypt and Arne Peters, Germany)

• Control of western flower thrips by entomopathogenic nematodes: possibilities and challenges
  Authors: Lemma Ebssa & Hans-Michael Poehling (Germany) (Download PDF, 924 KB)
• An overview of the use of entomopathogenic nematodes in different crops in Spain
  Authors: Maria del Mar Martinez de Altube & Alejandro Martinez Peña (Spain) (Download PDF, 9'255 KB)
• Lure, release and kill: EPN against isopodes
  Authors: Arne Peters & Christine Lentz (Germany) (Download PDF, 3'945 KB)
• The efficacy of predatory mites and entomopathogenic nematodes in controlling insect pests during mushroom cultivation
  Authors: S. Jess, C.T. Griffin & B. Desrumaux (Ireland) (Download PDF, 5'946 KB)
• Cockroach control with EPN
  Authors: Arne Peters & Kristina Hasselmann (Germany) (Download PDF, 1'917 KB)
• Progress, issues and constraints in Africa for the development of entomopathogenic nematodes
  Author: Roma L Gwynn (Scotland, UK) (Download PDF, 2'065 KB)

Session 12: Use in outdoor environments - WG3 (Chairs: Itamar Glazer, Israel and Lemma Ebssa, Germany)

• The use of slug-parasitic nematodes for the control of slug damage in lettuce
  Authors: Albert Ester & Klaas van Rozen (The Netherland) (Download PDF, 814 KB)
• Use of the entomopathogenic nematode Steinernema kraussei in Norwegian field grown strawberries
  Author: Solveig Haukeland (Norway) (Download PDF, 1'238 KB)
• Control of the invasive alien maize pest Diabrotica virgifera virgifera using nematodes
  Authors: St. Toepfer (Hungary), R.-U. Ehlers, B. Kurtz (Germany), R. Burger & U. Kuhlmann (Switzerland) (Download PDF, 5'164 KB)
• Biological control of leatherjackets using EPN and Bti
  Authors: Jesko Oestergaard, Annelie Fellinghauer, Sabina Voß, Olaf Strauch & Ralf-Udo Ehlers (Germany) (Download PDF, 3'313 KB)
• Use of EPN against grubs in turf
  Authors: Roger Fischer, Arne Peters & Ralf-Udo Ehlers (Germany) (Download PDF, 9'179 KB)
• Entomopathogenic nematodes in the control of oilseed rape pests
  Authors: M. Zec-Vojinovic, H.M.T. Hokkanen, G.-B. Husberg, I. Menzler-Hokkanen (Finland), W. Büchs, Z. Klukowski, (Germany), A. Luik, C. Nilsson, B. Ulber & I.H. Williams (Download PDF, 2'274 KB)
• Transfer of biocontrol techniques to management programs for the Red Palm Weevil in the Middle East, a project conducted by the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development: Entomopathogenic nematodes
  Authors: Mahmoud M.E. Saleh , M.A Al Heji., H. Al Ferdan & A. Darwish (Egypt) (Download PDF, 8'736 KB)