Publications

Our team has participated in over 130 presentations since the inception of this grant. We are constantly seeking to provide stakeholders with effective mitigation strategies to combat M.e.

Scientific Publications

  • 1.     Identification, distribution, and hosts of Meloidogyne spp. infecting horticultural crops in Florida, USA with focus on Meloidogyne enterolobii Gabrieli Riva, Janete A. Brito ,Clemen de Oliveira , Marcus Marin , Mengyi Gu, Hung Xuan Bui and  Johan Desaeger. (2025)

  • 1.       Wong TW. S.S and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2024) Sensitivity of Meloidogyne incognita, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. niveum, and Stagonosporopsis citrulli to succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors used for control of watermelon diseases. 2024. Plant Disease 2024 108:6, 1762-1768 DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-12-22-2922-RE

    3.       Grunwald N. J., Bock C. H., Chang J. H., Alves De Souza A., Del Ponte E. M., du Toit L. J., Dorrance A. E., Dung J., Gent D., Goss E. M., Lowe-Power T. M., Madden L. V., Martin F. M., McDowell J., Naegele R. P., Potnis N., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Sundin G. W., Thiessen L., Vinatzer B. A., and Zeng Q. (2024) Open access and reproducibility in plant pathology research: guidelines and best practices. Phytopathology: PMID: 38330057 DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO-12-23-0483-IA.

    4.      Pasche J, Sawlani R, Buttros V, Desaeger J, Garret K and Martins S (2024). Underground Guardians: How Collagen and Chitin Amendments Shape Soil Microbiome Structure and Function for Meloidogyne enterolobii Control. Microbiome (submitted).

    5.      Riva G, Brito J, Oliveira C, Gu M, Marin M, Bui H and Desaeger J (2024). Identification, distribution, and hosts of Meloidogyne spp. infecting horticultural crops in Florida, USA with focus on Meloidogyne enterolobii. Journal of Nematology (submitted and currently being revised).

    6.      Lopes de Paula L, Campos VP, Terra WC, de Brum D, Jacobs D, Bui H, Desaeger J (2024). The combination of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and Purpureocillium lilacinum in the control of Meloidogyne enterolobii, Biological Control 189: 9 pp.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2023.105438

    7.      Coburn J and Desaeger J (2024). Host status and susceptibility of Cannabis sativa cultivars to root-knot nematodes. Journal of Nematology 56 (1): 14 pp. https://doi.org/10.2478/jofnem-2024-0003 (includes data on M.e.).

  • 1.       Schwarz, T., and Gorny, A.M. 2023. Evaluation of soybean genotypes (Glycine max and Glycine soja) for resistance to the root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne enterolobii. Plant Disease 108:694 699. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-02-23-0278-RE.

    2.       Gorny, A. M., Cude, S., Ye, W., and Thiessen, L. D. 2021.  Soybean Root-Knot Nematode: A  Diagnostic Guide. Plant Health Progress.  DOI: 10.1094/PHP-01-21-0005-DG

    3.       Culbreath J., Wram C., Khanal C., Bechtel T., Wadl PA, Mueller J, Rutter W.B.A community-level sampling method for detection of Meloidogyne enterolobii and other root-knot nematodes in sweetpotato storage roots. Crop Protection. 2023 Dec 1;174:106401. doi: 10.1016/j.cropro.2023.106401

  • 1.      Bui, H. X., M. Gu, G. Riva, and J. A. Desaeger. 2022. Meloidogyne spp. infecting Asian vegetables in Central Florida, USA. Nematropica 52: 56-63. https://journals.flvc.org/nematropica/article/view/132098

    2.      Bui, H. X., & Desaeger, J. A. 2022. Susceptibility and host potential of six cucurbit crops to Meloidogyne enterolobii, M. floridensis, M. hapla, M. incognita and M. javanica. Nematology 1: 1-10. doi: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-bja10195

    3.      Liu C, Grabau Z and Desaeger J (2022). Guava Root-Knot Nematode or Pacara Earpod Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne enterolobii (Yang and Eisenback, 1983) (Nematoda: Chromadorea: Rhabditida: Tylenchina: Tylenchomorpha: Tylenchoidea: Meloidogynidae). Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. The University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/IN1372

  • 1.       Gorny, A. M., Cude, S., Ye, W., and Thiessen, L. D. 2021.  Soybean Root-Knot Nematode: A  Diagnostic Guide. Plant Health Progress.  DOI: 10.1094/PHP-01-21-0005-DG

    2.      Gu M P, Bui HX P, Ye W and Desaeger J (2021). First Report of Meloidogyne enterolobii on sweet potato in Florida, USA. Nematropica 51 (1): 37-40. https://journals.flvc.org/nematropica/article/view/129336

    3.      Gu M P, Bui H P, Ye W and Desaeger J (2021). The First Report of Meloidogyne enterolobii on Thai Basil in Florida, United States. Plant Disease Published Online: 29 Apr 2021 https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-21-0293-PDN

  • 1.       Philbrick, A., Adhikari, T. B., Louws, F. J., and Gorny, A. M.  2020 . Meloidogyne enterolobii, a major threat to tomato production: Current status and future prospects for its management. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11:article 606395  DOI:10.3389/fpls.2020.606395

Research Abstracts

  • 1.       Parada-Rojas C. H., Childs K., Fernandez de Soto M., Salcedo A., Pecota K., Yencho G. C., Almeyda C., Kitavi M., C. Buell R., Conant G., Baltzegar D., and Quesada-Ocampo L. M (2023) A diverse catalog of NLR genes in hexaploid sweetpotato cultivars. Phytopathology 113: S2.42.

  • 1.       Agudelo P., Corbin J., Desaeger J., Gorny A., Grabau Z., Guan Z., Hajihassani A., Mueller J.,  Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Rutter W., and Wadl P.  (2022) Multi-state effort to contain and manage Meloidogyne enterolobii on vegetable crops. Phytopathology 112: S3.69.

    2.       Parada-Rojas C. H. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. Revealing the NLRome of cultivated hexaploid sweetpotato.  Phytopathology 111: S2.55

    3.       Soto-Caro, A., Luo, T, Wu, F., Guan, Z. 2022 Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting Selected Paper Conference Paper-Under Review

    4.       Schwarz, T., and Gorny, A.M. 2022. Improving agricultural disease management of the highly aggressive root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne enterolobii, through resistant sweetpotato and soybean plant genotypes.  (Abstr.) 15th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, North Carolina State University.

    5.       Schwarz, T., and Gorny, A.M.  Comparison of egg hatching rates and cold shock tolerance of Meloidogyne enterolobii to other root-knot nematode species to better inform disease risk. (Abstr.) Phytopathology 111:S2.106.

  • 1.       Agudelo, P., Corbin, J., Desaeger, J., Gorny, A., Grabau, Z., Guan, Z., Hajihassani, A., Mueller, J., Quesada-Ocampo, L., Rutter, W., and Wadl, P.  (2021) A multi-state effort to contain and manage Meloidogyne enterolobiiin vegetable crops. Journal of Nematology 53:1-41.

    2. Gorny, A.M., Schwarz, T., and Davis, E. 2021. Screening for a solution: Evaluating diverse crop genotypes for resistance to Meloidogyne

    enterolobii. (Abstr.)  Journal of Nematology 53:1-41. https://doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2021-095

  • 1.       Wong T. S. and Quesada-Ocampo L. M. (2020) Evaluation of SDHIs for control of southern root-knot nematode and fungal pathogens in watermelon. Phytopathology 110: S1.20.

    2.       Ye W, Schwarz T., Davis E. L., Thiessen L. D., Quesada-Ocampo, L. M., and Gorny A. M. (2020) Occurence of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne enterolobii infecting sweetpotato in North Carolina, United States. Phytopathology 110: S1.2.

    3.       Grumet, R., Z. Fei, A. Levi, M. Mazourek, J.D. McCreight., J. Schultheis, Y. Weng, M. Hausbeck, S. Kousik, K.S. Ling, A. Linares-Ramirez, C. McGregor,  L. Quesada-Ocampo, U. Reddy, C. Smart, P. Wechter, T. Wehner, L. Wessel-Beaver, and W.M. Wintermantel. 2020. The CucCAP project: Leveraging applied genomics to improve disease resistance in cucurbit crops. Acta Horticulturae 1294:101-114.

    4.       Rutter, W. B., Wadl, P. A., Mueller, J. D. and P. Agudelo. 2020. Identification of Sweetpotato Germplasm Resistant to Pathotypically Distinct Isolates of Meloidogyne enterolobii from the Carolinas. Plant Disease 0 0: ja

Production Guides

  • 1.       Southeastern Vegetable Extension Workers. Kemble J., Meadows I., Jennings K. M., and Walgenbach J. F., Eds. (2024) Southeastern US 2024 Vegetable Crop Handbook. Basil, cucurbits, hop, lettuce, endive, sweetpotato, and fungicide resistance tables (Gorny contributed 4 tables total,Quesada Contributed 11 tables total).

    2.       Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Meadows I., and Gorny A. (2024) Disease control for commercial vegetables. North Carolina Agricultural and Chemicals Manual. Basil, cucurbits, hop, lettuce, endive, sweetpotato, and fungicide resistance tables (Gorny contributed 4 tables total, Quesada Contributed 11 tables total).

  • 1.       Southeastern Vegetable Extension Workers. Kemble J., Meadows I., Jennings K. M., and Walgenbach J. F., Eds. (2023) Southeastern US 2023 Vegetable Crop Handbook. Basil, cucurbits, hop, lettuce, endive, sweetpotato, and fungicide resistance tables (Quesada Contributed 11 tables total).

    2.       Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Meadows I., and Gorny A. (2023) Disease control for commercial vegetables. North Carolina Agricultural and Chemicals Manual. Basil, cucurbits, hop, lettuce, endive, sweetpotato, and fungicide resistance tables (Quesada Contributed 11 tables total).

  • 1.       Adams R., Britton W., Jennings K., Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Schultheis J., and Walgenbach J. (2022) 2022 Crop Profile for Cucumber in North Carolina. Southern Integrated Pest Management Center. URL: https://ipmdata.ipmcenters.org/source_report.cfm?sourceid=1452&view=yes

    2.       Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Meadows I., and Gorny A. (2022) Disease control for commercial vegetables. North Carolina Agricultural and Chemicals Manual. Basil, cucurbits, hop, lettuce, endive, sweetpotato, and fungicide resistance tables (Quesada Contributed 11 tables total).

  • 1.       Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Meadows I., and Gorny A. (2021) Disease control for commercial vegetables. North Carolina Agricultural and Chemicals Manual. Basil, cucurbits, hop, lettuce, endive, sweetpotato, and fungicide resistance tables (Quesada Contributed 11 tables total).

    2.       Southeastern Vegetable Extension Workers. Kemble J., Meadows I., Jennings K. M., and Walgenbach J. F., Eds. (2021) Southeastern US 2020 Vegetable Crop Handbook. Basil, cucurbits, hop, lettuce, endive, sweetpotato, and fungicide resistance tables (Quesada Contributed 11 tables total).

  • 1.       Quesada-Ocampo L. M., Meadows I., and Gorny A. (2020) Disease control for commercial vegetables. North Carolina Agricultural and Chemicals Manual. Basil, cucurbits, hop, lettuce, endive, sweetpotato, and fungicide resistance tables (Quesada Contributed 11 tables total).

    2.       Southeastern Vegetable Extension Workers. Kemble J., Meadows I., Jennings K. M., and Walgenbach J. F., Eds. (2020) Southeastern US 2020 Vegetable Crop Handbook. Basil, cucurbits, hop, lettuce, endive, sweetpotato, and fungicide resistance tables (Quesada Contributed 11 tables total).

    3.       Thiessen, L. D., (2020). Cotton, Soybean, Wheat, and Corn chapters. 2020 NC Agricultural Chemicals Manual. (Quesada: Contributed 12 tables total).