My goal is to develop integrated strategies for managing plant-parasitic
nematodes in agronomic and forage crops that reduce costly and environmentally
disruptive inputs while maintaining profitable yields. Current research
is directed toward: 1) determining the effect of cropping practices such
as rotation, tillage, and cover crops on plant-parasitic nematodes and
their natural enemies; 2) developing peanut germplasm and cultivars with
resistance to root-knot nematodes; 3) understanding the mechanism by which
root-knot nematodes increase pre-harvest aflatoxin contamination in peanut;
4) evaluating different tall fescue/endophyte combinations for resistance
to the lesion nematode; and 5) characterizing nematode resistance in pearl
millet.
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