Management of plant parasitic nematodes.

The research of the SCRI Nematology Group has a high international profile. In 1998, it organized the 24th International Nematology Symposium which attracted 400 delegates from all over the world. The SCRI has a world-wide reputation for research on nematode vectors of plant viruses, on potato cyst nematodes (PCN, Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis) and for fundamental studies on nematode genetics and secretions. In the past 5 years, we have been involved in seven EU-funded shared cost projects (value to SCRI >£1 million), two grants from the British Potato Council (£250,000), two Link project (£300,000), and various other grants and commercial contracts (>£100,000). Currently, there are eight Ph.D. students in Nematology.