Plant-parasitic Nematode Identification Course Program
When
Join us December 12-19, 2025
Clemson University, Clemson, SC
G-100 and H-101, Biosystems Research Complex
Schedule
December 12, Friday
6:00 - 7:00 PM WELCOME RECEPTION IN THE LOBBY OF BEST WESTERN
December 13, Saturday
9:00 WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS
9:30 INTRODUCTION TO NEMATODES
10:00 COFFEE BREAK
10:15 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY
12:00 LUNCH
1:30 CLASSIFICATION & USE OF TAXONOMIC KEYS
2:00 EXTRACTION OF NEMATODES FROM SOIL
2:30 INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY PROCEDURES
2:45 COFFEE BREAK
3:00 LABORATORY: NEMATODE EXTRACTION AND PICKING
4:30 ADJOURN
December 14, Sunday
8:30 MORPHOLOGY & BIOLOGY OF DORYLAIMIDA
9:00 LABORATORY: Xiphinema and Longidorus
10:00 COFFEE BREAK
10:15 LABORATORY: Trichodorus and Paratrichodorus
12:00 LUNCH
1:30 MORPHOLOGY & BIOLOGY OF APHELENCHINA
2:00 LABORATORY: Aphelenchus and Aphelenchoides
3:00 COFFEE BREAK
3:15 LABORATORY: Bursaphelenchus
4:30 ADJOURN
December 15, Monday
8:30 MORPHOLOGY & BIOLOGY OF CRICONEMATOIDEA
9:00 LABORATORY: Mesocriconema, Hemicriconemoides and Hemicycliophora
10:00 COFFEE BREAK
10:15 LABORATORY: Paratylenchus, Gracilacus and Tylenchulus
12:00 LUNCH
1:30 MORPHOLOGY & BIOLOGY OF HETERODEROIDEA
2:00 LABORATORY: Heterodera
3:00 COFFEE BREAK
3:15 LABORATORY: Rotylenchulus
4:30 ADJOURN
December 16, Tuesday
8:30 REVIEW
9:00 IDENTIFICATION EXAM I
11:00 GO OVER EXAM I
11:30 LUNCH
1:00 VISIT CAMPUS AND SC BOTANICAL GARDENS
4:30 ADJOURN
December 17, Wednesday
8:30 GROUP PHOTO
9:00 MORPHOLOGY & BIOLOGY OF HETERODEROIDEA (contd.)
9:30 LABORATORY: Meloidogyne
12:00 LUNCH
1:30 MORPHOLOGY & BIOLOGY OF TYLENCHOIDEA
2:00 LABORATORY: Pratylenchus and Radopholus
3:00 COFFEE BREAK
3:15 LABORATORY: Helicotylenchus, Hoplolaimus and Scutellonema
4:30 ADJOURN
December 18, Thursday
8:30 MORPHOLOGY & BIOLOGY OF TYLENCHOIDEA (contd.)
9:00 LABORATORY: Dolichodorus and Belonolaimus
10:00 COFFEE BREAK
10:15 LABORATORY: Tylenchorhynchus and Tylenchus
12:00 LUNCH
1:30 NEMATODES OF TURFGRASSES
2:30 COFFEE BREAK
2:45 MORPHOLOGY & BIOLOGY OF TYLENCHOIDEA (contd.)
3:15 LABORATORY: Anguina and Ditylenchus
4:00 COURSE REVIEW
4:30 ADJOURN
December 19, Friday
9:00 IDENTIFICATION EXAM II - CUMULATIVE
11:30 CRITIQUE & PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES
12:00 ADJOURN
