Accurate nematode identification is important in the management of turfgrass, field and fruit crops and vegetables. This course provides beginning training in separation of nematodes from soil and plant material and identification of nematodes to genus. Seven Continuing Education units and a certificate are given for successful completion of the course. There are approximately 30 hours of formally presented material and 40 hours of laboratory instruction. Each person is provided with dissecting and compound microscopes and fresh specimens of approximately 25 common plant-parasitic nematode genera.
Participants have the opportunity to study and learn to identify the nematodes at their own pace.
The course instructor is Dr. Stephen A. Lewis, Chair of the Department of Plant Pathology and Physiology and Professor of Nematology at Clemson University. Dr. Lewis is a past president of the Society of Nematologists and has taught nematology since 1973, and this course since 1988. Mr. David C. Harshman assists in the course and will provide nematodes from sterile culture, soil, and plant material. Pre-registration is required . Early registration is suggested because enrollment is limited to 18 participants.