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Edward G. Platzer, Ph.D., Chair
Department Office, 1303 Webber Hall
(909) 787-4431; http://cnas.ucr.edu/~nem

Professors
James G. Baldwin, Ph.D.
Edward G. Platzer, Ph.D. (Nematology and Biology)
Philip A. Roberts, Ph.D.

Professors Emeriti
Charles E. Castro, Ph.D.
Reinhold Mankau, Ph.D.
Ivan J. Thomason, Ph.D. (Nematology and Plant Pathology)
Seymour D. Van Gundy, Ph.D. (Nematology and Plant Pathology)

Assistant Professor
Isgouhi Kaloshian, Ph.D.

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Lecturers
J. Ole Becker, Ph.D.
Michael V. McKenry, Ph.D.
Antoon T. Ploeg, Ph.D.

Affiliated Faculty
John D. Radewald, Ph.D. (Agronomist Emeritus)
Cooperating Faculty
Bradley C. Hyman, Ph.D. (Biology)

A graduate program in Nematology is offered within a broad biological context. Students are enrolled in a more general department or interdepartmental program which provides a core of graduate courses. The general departments may include Biology, Botany and Plant Sciences, Entomology, Plant Pathology, and Soil and Environmental Sciences; interdepartmental programs may include Environmental Toxicology or Genetics. Dissertation research opportunities, major research professor, curriculum advisor, and specific courses are provided by the Department of Nematology to complement requirements of the more general department or program.

Laboratory, three to twelve hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing. Research in nematology with the guidance of a Nematology faculty member. A written report is required. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit. Course is repeatable.

Lecture, five hours; laboratory, twenty-five hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. Five-day lecture and laboratory course on morphological identification of economically important plant parasitic nematodes in Tylenchida and Dorylaimida using dissecting and bright field microscopy. Includes preparation of microscope slides, diagnosis of field samples, and use of diagnostic keys. Baldwin

NEM 206. Phytopathogens: Nematodes. (2) S

Lecture, one hour; laboratory, three hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. recognition, diagnosis, biology, and control of major nematode diseases of plants. Laboratory covers identification techniques, soil sampling and processing techniques, and process of pathogenesis. Cross-listed with PLPA 206. Baldwin, Roberts

NEM 225. Developmental Genetics of Caenorhabditis elegans (2) F, Even Years

Lecture, one hour; discussion, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. A review of contemporary developmental genetic research using the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans Topics covered will include sex determination; cell lineage, deaths, and migrations; mosaic analysis; transposons; neuronal development and wiring diagrams; and altered developmental pathways. Course is repeatable. Cross-listed with BIOL 225.

NEM 226. Nematode Taxonomy and Comparative Morphology. (4) W

Lecture, two hours; laboratory, six hours. Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor. The taxonomy and comparative morphology of soil, plant parasitic, and aquatic nematodes. Emphasis on the Tylenchida, their importance, distribution, phylogeny, and speciation. Baldwin.

NEM 227. Molecular Nematology. (2) F

Lecture, two hours. Prerequisite(s): graduate standing or consent of instructor. A review of contemporary molecular plant nematology. Topics include genetics, identification, plant disease resistance, and bioengineering resistance. Discusses the use of Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system for plant nematodes. Cross-listed with PLPA 227.

NEM 240. Field Nematology. (1)

Lecture, one hour. Prerequisite(s): NEM 206/PLPA 206. Six-day demonstration and field study course in applied nematology including diagnosis and prediction of nematode field problems, strategies for control, field plot design and establishment in association with diverse California crops. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). McKenry.

NEM 250. Seminar in Nematology. (1)

Seminar, one hour. Prerequisite(s): consent of instructor. Lectures and discussions by visiting scientists, staff and graduate students on topics in nematology. Normally graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) only, but students may petition instructor for a letter grade on the basis of presentation of a formal seminar.

NEM 257. Graduate Seminar in Cell, Molecular, and Developmental Biology. (1)

Prerequisite(s): graduate standing. Lectures by visiting scholars on current research in cell, molecular, and developmental biology. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable. Cross-listed with BCH 257, BIOL 257, BMSC 257, BPSC 257, ENTM 257, ENTX 257, NRSC 257, and PLPA 257.

NEM 260. Current Research in Plant Pathology and Nematology. (1)

Seminar, one hour. Prerequisite(s): graduate status. Topics in plant pathology and nematology will be discussed by outstanding workers in the field from this and other campuses and by graduating students. The course will be graded on a Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) basis. Cross-listed with PLPA 260.

NEM 290. Directed Studies. (1-6)

Individual studies on specially selected topics in nematology under the direction of a staff member. Graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC). Course is repeatable.

NEM 297. Directed Research. (1-6)

Experimental studies on specially selected topics in nematology under the direction of a staff member. Course will be graded Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC).