Tasks

• Use of nematodes as indicators to assess the resilience of modern agricultural production systems
• Development of sustainable strategies for plant-parasitic nematode control with focus on crop rotations, antagonistic microbes and (induced) plant resistance
• Morphological and molecular identification of plant-parasitic and free-living nematodes
• Studies of the biology and epidemiology of significant plant-parasitic nematodes
• Studies on ecosystem services provided by free-living nematodes (i.a. soil fertility, predation, C-sequestration)
• Professional assistance and advisory support in national and international committees
• Curator of the German nematode collection (literature, permanent slides, living collection)