On day 2️⃣ of the #NEMEMERGE #AnnualMeeting, we focused on the topics of #GlobalWarming and #GeneticSelection 🌡🧬 Partners presented insightful and in-depth information on the research conducted to date 🔍 #Istanbul #nematology #agriculture #HorizonEU @w-u-r.bsky.social @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

👥The 2nd #NEMEMERGE #AnnualMeeting is underway! Following the welcome & opening remarks by Ondokuz Mayıs University and the coordinators (@w-u-r.bsky.social) we began by reviewing the progress of each working group and sharing our plans for the next year. #Istanbul @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

📢 With the International Day of #WomenInScience approaching, we have a message to share 👩🏼‍🔬👩🏾‍🔬👩🏽‍🔬 🗣 We asked our female researchers about the importance of this day, the challenges & rewards of working in the field, and the advice they would give to young women🎥 youtu.be/vAVb6jQPI68?... #11F

📢 The 2nd #NEMEMERGE #AnnualMeeting in #Istanbul is coming up🕌 At the project’s halfway point, we’ll be sharing key #results and discussing next steps in our research on #nematodes 🪱 Looking forward to productive discussions & #collaboration 🤝 @w-u-r.bsky.social @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

🔬 New study on #potato cyst #nematode #GloboderaPallida: virulence against major potato resistance genes shares a common genetic basis across Western #Europe 🌍 🧬 A new PCR #test can detect virulent populations directly in the field🌱 ℹ️ nem-emerge.eu/2026/01/27/i... @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

🌱 #PracticeAbstract 5️⃣ #CoverCrops matter in nematode control!🪱 Choosing the right cover crop can help suppress root-knot #nematodes #RKN while the wrong one may increase them. ✅Always consider soil pathogen status before planting ℹ️ nem-emerge.eu/wp-content/u... @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

🌱 #PracticeAbstract 4️⃣ #Potato cyst #nematodes can overcome common resistance #genes🧬 #NEMEMERGE identifies genomic regions, models population build-up, and explores new resistance sources to support sustainable production🥔 ℹ️ nem-emerge.eu/wp-content/u... @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

🌱 #PracticeAbstract 3️⃣Root-knot #nematodes are overcoming resistance #genes causing major #tomato yield losses #Europe 🍅🧬 🔬 #NEMEMERGE is identifying genomic markers of resistance-breaking nematodes to enable early detection & smarter management. ℹ️ bit.ly/3NvQKoT @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

🌱 #PracticeAbstract 2️⃣In the context of #ClimateChange root-knot nematodes thrive at high soil temps while key tomato resistance genes fail above 28 °C—putting yields at risk🍅 🔬 #NEMEMERGE is developing heat-stable nematode resistance ℹ️ nem-emerge.eu/wp-content/u... @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

🌱 #PracticeAbstract1️⃣: New modelling shows tropical root-knot #nematodes could spread north in #Europe as winters warm🌡 High-risk regions for future invasion are identified, helping #farmers & agricultural #advisors plan ahead👩🏾‍🌾👨🏻‍🌾 📗Read it: bit.ly/3LxAYcr @exeter.ac.uk @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

Call for #abstracts📢 36th ESN #Symposium in the #Netherlands🪱 📅 On June 1-5, the European Society of #Nematologists will organise the #ESN2026 event in Egmond aan Zee #Amsterdam 📍Deadline for submitting #abstracts is 15 January❗️ Register for the event👉🏼 esn2026.nl/registration... @w-u-r.bsky.social

Discover how the #NEMEMERGE project is advancing 👣 WP4️⃣ works to identify genomic regions linked to virulence in #PCN populations in order to develop diagnostic tools for its detection🪱 Josselin Montarry of @inrae-france.bsky.social explains this in the #video👇🏼🎞 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

Discover how the #NEMEMERGE project is advancing 👣 WP3️⃣responds to the current lack of molecular markers to detect virulent #RKN #nematode populations🪱 Etienne Danchin (@inrae-france.bsky.social) explains it in the #video👇🏼🎞 @w-u-r.bsky.social @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu @horizoneu.bsky.social

🎄 By 2025, the #NEMEMERGE project had made significant progress in researching sustainable solutions to combat #nematodes. Thank you to all the consortium members for their hard work 🙌🏻👏🏾 We wish you a happy and prosperous New Year💫 #HappyNewYear @w-u-r.bsky.social @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

🌍 Connecting African & European #nematology expertise👩🏿‍🔬👨🏼‍🔬 Dan Bebber @uniofexeternews.bsky.social visited #NemAfrica in #Kenya working alongside Prof. Danny Coyne & regional experts to address soil-borne #nematode threats affecting #agriculture. Moreℹ️👉🏿 bit.ly/490vAGg @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

📢 New research from #NEMEMERGE reveals a challenge in durable nematode resistance for #potatoes🥔@inrae-france.bsky.social 🪱 The potato cyst nematode can adapt over generations to overcome the gene pyramiding resistance. News: bit.ly/3Y1L7Rq Article: bit.ly/49iZ9En @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

🌍 #NEMEMERGE at #AdvancesInNematology 2025🧬 Our coordinator Hans Helder took the stage at the @aabiologists.bsky.social event in #London #UK to showcase the #NEMEMERGE project to the global nematology community🪱 It was a great opportunity to connect with researchers. Thank you❗️ℹ️ bit.ly/498xMwN

Discover how the #NEMEMERGE project is advancing 👣 WP2️⃣focuses on overcoming the loss of #tomato host plant resistance to root-knot nematodes #RKN caused by rising soil temperatures due to #GlobalWarming 🌡🪱 Carolina Escobar explains it #video👇🏼🎞 @w-u-r.bsky.social @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

Discover how the #NEMEMERGE project is advancing 👣 WP1️⃣ focuses on developing precise diagnostic tools & collecting new #data to map the current distribution of invasive root-knot nematodes #RKN in #Europe 🌍 Daniel Bebber from @uniofexeternews.bsky.social explains👇🏼🎞 @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

We're back at the Linnean Society of London today for Advances in Nematology 2025! 🪱 First to the podium this morning is Hans Helder @w-u-r.bsky.social introducing us to Nem-Emerge, a Horizon Europe project @horizoneu.bsky.social @nememerge.bsky.social @linneansociety.bsky.social

Our latest #scientificpublication📑 #NEMEMERGE partner @inrae-france.bsky.social reports on the findings regarding the way #potato cyst nematodes #PCN develop adaptation to nematode-resistant #potatoplants 🥔🌱 News item👉🏽 bit.ly/468qXtL Paper👉🏽 bit.ly/4mirQog @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu #nematodes

The first #NEMEMERGE #newsletter is out 📩💥 🔝The project has reached one year and a half of implementation and we have come up with a good number of #advancements & #results🪱. To read the 1st issue👉🏾 bit.ly/4i9XOmm To subscribe👉🏾 bit.ly/49ZdQNE @w-u-r.bsky.social @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

Advancement in #tomato research🍅 With #globalwarming driving more frequent heat waves the loss of nematode resistance under high temperatures threatens #tomatoproduction. Developing heat-stable resistance could be a game-changer for #sustainableagriculture 🌱 By @w-u-r.bsky.social ℹ️ bit.ly/3LDOR8z

🆕 New upgrade of #NemaDecide to detect virulent Potato Cyst Nematode populations #PCN by @w-u-r.bsky.social 🌱 The upgrade builds on decades of #nematology #research and uses modern field validation + pot trials. Farmers & advisors can do better at tailoring management strategies. ℹ️ bit.ly/3LJv3AA

🔬 Hans Helder ( @w-u-r.bsky.social ) gave a keynote talk at the 25th #Symposium of Southern Africa #NSSA to show the long-read #DNA sequencing techniques that have been developed in #NEMEMERGE 🧬 Insights gained in #Europe may be highly relevant for #SouthernAfrica too 🌍 Moreℹ️ bit.ly/3JCaW6Q

📢 The #NEMEMERGE #newsletter is coming soon 📥 Don’t miss the latest project updates, including research #highlights and field activities aimed at countering the emergence & proliferation of invasive and virulent soil-borne #nematodes🪱 👉 Subscribe now: bit.ly/4ojSeQC @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

🔎 #NEMEMERGE developed a #toolkit for detecting tropical root-knot #nematodes based on molecular #DNA diagnostics🔬Also valid for temperate #RKN species ↕️ By #HLB, @w-u-r.bsky.social, @nvwa.bsky.social & Agricultural Institute of Slovenia 🤝 News🔗 bit.ly/48EXCZB @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

🪱 Virulent vs. avirulent #nematodes ✅A #virulent nematode population can infect & reproduce on plants carrying resistance genes. ❎An #avirulent population cannot overcome plant resistance and fails to reproduce. Watch #video 🎦 bit.ly/3WfIAlI @xsorribas.bsky.social @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

There is no good food without good farming #WorldFoodDay From the field to the fork, every meal begins with a seed 🌱🍽️ 🗣 We revive our members' message for #WorldAgricultureDay 🎞 bit.ly/4q9ehuF #NEMEMERGE @nvwa.bsky.social @uniofexeternews.bsky.social @xsorribas.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

#NEMEMERGE: an opportunity for #youngresearchers 🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏾 Read & watch the reflections from several young scientists on the #lessonslearned & #contributions of #NEMEMERGE ↪️ Here the reflections of Ilse Bakker from #EnzaZaden #Netherlands📍 All ℹ️ bit.ly/4nQn9Ux @karinp73.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

#NEMEMERGE: an opportunity for #youngresearchers 🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏾 Read & watch the reflections from several young scientists on the #lessonslearned & #contributions of #NEMEMERGE ↪️ Here the reflections of Ivana Lalićević, Institute for Plant Protection & Environment #Serbia📍 All ℹ️ bit.ly/4nQn9Ux @ec.europa.eu

#NEMEMERGE: an opportunity for #youngresearchers 🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏾 Read and watch the reflections from several young scientists on the #lessonslearned & #contributions of #NEMEMERGE ↪️ Here the reflections of Gökhan Aydınlı from Ondokuz Mayıs University #Türkiye📍 Interviews & videos👉🏽 bit.ly/4nQn9Ux @ec.europa.eu

🔎 #NEMEMERGE researchers at #UPC #Catalunya are coordinating the creation of a collection of root-knot #nematode #RKN populations impacting #tomato plants🍅 It includes both avirulent and virulent populations, which can overcome #plantresistance 🌱 Read news👉🏽 bit.ly/3ICsP52 @xsorribas.bsky.social

#NEMEMERGE attracts the attention of many #youngscientists in the field. Several of them are part of our #team😊 ❓We asked them about the importance of #NEMEMERGE and the #results they would like to see from the project🎯 🙋‍♀️Here is Ilse Bakker from #EnzaZaden 🎞 bit.ly/3W96COZ @karinp73.bsky.social

#NEMEMERGE attracts the attention of many #youngscientists in the field. Several of them are part of our #team😊 ❓We asked them about the importance of #NEMEMERGE and the #results they would like to see from the project🎯 🙋‍♀️Here is Sabine de Graauw, PhD student at @w-u-r.bsky.social bit.ly/42c8M3Y

📑 Our 4th scientific #article has been published❗️ The #NEMEMERGE partners at @inrae-france.bsky.social studied the way #potato cyst #nematodes #PCN develop adaptation to nematode-resistant #potatoplants 🥔🌱 Read news👉🏽 bit.ly/468qXtL Read paper👉🏽 bit.ly/4mirQog #result #HorizonEU @ec.europa.eu

🌱 #Planthealth is an issue in #agriculture because we cultivate them as monocultures at the same developmental level. So for pathogens, this is heaven. 🗣️ Listen to our team members Hans Helder, Josselin Montarry & Daniel Bebber 📽️ 🔗 Watch #video 👉🏽 youtu.be/XDyMdn6WbGs?... #NEMEMERGE @ec.europa.eu

🌱People believe that agriculture and the environment are not friends. Agriculture feeds the world, but it also leaves an #environmental footprint. ⚠️Fertilisers, pesticides, and other chemical inputs play a big role in this impact. 📽️Watch the video: www.youtube.com/watch?si=4PB... @ec.europa.eu

🍅 #NEMEMERGE partners at the Agricultural Institute of #Slovenia are testing the #virulence of root-knot #nematodes on #tomatoes with varying degrees of #geneticresistance🌱 The #results will be announced soon, but in the meantime, here are the details of the #experiment 🌐 bit.ly/4lKbHYt Stay tuned❗️

🎞 At #NEMEMERGE we have created a wide variety of #videos to tell you about the project and our mission🎯 You can find them all on our #YouTube channel➡️ Subscribe and you will receive interesting content about #research into #RKN & #PCN nematodes🪱 Subscribe now❗️👉🏻 www.youtube.com/@NEM-EMERGE

🌅 🌄 In summer, stay informed about #NEMEMERGE 's progress Follow us on #socialmedia❗️ We are on #LinkedIn, #Facebook, #X, and #Bluesky 🔛 🤗 We look forward to interacting with you; give us a ‘like’👍, share the post🔄 or leave us a comment💬. We want to hear your opinion on our research 💯 #nematodes

#NEMEMERGE in #figures 🔢 👥19 partners spread across 9 countries🌍 🪱Of the 10 nematodes considered most harmful, we focus on numbers 1 and 2: #RKN and #PCN. 🔬Conducting sampling in more than 10 countries More info🌐 nem-emerge.eu @w-u-r.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

Novel, amazing, knowledge, coherence...This is how our members would describe the #NEMEMERGE project in one word 💯 Watch it❗️👇🏽 bit.ly/4l3rv8d #oneword #HorizonEurope #HorizonEU @ec.europa.eu @w-u-r.bsky.social

🪱 We at #NEMEMERGE have been talking about and researching #nematodes for some time now, but what is a nematode❓ 🔎 In this #video, we take a closer look with the help of Aska Goverse. Find out more in it 🎞 bit.ly/46iSqt9 @w-u-r.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu #sustainability #HorizonEU

‘ #Nematodes on the Move’ #symposium by #OECD was a great networking opportunity 🤝 #NEMEMERGE members´ talks were well attended by 180 delegates and about 200 online. Thank you for the opportunity❗️ Moreℹ️on the news item📎 bit.ly/4kKrhTy @ec.europa.eu

Do you know our 3️⃣rd #publication❓ #NEMEMERGE confirms that the patchy distribution of potato cyst #nematodes #PCN in a single field is driven by microbes🐛 To read the news item👉🏽 bit.ly/43Ytvtd To read the paper👉🏽 bit.ly/3HnKuMU #results @w-u-r.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu @fao.org

The joint #EAPR and #EUCARPIA 20th #meeting was a very enriching experience🔝 👥 Several #NEMEMERGE members presented the first #results of the project so far at the event in St Andrews #Scotland📍 New insights & contacts emerged, thank you! Read news🌐 bit.ly/469ziOb @w-u-r.bsky.social @ec.europa.eu

🔎This #interactive #map 2️⃣indicates the potential risk of invasion of 3 tropical root-knot nematode ( #RKN) species: Meloidogyne incognita, M. javanica, M. arenaria🐛 ➡️By Mohammed Dakhil & Dan Bebber @exeter.ac.uk To view the map🔗 bit.ly/4kuGCYg More ℹ️🌐 nem-emerge.eu/project/resu... @ec.europa.eu

🔎 This #interactive #richness #map indicates the potential root-knot nematodes ( #RKN) invasion risk or emergence risk🐛 ➡️By Mohammed Dakhil & Dan Bebber @uniofexeternews.bsky.social To view the map🔗 bit.ly/3Gzlmm6 More info at the #NEMEMERGE website🌐 nem-emerge.eu/project/resu... @ec.europa.eu

📢 #NEMEMERGE will be present at the #symposium " #Nematodes on the move" organised by #OECD 👥 Our partners Daniel Coyne & Aska Goverse from @w-u-r.bsky.social will give2️⃣presentations on 14th and 16th of July🗓️ To check the agenda👉🏽 nematologists.org/resources/Do... To register👉🏽 bit.ly/4km96Di