Euphresco project: Pratylenchus nematodes

Euphresco call 314 of 2019 resulted on the establishment of the project: Characterization of Pratylenchus nematodes within Europe and populations moving in trade.

A project of 15 European partners  where expertise is exchanged to contribute to the Euphresco Objective 2017-R-2.1: to improve knowledge on emerging pathways of entry and means of spread for pests and Objective e 2017-I-2.1: to support data exchange, data use and re-use for the benefit of plant health research activities. By pursuing the following objectives:

• To collect multiple populations of native and established European Pratylenchus species, focusing on those of economic importance;
• To collect multiple Pratylenchus populations moving into, and within Europe, associated with trade;
• To accurately characterise Pratylenchus populations, and produce morphometrics and photomicrographs;
• To generate DNA sequence data and design PCR primers;
• To produce slide reference material for distribution to collaborators and NCE nematode collections

Within this project ClearDetections will lead WP4 which is related with the  generation of DNA sequence data and design of PCR primers.

By being a partner and a WP leader of this Euphresco project we will ensure to develop, validate and make available to the community molecular tools for different Pratylenchus species, enabling the possibility of timely and properly tackle the problem on the field and on moving trade, using molecular tools.