Early and Recent Pioneers in Nematology

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	Bert Lear, Departments of Nematology and Plant Pathology, UC Davis. Extensive work on chemical and physical methods for controlling plant-parasitic nematodes. Ph.D. degree was under A.G. Newhall at Cornell University on soil fumigation. Dr. Bert Lear died suddenly in Palo Alto, California, November 8, 2005. Bert Lear Obituary Return to Table of Contents	Bert Lear Department of Nematology, UC Davis Bert Lear UC Davis, 1965 At UC Riverside, 1964
	B.F. Lownsbery, Department of Nematology, UC Davis. After a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology he studied with Bill Mai at Cornell University. His career was initiated in the Golden Nematode Program, Long Island, NY. Dr. Lownsbery died in July, 2000. Ben Lownsbery Obituary Return to Table of Contents	Benjamin F. Lownsbery Tracy, CA, 1954
	F.G.W. Jones Knoxville, TN, 1957	Frederick George William Jones was head of the Department of Nematology at Rothamsted Experiment Station in England. He conducted extensive research on the population dynamics and population genetics of the potato cyst nematodes, Globodera rostochiensis and G. pallida. Dr. F.G.W. Jones died at the age of 88 on Friday, September 12, 2003, in Perth, Australia. Return to Table of Contents
		Franco Lamberti 1937-2004 Franco Lamberti was founder and long time head of Istituto di Nematologia Agraria Applicata ai Vegetali. In He was a world expert on nematodes of the family Longidoridae. He described more than 100 species in the family. Dr. Lamberti died August 16, 2004 Return to Table of Contents
	Maurice B. Linford Urbana, IL, 1956	M.B. Linford. Biological control of nematodes. Return to Table of Contents
	Eino L. Krall Professor Emeritus Institute of Zoology and Hydrobiology University of Tartu Estonia	Eino L. Krall 1931-2009 E.L. Krall Obituary Return to Table of Contents
	Brian R. Kerry MBE Nematologist Rothamsted Research	Brian Kerry 1948-2011 Brian Kerry Obituary

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References:

Ayoub, S.M. 1977. Plant Nematology: An Agricultural Training Aid. California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento.

Christie, J.R. 1959. Plant Nematodes. Their Bionomics and Control. University of Florida. Gainesville.

Mai, W.F. and R.E. Motsinger. 1987. History of the Society of Nematologists. Pp 1-6 in J.A. Veech and D.W. Dickson (eds) Vistas on Nematology, Society of Nematologists, Hyattsville, MD.

Raski, D.J., I.J. Thomason, J.J. Chitambar and H. Ferris. 2002. A History of Nematology in California. (http://plpnemweb.ucdavis.edu/nemaplex/histnemcalif.htm)

Sasser, J.N. and W.R. Jenkins. 1960. Nematology: Fundamentals and Recent Advances. UNC Press, Chapel Hill.

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