UC Organic Farming Research Workgroup Directory

Organic Pest Management
Plant-feeding nematodes

Relevant Publications:

Ferris, H., S. Lau and R. Venette. 1995. Population energetics of bacterial-feeding nematodes: respiration and metabolic rates based on carbon dioxide production. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 27:319-330.

Ferris, H., R. C. Venette and S. S. Lau. 1996. Dynamics of nematode communities in tomatoes grown in conventional and organic farming systems, and their impact on soil fertility. Applied Soil Ecology 3:161-175.

Ferris, H., M. Eyre, R. C. Venette and S. S. Lau. 1996. Population energetics of bacterial-feeding nematodes: stage-specific development and fecundity rates. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 28:271-280.

Venette, R. C. and H. Ferris. 1997. Thermal constraints to population growth of bacterial-feeding nematodes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 29:63-74.

Ferris, H., R. C. Venette and S. S. Lau. 1997. Population energetics of bacterial-feeding nematodes: Carbon and Nitrogen budgets. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 29:1183-1194.

Jaffee, B. A., H. Ferris and K. M. Scow. 1998. Nematode-trapping fungi in organic and conventional cropping systems. Phytopathology 88:344-349.

Clark, M. S., H. Ferris, K. Klonsky, W. T. Lanini, A. H. C. van Bruggen and F. G. Zalom. 1998. Agronomic, economic, and environmental comparison of pest management in conventional and alternative tomato and corn systems in northern California. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 68:51-71.

Venette, R. C. and H. Ferris. 1998. Influence of bacterial type and density on population growth of bacterial-feeding nematodes. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30:949-960.

Gunapala, N., R. C. Venette, H. Ferris and K. M. Scow. 1998. Effects of soil management history on the rate of organic matter decomposition.. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 30:1917-1927.

Ferris, H., R. C. Venette, H. R. van der Meulen and S. S. Lau. 1998. Nitrogen mineralization by bacterial-feeding nematodes: verification and measurement. Plant and Soil 203:159-171.

Clark, M.S., W.R. Horwath, C. Shennan, K.M. Scow, W.T. Lanini and H. Ferris. 1999. Nitrogen, weeds and water as yield-limiting factors in conventional, low-input, and organic tomato systems. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 73:257-270.

Bongers, T. and H. Ferris. 1999. Nematode community structure as a bioindicator in environmental monitoring. Trends in Evolution and Ecology 14:224-228.

Chen, J. and H. Ferris. 1999. The effects of nematode grazing on nitrogen mineralization during fungal decomposition of organic matter. Soil Biology and Biochemistry 31:1265-1279.

Ferris, H. and L. Zheng. 1999. Plant sources of Chinese herbal remedies: Effects on Pratylenchus vulnus and Meloidogyne javanica. Journal of Nematology 31:241-263.

Chen, J. and H. Ferris. 2000. Growth and nitrogen mineralization of selected fungi and fungal-feeding nematodes on sand amended with organic matter. Plant and Soil 218:91-101.

Poudel, D.D., H. Ferris, K. Klonsky, W.R. Horwath, K.M. Scow, A.H.C. van Bruggen,W.T. Lanini, J.P. Mitchell, and S.R. Temple. 2001. The sustainable agriculture farming system project in California's Sacramento Valley. Outlook on Agriculture 30:109-116.

Ferris, H., T. Bongers, and R. G. M. de Goede. 2001. A framework for soil food web diagnostics: extension of the nematode faunal analysis concept. Applied Soil Ecology 18:13-29.

Zheng, L., and H. Ferris. 2001. Effect of 58 herbal medicines on the plant-parasitic nematodes Meloidogyne javanica and Pratylenchus vulnus. Acta Phytopathologica Sinica 31:175-183.

Okada, H., and H. Ferris. 2001. Temperature effects on growth and nitrogen mineralization of fungi and fungal-feeding nematodes. Plant and Soil 234:253-262.

Zasada, I.A., H. Ferris and L. Zheng. 2002. Plant sources of Chinese herbal remedies: laboratory efficacy, suppression of Meloidogyne javanica in soil and phytotoxicity assays. Journal of Nematology 34:124-129.

?Semenov, B.M., A.M. Semenov, A.H.C. van Bruggen, H. Ferris and T.B. K….2002. Transformation of soil nitrogen and plant residue by the community of microbes and microscopic animals. Agrochemistry 1:5-11. (in Russian).

Ferris, H. and M. Matute 2003. Structural and functional succession in the nematode fauna of a soil food web. Applied Soil Ecology 23:93-110.

Berkelmans, R., H. Ferris, M. Tenuta, A.H.C. van Bruggen. 2003. Effects of long-term crop management on nematode trophic levels other than plant feeders disappear after one year of disruptive soil management. Applied Soil Ecology 23:223-235.

Zasada, I.A. and H. Ferris. 2003. Sensitivity of Meloidogyne javanica and Tylenchulus semipenetrans to isothiocyanates in laboratory assays. Phytopathology 93:747-750.

Zasada I.A., H. Ferris, C.L. Elmore, J.A. Roncoroni, J.D. MacDonald, L.R. Bolkan and L.E. Yakabe. 2003. Field application of brassicaceous amendments for control of soilborne pests and pathogens. Online. Plant Health Progress doi:10.1094/PHP-2003-1120-01-RS http://www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/pub/php/research/2003/amend/.

Ferris, H., R.C. Venette and K.M. Scow. 2004. Soil management to enhance bacterivore and fungivore nematode populations and their nitrogen mineralization function. Applied Soil Ecology 24:19-35.

Ferris, H., T. Bongers and R. De Goede. Nematode faunal analyses to assess food web enrichment and connectance. Nematology Monographs and Perspectives 2 (in press).

Ruess, L. and H. Ferris. Decomposition pathways and successional changes. Nematology Monographs and Perspectives 2 (in press).

Brown, D.H., H. Ferris, S. Fu and R. Plant. 2004. Positive feedback in a model food web. Theoretical Population Biology 65:143-152.

Ferris, H., K. Scow, S. Temple, M. Espley, and R. Venette. 1996. The original world wide web. Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems Project Newsletter 1(1):2-3.

Clark, M. S., H. Ferris, K. Klonsky, W. T. Lanini, A. H. C. van Bruggen, F. G. Zalom, and S. Temple. 1997. Pesticide use reduced by 50-100% in low-input and organic cropping systems. Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems Project Newsletter 1(3):1-3.

Clark, M. S., H. Ferris, K. Klonsky, S. Ewing, J. Mitchell, and W. Horwath. 1998. Evaluating soil quality in organic, low-input, and conventional farming systems. Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems Project Newsletter 2(1):1-3.

Ferris, H. 1999-2004. NEMAPLEX Nematode-Plant Expert Information System. http://plpnemweb.ucdavis.edu/nemaplex/nemaplex.htm.

Jackson, L. E., H. Ferris, S. R. Temple, K. B. Koffler and H. Minoshima. 2004. Cover crops, tillage and soil food webs. Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems Project Newsletter 4(2-3):1-3.