| ISPI database record: Zafar A. Handoo Microbiologist Nematology Laboratory Plant Science Institute USDA, ARS, Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC)-West 10300 Baltimore Blvd. BARC-West Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 U.S.A. tel: ++1 301 504 6666 fax: ++1 301 504 5589 e-mail: Zafar.Handoo@ars.usda.gov Personal website: http://www.ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=2279 remarks: Research on systematics and morphology of plant parasitic nematodes of the orders Tylenchida and Dorylaimida (taxonomy of cyst, root-knot, lesion, stunt, lance, seed gall, needle, and other economically important plant-parasitic nematodes). Provides nematode identifications and taxonomic expertise urgently requires by ARS scientists, other federal and state researchers and regulatory agencies for research, regulatory and control purposes. Develops new methods for identifying nematodes quickly and accurately. Curates and expands the USDA Nematode Collection. Develops data on nematode hosts, occurrence and distribution. last update: 2010-10-04 list scientific publications (wiki) list scientific publications (ISPI database) |