Rebecca Zwart, Senior Research Fellow (Crop Nemotology) and five members from the Nematology Group, University of Southern Queensland, Australia visited WorldVeg South Asia on 1 February 2017 to learn about the Center’s work in screening mungbean lines for resistance to root-lesion nematodes.

The visitors met with the WorldVeg team (Warwick Easdown, Abdul Rasheed War, Abhay Pandey and Bindu Madhava) and had a thorough discussion about nematodes in mungbean, tomato and other horticultural crops. Warwick gave a presentation on WorldVeg activities with a particular focus on South Asia.

The visiting researchers expressed interest in collaborating with WorldVeg on nematode research. Let’s hope this is the start of a long and fruitful relationship!