Inga Zasada

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inga.zasada [at] ars.usda.gov

Office: 541-738-4051

  • Develop economic thresholds for plant-parasitic nematodes important to small fruits and understand under which conditions these thresholds apply.
  • Develop production systems which promote root health and encourage the establishment of plant-parasitic nematode suppressive environments.
  • Continue to provide information on the efficacy of current plant-parasitic nematode management strategies relevant to industry

Biology and management of plant-parasitic nematodes associated with small fruits

  • My lab's primary goal is to develop nematode management strategies for Pacific Northwest small fruit industries. Plant-parasitic nematode can cause considerable yield loss in perennial fruit production systems if left unmanaged. Current research includes: identification of nematode resistance in red raspberry; elucidation of the population biology of virus-transmitting nematodes and; evaluation of cover crops, nematicides and amendments in small fruit production systems for nematode control.

Research Group Members

Faculty Research Assistants/Associates

  • Amy Peetz

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At OSU
Affiliated with: 
Ag Botany / Plant Path
Career Links: 
Department of Horticulture
Oregon Wine Research Institute
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology
USDA-ARS Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory
Zasada lab website
Do you accept grad students?: 
I accept graduate students for Horticulture
Student(s): 
Catherine Wram
My Publications
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2015

Journal Article

A. D. Howland, Skinkis, P. A., Wilson, J. H., Riga, E., Pinkerton, J. N., R Schreiner, P., and Zasada, I. A., “Impact of Grapevine (Vitis vinifera) Varieties on Reproduction of the Northern Root-Knot Nematode (Meloidogyne hapla).”, J Nematol, vol. 47, no. 2, pp. 141-7, 2015.