Organization of Nematologists
of Tropical America
Member
Society of the IFNS
 The
Organization of Nematologists of Tropical America (ONTA)
formed the ONTA Foundation Inc. to raise funds to support
the development of nematology. Its aims are:
- to provide grants in the planning and development of
special workshops, courses and programs on topics of interest
to Nematological scientists and students throughout the
world;
- to provide grants to students and scientists to help
defray the costs of publishing Journal Series Articles
and other special publications of Nematological interest;
- to provide grants to students for study, for travel,
and to participate in ONTA Annual meetings;
- to provide assistance to scientists to encourage creative
thought and to assist in the early development of innovations
in Nematology and their applications.
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ONTA
President &
IFNS Vice-President
Prof Rosa H. Manzanilla-López
Research Nematologist
Nematode Interactions Unit
Plant and Pathology & Microbiology Department,
Bawden Building,
Rothamsted Research
Harpenden Herts., AL5 2JQ, UK.
Tel: +44 1582 763133 x. 2755
Fax: +44 1582 760981
E-mail: rosa.manzanilla-lopez@bbsrc.ac.uk
URL: http://www.rothamsted.bbsrc.ac.uk
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IFNS
Councilor
Rodrigo Rodriguez-Kabana
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849
USA
Tel: +1 334 844 4714
Fax: +1 205 844 1948
E-mail: rrodrigu@auburn.edu
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IFNS
Councilor
Aurelio Ciancio
Istituto per la Protezione delle Piante
CNR Via Amendola 122-D
70126 Bari
Italy
Tel: +39 80 5929221
Fax: +39 80 5929230
E-mail:
a.ciancio@ba.ipp.cnr.it
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Events
The organization meets once a year for the presentation
of papers on tropical and subtropical nematology and for
the transaction of business.
SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF TROPICAL NEMATOLOGY - ONTA/SBN
- 2009
We are very pleased
to announce the joint meeting of the Organization of Nematologists
of Tropical America (ONTA) and Sociedade Brasileira de Nematologia
(SBN) to be held in the City of Maceió, Alagoas State
(Northeast region of Brazil) from the 4-9th of October (2009)
in the Hotel
Ritz Lagoa das Antas. We invite you to make a note of
these dates in your diary and to come and participate in
this important meeting of nematologists from the Americas
and other tropical regions of the world. We would like also
to remind you that the last joint meeting of ONTA and SBN
was 13 years ago in 1995 in Pousada do rio Quente, in Goiás
State. Do not miss this opportunity! More information about
the event will be provided in due course on our website.
For further details contact the BSN
President Dr.
Regina Gomes Carneiro or click on the link http://docentes.esalq.usp.br/sbn
(Portuguese version) or http://docentes.esalq.usp.br/sbn/sbn_i.htm
(English version). You can also contact Dr
Myrian Tigano for further information.
Publications
Nematropica, an international scientific
journal of tropical and subtropical nematology, is published
semiannually by ONTA. Contributions describing nematological
research in temperate regions are also considered if they
are of general interest. Articles on plant-parasitic, entomophilic
and free-living nematodes are equally welcome. Manuscripts
can be written in Spanish or English.
Contact: Nematropica Editor, Katheryn
Lawrence
Contributors to Nematropica are billed for page
charges to partially pay printing expenses. The printing
charge for up to six pages of text and figures is US$115.
A charge of $24 is made per full page of photographs and
graphs, and there is a $40 composition charge per page of
tables. In some cases, page charges can be waived if authors
provide documentation from their organization verifying
insufficient funding for manuscript publication.
The ONTA Newsletter is available in hard copy or by E-mail
in English and Spanish versions. Treasurer and Newsletter
Editor is Renato Inserra (inserra@doacs.state.fl.us).
The ONTA Website (www.ontaweb.org)
is maintained regularly, and contents of past and present
issues of Nematropica and the newsletters can be found there.
Subscriptions
Interested persons can apply for ONTA membership by writing
to the secretary. Annual dues are $30.00 USD for regular
members; $60.00 USD for institutional subscriptions and
$500.00 USD for sustaining members. This includes a one
year subscription to Nematropica.
The Membership rates for the ONTA Foundation Inc are:
- Contributing member $10–99
- Supporting member $100–249
- Patron $250–499
- Benefactor $500–999
- President's Club $1,000 and up
Contact: Secretary, Paola
Lax, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas
y Técnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional de Córdoba,
Argentina. E-mail: laxpaola@yahoo.com.ar
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