HOWARD FERRIS
Professor & Nematologist
Office: 259G Robbins Hall
Laboratory: 265 Robbins Hall
- Phone: 530-752-8432 (Office)
- Phone: 530-752-2124 (Laboratory)
- FAX: 530-752-5809
- E-Mail:
- hferris@ucdavis.edu
Office: 259G Robbins Hall
Laboratory: 265 Robbins Hall
Biology, ecology and management of soil nematodes
1. Soil ecology; decomposition and nutrient cycling; contribution of nematodes to the structure and function of the soil food web.
2. Population biology and population assessment of soil nematodes; integrated pest management.
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Recent Publications in Soil Ecology
Ferris, H. 2003.
Nematode Ecology. In R.M.
Goodman (ed) Encyclopedia of Plant & Crop Science.
Berkelmans,
R., H. Ferris, M. Tenuta, A.H.C.
van Bruggen. 2003.
Long-term effects of crop management on nematodes of
higher trophic level disappear after one year of uniform management. Applied
Soil Ecology (in press).
Phillips,
D.A., H. Ferris, D.R. Cook and D.R.
Strong. 2003.
Molecular control points in rhizosphere food webs. Ecology (in press).
Chen, J., H. Ferris, K. M.
Scow, and K. J. Graham. 2001.
Fatty acid composition and dynamics of selected
fungal-feeding nematodes and fungi. Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology 130:135-144.
Chen,
J., J.R. Carey, and H. Ferris.
2001. Comparative
demography of isogenic populations of Caenorhabditis elegans. Experimental
Gerontology 36:431-440.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Jaffee,
B. A., H. Ferris and K. M. Scow.
1998. Nematode-trapping
fungi in organic and conventional cropping systems. Phytopathology 88:344-349.
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.
Venette,
R. C. and H. Ferris.
1997. Thermal constraints
to population growth of bacterial-feeding nematodes.
Soil Biology and Biochemistry 29:63-74.
Fuller,
M. E., K. M. Scow, S. S. Lau and H.
Ferris. 1997.
Trichloroethylene (TCE) and toluene effects on the structure and
function of the soil community. Soil
Biology and Biochemistry 29:75-89.
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.
Venette,
R. C., F. A. M. Mostafa and H. Ferris.
1997. Trophic interactions
between bacterial-feeding nematodes and the nematophagous fungus Hirsutella
rhossiliensis in plant rhizospheres to suppress Heterodera schachtii. Plant
and Soil 191:213-223.
Lau,
S. S., M. E. Fuller, H. Ferris, R.
C. Venette and K. M. Scow. 1997.
Development and testing of an assay for soil-ecosystem health using the
bacterial-feeding nematode Cruznema tripartitum. Ecotoxicology
and Environmental Safety 36:133-139.
Recent Publications in Nematode Biology and Management
Zasada,
I.A. and H. Ferris 2003.
Sensitivity of Meloidogyne javanica and Tylenchulus
semipenetrans to isothiocyanates in laboratory assays.
Phytopathology (in press).
Kim,
D.G. and H. Ferris
2002. Relationship between crop
losses
and initial
population
densities
of Meloidogyne arenaria in winter-grown
oriental
melon
in
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.
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.
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.
