Sandra Sardanelli, MS
Director, Plant Nematology Diagnostic Laboratory and Integrated Pest Management Program Coordinator

E-mail: ssardane@umd.edu
Phone: 301-405-7877
Fax: 301-314-9290
Web: http://www.nematology.umd.edu/
http://www.mdipm.umd.edu
Mail: University of Maryland, Plant Nematology Laboratory, Plant Sciences Building., Room 4112, College Park, MD 20742
 
 
Extension and Research Interests
The Plant Nematology Facility Diagnostics and Outreach projects focus on current issues relating to plant-parasitic nematodes (microscopic roundworms)( fact sheet) and their effect on the economics of agriculture within the state of Maryland. Operating in cooperation with University of Maryland System faculty, specialists and staff, the laboratory provides nematode assay and advisory support for Extension and Research programs and projects. Collaborative work is also routinely conducted with personnel in Plant Protection at the Maryland Department of Agriculture and the Nematology Section at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. Two economically significant nematode species, Heterodera glycines (Soybean Cyst Nematode, SCN)(SCN fact sheet) and Meloidogyne incognita (Root-Knot Nematode, RKN)(RKN fact sheet) are primary in ongoing nematode management efforts.

The Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Coordinator supports the cooperative goals of the Maryland IPM Program via program accountability and interactions with personnel addressing pest management issues on a state, regional and national level.

 
 
Education
M.S. 1981, University of Maryland, Horticulture
B.S. 1978, University of Maryland, Horticulture.

 
 
Representative Publications
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Sandra Sardanelli. 2009. Soybean Cyst Nematode in Maryland. University of Maryland Extension Fact Sheet, FS 826, 1-8. pdf
 

Sandra Sardanelli and Gerald E. Brust. 2009. Plant-Parasitic Nematodes in Maryland. University of Maryland Extension Fact Sheet, FS 825, 1-12. pdf
 

Kaplan, I., S. Sardanelli, and R. F. Denno. 2009. Field evidence for indirect Interactions between foliar-feeding insect and root-feeding nematode communities on Nicotiana tabacum. Ecological Entomology. 34:262-270. pdf
 

Kaplan, I., Halitschke, R., Kessler, A., Sardanelli, S., Denno, R. F. 2008. Constitutive and induced defenses to herbivory in above- and belowground plant tissues. Ecology, 89(2): 392-406. pdf
 

Ian Kaplan, Rayko Halitschke, Andre Kessler, Brian J. Rehill, Sandra Sardanelli and Robert F. Denno. 2008. Physiological integration of roots and shoots in plant defense strategies links above- and belowground herbivory. Ecology Letters, 11: 841-851. pdf.
 

Masler, E.P., I.A. Zasada, and S. Sardanelli. 2008. Hatching Behavior in Heterodera glycines in Response to Low Temperatures. Comparative Parasitology, Vol. 75(1): 76-81. pdf
 

Masler, E.P., P.A. Donald and S. Sardanelli. 2008. Stability of Heterodera Glycines (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae) juvenile hatching from eggs obtained from different sources of soybean, Glycine max. Nematology, Vol. 10(2): 271-278. pdf
 

Sandra Sardanelli and Gerald E. Brust. 2007. Plant-Parasitic Nematode Management on Vegetable Crops in Maryland. Maryland Cooperative Extension Fact Sheet, FS838. 1-8. http://extension.umd.edu/publications/PDFs/FS838.pdf
 

I. A. Zasada, S. T. Rogers and S. Sardanelli. 2007. Application of Alkaline-stabilised Biosolids for Meloidogyne incognita Suppression in Microplots. Nematology. Vol. 9(1): 123-129. pdf
 

Kathryne Everts, Sandra Sardanelli, Robert Kratochvil, and L. Betsy Gallagher. 2006. Cultural Practices for Root-Knot and Root-Lesion Nematode Suppression in Vegetable Crop Rotations. SARE Fact Sheet # 06AGI2005. http://www.sare.org/publications/factsheet/0605.htm
 

Everts, K. E., S. Sardanelli, R. J. Kratochvil, D. K. Armentrout, and L.E. Gallagher. 2005. Root-Knot and Root-Lesion Nematode Suppression by Cover Crops, Poultry Litter and Poultry Litter Compost. Plant Disease, 90:487-492. pdf
 

Kratochvil, R. J., S. Sardanelli, K. E. Everts, and E. Gallagher. 2004. Evaluation of Crop Rotation and other Control Practices for Management of Root-knot and Lesion Nematodes. Agron J. 96:1419-1428.
 

Ude, G. N., Costa, J. M., Kenworthy, W. J., Sardanelli, S., and Cregan, P. B. 2003. Genetic Diversity of Soybean Cultivars from China, Japan, North America, and North American Ancestral Lines Determined by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisn. Crop Science: 1858-1867.
 

Ude, G.N., J.M. Costa, W.J. Kenworthy, S. Sardanelli, and P.B. Cregan. 2002. AFLP Markers Associated with at QTL for Resistance to Soybean Cyst Nematode (Heterodera glycines) Race3. Journal of Genetics and Breeding. 56: 213-220.
 

Masler, E. P., E. S. Kovaleva, and S. Sardanelli. 2001. Aminopeptidase-like Activities in Caenorhabditis elegans and the soybean cyst nematode, Heterodera glycines. Journal of Helminthology. 75:267-272.
 

Lewis, E.E., P.S. Grewal, and S. Sardanelli. 2001. Interactions between the Steinernema feltiae - Xenorhabdus bovienii Insect Pathogen Complex and the Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Biological Control. 21:55-62.
 

Masler, E.P., E.S. Kovaleva, and S. Sardanelli. 1999. Comparison of FaRP Immunoactivity in Free-Living Nematodes and in the Plant-parasitic Nematode Heterodera glycines. In Neuropeptides: Structure and Function in Biology and Behavior, volume 897 of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 253-263.
 

Masler, E.P., E.S. Kovaleva, and S. Sardanelli. 1999. FMRFamide-like Immunoactivity in Heterodera glycines (Nemata: Tylenchida). Journal of Nematology. 31 (2): 224-231.
 

Masler, E.P., E.S. Kovaleva, and S. Sardanelli. 1998. FMRFamide-Like Immunoreactivity in Heterodera glycines: Changes during development and comparison with Caenorhabditis elegans and Panagrellus redivivus. Proceedings of the East Coast C. elegans Meeting, Boston University, Boston, MA.
 

Sardanelli, S., and W.J. Kenworthy. 1997. Soil Moisture Control and Direct Seeding for Bioassay of Heterodera glycines on Soybean. Journal of Nematology. 29 (supplement 4): 625-634.
 

Sardanelli, S., and W.J. Kenworthy. 1997. Environmental adaptations for the in vivo culture and bioassay of Heterodera glycines. Journal of Nematology. 29 (4):604.
 

Krusberg, L.R., S. Sardanelli, and A.P. Grybauskas. 1997. Damage potential of Heterodera zeae to Zea mays as affected by edaphic factors. Fundamental and Applied Nematology. 20 (6): 593-599.
 

Kenworthy, W.J., J.G. Kantzes, L.R. Krusberg, and S. Sardanelli. 1996. Registration of 'Manokin' soybean. Crop Sci. 36:1079.
 

 

Awards and Recognition

Member in Group Project Achievement Award from USDA for: FQPA Crop profile on tomatoes, 1999.

Faculty Excellence Award for Service, College of Life Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, 1996.

Departmental Staff Award, Department of Botany, 1992.

 

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