FOREWOJiD 



rq lo^t °^u^^^ f^^ °^ ^^^ Southern Regxonai Ncmatoloey Project 

 nh;;+on ;' ^''" ^^ '''°^''"" ^^" ^^°P^ °^ ^h^ training aSJ knowleclro in 



Tn^^H i^^ ^^ subject. Recognizing that the workers and toachpra 



s" f ^in?L°?f "" '"'' rr^^ ^"^* p^^^^p^^ ^- --' "fromthr 



gSst lect^er ^t wr'n""^" ^°/'^" "°'""°"" '^^^^ ^^°^ abroad as a 

 guest, lecturer. ,.t was desired to have someone very well itifomed 



and experienced in the field of phytonennatology, particulaSy°™s it 

 is being developed and applied in Western Europ^. Aided by arrant 

 S^uthe^' f ^kefeller Foundation, it was the go^ forW o? thf 

 Southed Regional hematology Project to be able to have Dr. J. W. 



S cLio the'r'^H"'%'°" Phytopathology, Wageningen N;th r- 

 lands, come to the southeastern region for a period of six months. 



work InH ^^f \^^1^ °^ ^^' Seinhorsfs stay was devoted to laboratory 

 tecLic Institu?^' ""/.''' i-.phytonematology at the Alabama Sly! 

 in i^?J u *. ^^^ remaiiiing three months of his tijne were srmt 

 MP^fiw? ^^'•^ °^.^^" ^"^^°"^^ P^°J^^t3 ™^ber States and^Ser?o 

 Seinhorst ^n'^'^'r'"''"" °' " '^^'^^^ ^ demonstrations. Dr! 

 Concept of Sp n? ?^'' had opportunity to gain a more first-hand 

 nh^^f^nf n I ^ !"^ Hematology problems of this country. The final 

 phase of Dr. Seinhorsfs stay under the auspices of th^Regional 

 Project was his participation as a leader iS several dl.fsiof topics 

 at an advanced phytonematology workshop held at the uS;ersity of 

 Tennessee m the summer of 1957. Tnis workshop was ^olher one of 



beLroilited' .1 '"' ^'°''''" "'^ Proceedings of t^t meetS^S ^ 

 oeing printed under a separate title. 



bv d/%!^h ^^f^^^^l^ *° a ^^er audience the Infonnation presented 

 by Dr. beinhorst in nis lectures, tnis printed version nas been Srf 

 pared wxu. tne financial assistance of ?ne Rockef JSer ^oliSSion 

 As indicated and explained by Dr. SeUihorst in tne Prefa^r this 

 printed version represents a condensation of his talks and %hP Hi. 

 cussions. However, much of the infomation p2rtaiSing to teSLjoSs 

 nas been or is to soon oe available in the joumaS^d for ttSse 

 who wish to go further into the other lecture topics, the entire 

 lecture series was recorded on tape and can be bJrro^ed. 



Eldon J. Cairns 



Chairman, Technical Committee 



Southeastern Regional Nematolofv 



Project 



(S-19) 



