Paula Agudelo

Assistant Professor
Nematologist

Email: pagudel@clemson.edu
Office: 864-656-5741

Department:
Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences
College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences

Location:
206 Long Hall. Clemson University

Education:
PhD. Plant Sciences. 2004. University of Arkansas
MSc. Plant Pathology. 2000. Universidad de Caldas
BS. Agronomy. 1996. Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Responsibilities:
Teaching: Plant Nematology (PLPA459/659), Plant Pathology Seminar (PLPA807), Nematology Journal Club (PLPA802),Academic and Professional Development (SSCS102)

Research interest:
Biology and ecology of plant-parasitic nematodes of economic importance. Molecular diagnostics of plant-parasitic nematodes.

Publications:
Ma, X., P. Agudelo, J.D. Mueller, and H.T. Knap. 2011. Molecular Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of Hoplolaimus stephanus. Journal of Nematology (in press).
Leach, M.M., P. Agudelo, A.L. Lawton-Rauh. 2011. Effect of Crop Rotations on Population Structure of Reniform Nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis. Plant Disease (in press).
Agudelo, P., S.A. Lewis, B.A. Fortnum. 2011. Validation of a Real-time PCR Assay for the Identification of Meloidogyne arenaria. Plant Disease (in press).
Mueller, J.D. and P. Agudelo. 2011. Lance Nematodes. In: Compendium of Soybean Diseases (Fifth Edition), APS Press. (in press)
Agudelo, P. and D. Harshman. 2011. First Report of Spiral Nematode Scutellonema brachyurum on Lilyturf in the United States. Plant Disease 95:74.
Leach, M.M., Agudelo, P., and Lawton-Rauh, A. 2010. Ten Polymorphic Microsatellite Loci for Reniform Nematode, Rotylenchulus reniformis. Molecular Ecology Resources 11(2): 418-421.
Sekora, N. S., Lawrence, K. S., Agudelo, P., Van Santen, E., McInroy, J. A. 2010. Differentiation of Meloidogyne Species with FAME Analysis. Nematropica 40: 237-245.
Sekora, N. S., Lawrence, K. S., Agudelo, P., Van Santen, E., McInroy, J. A. 2009. Using FAME Analysis to Compare,Differentiate, and Identify Multiple Nematode Species. Journal of Nematology 41: 163-173.
Leach, M., P. Agudelo, and P. Gerard. 2009. Effect of Temperature on the Embryogenesis of Geographic Populations of Rotylenchulus reniformis. Journal of Nematology 41: 23-27.

Websites:
http://www.clemson.edu/cafls/departments/esps/research/agudelo/short_course.html