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Plant Pest Diagnostics Center

Sergei Subbotin

Dr. Sergei Subbotin

Associate Plant Nematologist

Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food & Agriculture
3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832-1448, U.S.A.
916-262-1115 office, 916-262-1190 fax, ssubbotin@cdfa.ca.gov

 

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Curriculum vitae

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy Helminthology (Nematology) - K.I. Skrjabin Institute of Helminthology of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 1987.
  • Master of Science Agronomy and Plant Protection - K.A. Timirjazev Moscow Agricultural Academy, Moscow, Russia, 1981.

Other Affliliations

  • Guest Professor, Gent University, Gent, Belgium
  • Chief Editor, Russian Journal of Nematology
  • Senior Researcher, Institute of Parasitology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
  • Associate Scientist, Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside.

Professional Experience

  • October, 2006 – present, Associate Nematologist, PPDC, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento
  • November, 2005 – September 2006, Assistant Nematologist, Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside
  • January, 2004 – November, 2005, Visiting Nematologist, Department of Nematology, University of California, Riverside
  • May, 2002, - December, 2003, Visiting Researcher, Belgium, Agricultural Research Centre, Merelbeke, Belgium
  • September, 2003 – present, Guest Professor, the Gent University, Gent, Belgium. Teaching course: “Molecular systematics of nematodes”
  • June, 2001 - May, 2002, NATO Fellowship Researcher, Agricultural Research Centre, Merelbeke, Belgium
  • June, 2000  - May, 2001, Scientific Researcher. Institut für Nematologie und Wirbeltierkunde, Münster, Germany
  • April, 1999 - May, 2000, NATO Fellowship Researcher: Belgium, Agricultural Research Centre, Merelbeke
  • October, 1998 - March, 1999, Visiting Fellow Researcher of the Royal Society of London. UK, Harpenden, IACR-Rothamsted
  • February, 1991 – present, Senior Researcher, Institute of Parasitology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
  • November, 1983 - January, 1991, Researcher, Phytonematology Laboratory, K.I. Skrjabin Institute of Helminthology of the Agricultural Sciences, Moscow, Russia
  • October, 1981 - November, 1983, Research Assistant, the Plant Immunity Laboratory, V.R. Villiams Institute of Food Plants of the Agricultural Academy of Sciences, Moscow region, Russia.

Professional Skills

  • Identification of plant-parasitic, free-living and entomopathogenous nematodes
  • Methods of sampling, extraction and cultivation of nematodes
  • Molecular and biochemical techniques for identification, study of genetic diversity, gene expression and phylogeny of nematodes, bacteria and insects, including methods of DNA extraction from formalin-fixed materials, PCR, RAPD, RFLP, dot-blot hybridisation, real-time PCR (ABI Prism 7900 HT Sequence Detection System), DNA cloning and sequencing (377 DNA Sequencer, ABI Prism 310 Genetic Analyzer), construction of cDNA libraries, EST sequencing and protein electrophoresis
  • Methods of scanning and transmission electron microscopy
  • Methods of evaluation of crops to nematode resistance
  • Methods of chemical and biological controls of nematodes
  • Bioinformatics and phylogenetics software for Mac, Windows and Unix
  • Programming in Java, and C++, Visual Basic

Research Funding

  • Novel diagnostics and management to protect California agriculture from invasion of false root-knot nematode, UC Integrated Pest Management Program, Co-PI, $86,591, 2006-2009, current
  • Integrating interdisciplinary expertise toward a center of excellence in novel approaches to evolutionary and functional genomics with nematodes as models, UC Interdisciplinary teams and network program, PI, $8,600, 2006-2007, current
  • Fast diagnostics of agricultural important nematode species by PCR using species specific primer combination, NATO Fellowship, Belgium, PI, 500,000 BF, 2001- 2002
  • Molecular identification and characterisation of agricultural important species of the plant parasitic cyst forming nematodes, NATO Fellowship, Belgium, PI, 500,000 BF, 1999-2000
  • Genetic variability and molecular identification of the potato cyst nematodes, the Royal Society of London, PI, 8100 BP, 1998-1999
  • Ultrastructure of the body walls of parasitic females in entomoparasitic tylenchids. SOROS International Fund, Russia, PI, $8,000, 1994-1996

Teaching Experience

  • 2003 – present, Guest Professor, the Gent University, Belgium, course: Molecular Taxonomy and Phylogeny of nematodes. Postgraduate International Nematology Course
  • 2002, 18-23 November, China, Beijing, Plant Protection Institute of the Chinese of Agricultural Sciences. Member of Organising Committee of Workshop and Lecturer of course "Identification of root-knot and cyst-forming nematodes". Lectures and practical lessons on traditional and molecular identification of root-knot and cyst-forming nematodes
  • 2002, Co-promoter of Master Thesis by James Tanyi Tambe: "Molecular phylogeny and identification of species from the Family Hoplolaimidae" in Nematology, Postgraduate International Nematology Course, the Gent University, Faculty of Science, 2002
  • 1987–1993, Moscow Agricultural Academy, Russia, Nematology Course for plant protection specialists: “Identification and systematics of plant parasitic nematodes”

Participation in Graduate Committees

Member of Scientific Committee for PhD thesis:

  • Said Amiri, "Diversiteit en identificatie van de bietencystennematoden Heterodera schachtii en H. betae". Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Sciences, the Gent University, Belgium, 2002
  • Zahra Tanha Maafi, "Morphological and molecular identification of cyst-forming nematodes from Iran". Faculty of Science, the Gent University, Belgium, 2002
  • Yu He, "Molecular approach to Longidoridae (Nematoda: Dorylaimida): organelle genomic, phylogeny, population diversity and diagnostics", Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Sciences, the Gent University, Belgium, 2003
  • Phan Long K., “Entomopathogenic nematodes in Vietnam. Faculty of Agricultural and Applied Sciences, the Gent University, 2003

International Collaborations

  • 1998, May-August, Belgium, Agricultural Research Centre, Merelbeke, Visiting Scientist, Collaborative research work with Dr. M. Moens: "Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of cyst forming nematodes"
  • 1998, January, Belgium, Agricultural Research Centre, Merelbeke, Visiting Scientist, Collaborative research work with Dr. M. Moens: "Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of cyst forming nematodes"
  • 1997, December, UK, Harpenden, IACR-Rothamsted, Visiting Fellow of the Royal Society of London, Collaborative research work with Dr. R. Perry: "Genetic variability of Russian and British populations of the potato cyst nematodes"
  • 1997, April, France, Antibes, Participation in Workshop on "Molecular identification of entomoparasitic nematodes"
  • 1997, March-May, December, Belgium, Agricultural Research Centre, Merelbeke, Visiting Scientist, Collaborative research work with Dr. M. Moens: "Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of cyst-forming nematodes"
  • 1995, November, UK, Reading, University of Reading, Visiting Fellow of the Royal Society of London, Collaborative research work with Dr. S. Gowen: "Cultivation and application of the nematoparasitic bacterium Pasteuria penetrans against root-knot nematodes"
  • 1995, March, Germany, Münster, Institut für Nematologie und Wirbeltierkunde, Visiting Scientist. Collaborative research work with Drs. D. Sturhan and H.J. Rumpenhorts: "Protein electrophoretic and morphological study of cyst nematodes"
  • 1992, October, Germany, Münster, Institut für Nematologie und Wirbeltierkunde, Visiting Scientist. Collaborative research work with Drs. D. Sturhan and H.J. Rumpenhorts: "Protein electrophoretic and morphological study of cyst nematodes"

Participation in Meetings

  • 2005, July, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the 44st annual meeting of Society of Nematologists, Poster: ”Phylogenetic relationships of nematodes from the family Hoplolaimidae as inferred from analysis of the D2-D3 expansion region of the LSU gene sequences”
  • 2004, August, YMCA of the Rockies Estes Park, Colorado, the 43rd annual meeting of Society of Nematologists, Poster: ”Phylogeny of the suborder Criconematina: view from the analysis of the D2-D3 expansion regions of the 28S rRNA gene”
  • 2003, July, Ithaca, New York, the 42nd annual meeting of Society of Nematologists. Poster: "Identification and phylogenetic relationships within the stem nematode Ditylenchus dipsaci complex (Tylenchida: Anguinidae) as inferred from analyses of the ITS rDNA sequences"
  • 2002, June, Spain, Canary Islands. The Fourth International Congress of Nematology, Co-Chairman of Section: Nematode phylogeny, evolution and classification. Oral presentation: "Molecular phylogenies of plant and entomoparasitic nematodes: congruence and incongruence with morphological and biological data"; Seven Posters
  • 2002, May, Belgium, Gent. The 54th International Symposium on Crop Protection. Oral presentation: "Molecular identification and phylogenetic analyses of cyst-forming nematodes from Iran"
  • 2001, June, Russia, Moscow. The Fourth English Language International Symposium of the Russian Society of Nematologists. Oral presentation: "Molecular, biochemical and morphological studies on the Heterodera avenae complex"; Two posters
  • 2001, May, Belgium, Gent. The 53rd International Symposium on Crop Protection. Vice-Chairman of Nematological Section. Oral presentation: "Identification of cyst-forming nematodes based on RFLPs and sequences of the ribosomal DNA"
  • 2001, March, Germany, Monheim. 29 Tagung des Arbeitskreises Nematologie. Oral presentation: "New data on the Heterodera avenae complex"
  • 1999, August, Russia, St.-Petersburg. The Third English Language International Symposium of the Russian Society of Nematologists. Oral presentation: "Characterisation of populations of the potato cyst nematodes from Russia using protein electrophoresis, RFLPs and sequences of rDNA and RAPDs"
  • 1998, August, UK, Dundee. 24th International Nematology Symposium. Oral presentation: "Morphometrics and rDNA-RFLP of species from the Heterodera avenae group"
  • 1998, February, Germany, Bonn. Workshop on biological control. Oral presentation: "Biological control for root-knot nematodes in grasshouses in Russia"
  • 1997, August, Russia, Moscow. The Second English Language International Symposium of the Russian Society of Nematologists. Oral presentation: "rDNA-RFLP analysis for species separation in some groups of cyst-forming nemaodes"
  • 1997, May, Belgium, Gent. The 49th International Symposium on Crop Protection. Oral presentation: "Distibution, biology and control of Heterodera filipjevi in Russia"
  • 1996, July, Guadeloupe, French Caribbean. The Third International Congress of Nematology. Oral presentation: "Occurrence and morphology of some Heterodera species in the European part of the former Soviet Union"
  • 1994, August, Belgium, Gent The 22nd International Nematology Symposium of European Society of Nematologists. Poster: "Ultrastructure of the body walls of parasitic females in some species of entomoparasitic tylenchids (Sphaerularoioidea) prossessing hypodermal microvilli"
  • 1990, August, the Netherlands, Eindhoven. The Second International Congress of Nematology. Poster: "Ultrastructural changes in roots of susceptible and resistant barley varieties infected by Bidera avenae Woll."

Invited Lectures and Chairing Scientific Meetings

  • 2006, May, Clemson University, South Carolina. “Molecular systematics of cyst forming nematodes”
  • 2005, March, University of California, Davis. “Molecular phylogeny of plant parasitic nematodes: congruence and incongruence with morphological and biological data”
  • 2004, November, Brigham Young University, Provo. “Molecular phylogeny and diagnostics of cyst forming and gall-forming nematodes.”
  • 2002, June, Co-Chairman of Section: Nematode phylogeny, evolution and classification. Spain, Canary Islands. The Fourth International Congress of Nematology;
  • 2001, May, Vice-Chairman of Nematological Section, Belgium, Gent. The 53rd International Symposium on Crop Protection;
  • 1997, 1999, 2001, Chairman and Co-Chairman of sections in the Russian Society of Nematologists meetings.

Editorial Duties for Journals

  • 1993 – present, Chief Editor and Publisher of the Russian Journal of Nematology
  • 1998 - Member of the Editorial Board of Nematologica

Reviewer Duties for Journals

  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
  • Cladistics
  • Molecular and Cellular Probes
  • Journal of Nematology
  • Nematology
  • Helminthology
  • Phytopathology
  • Journal of Nematode Morphology and Systematics
  • European Journal of Plant Pathology
  • Plant Disease
  • African Plant Protection
  • ZooTaxa

Memberships in Professional Societies

  • European Society of Nematologists
  • Society of Nematologists
  • Russian Society of Nematologists

Service to Professional Societies

  • 2001 - present, Councilor of the Russian Society of Nematologists in the International Federation of Nematology Societies
  • 1995 - present, Member of Organising Committees English Language International Symposia of the Russian Society of Nematologists.

Publications

Invited Chapters in Books:

  1. Subbotin S.A., Moens, M. 2006. Molecular Taxonomy and Phylogeny. In Book: Plant Nematology edited by R. Perry and M. Moens. CABI, UK.
  2. Subbotin S.A. 2006. [Application of PCR for Nematode Identification]. In Book: Applied Nematology edited by S.V. Zinovieva and others, Nauka, Russia.
  3. Hooper, D.J., Hallmann, J., Subbotin, S.A. 2005. Methods for Extraction, Processing and Detection of Plant and Soil Nematodes. In Book: Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Subtropical and Tropical Agriculture edited by M. Luc, R.A. Sikora and J. Bridge. Second edition, CABI, UK.
  4. Subbotin S.A. 2004. [Molecular phylogeny of plant parasitic nematodes]. In: Parasitic Nematodes of Plants and Insects (M.D. Sonin. Ed.). pp. 201-215. Moscow, Nauka.
  5. Subbotin S.A., Sturhan D. & Moens M. 2004. Molecular phylogenies of plant and entomoparasitic nematodes: congruence and incongruence with morphological and biological data. In: Cook, R., and Hunt, D.J. (Eds). Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Nematology, 8 - 13 June 2002, Tenerife, Spain. Nematology Monographs and Perspectives 2, 610-614

Scientific Articles:

  1. Ma H., Overstreet R.M. & Subbotin S.A. (submitted). ITS2 secondary structure and phylogeny of cyst-forming nematodes of the genus Heterodera (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae). Organisms, Diversity and Evolution.
  2. Palomares-Rius J.E., Subbotin S.A., Landa, B.B., Vovlas N. & Castillo P. (in press). Description and molecular characterisation of Paralongidorus litoralis sp. n. and P. paramaximus Heyns, 1965 (Nematoda: Longidoridae) from Spain. Nematology.
  3. Tanha Maafi Z., Sturhan D., Handoo Z., Mordehai M., Moens M. & Subbotin S.A. 2007. Morphological and molecular studies of Heterodera sacchari, H. goldeni and H. leuceilyma (Nematoda: Heteroderidae). Nematology 9: 483-497.
  4. Sturhan D., Wouts W.M. & Subbotin S.A. 2007. An unusual cyst nematode from New Zealand, Paradolichodera tenuissima gen. n., sp. n. (Tylenchida, Heteroderidae). Nematology 9: 561-571.
  5. Subbotin S.A., Sturhan D., Vovlas N., Castillo P., Tanyi Tambe J., Moens M. & Baldwin J.G. 2007. Application of secondary structure model of rRNA for phylogeny: D2-D3 expansion segments of the LSU gene of plant-parasitic nematodes from the family Hoplolaimidae Filipjev, 1934. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 43:881-890.
  6. Chizhov V.N., Chumakova O.A., Subbotin S.A. & BaldwinJ. G. 2006. Morphological and molecular characterization of foliar nematodes of the genus Aphelenchoides: A. fragariae and A. ritzemabosi (Nematoda: Aphelenchoididae) from the MainBotanical Gardenof the Russian Academyof Sciences, Moscow. Russian Journal of Nematology 14: 179-184.
  7. Vovlas N., Landa B.B., Liebanas G., Handoo Z.A., Subbotin S.A. & Castillo P. 2006. Characterization of the cystoid nematode Meloidoderita kirjanovae (Nematoda: Sphaeronematidae) from South Italy. Journal of Nematology 38: 376-382.
  8. Phan K.L., Spiridonov S.E., Subbotin S.A. & Moens M. 2006. Four new species of Steinernema Travassos, 1928 with short infective juveniles from Vietnam. Russian Journal of Nematology 14: 11-29.
  9. Tanha Maafi, Z., Sturhan, D., Subbotin, S.A. & Moens, M. 2006. Heterodera persica sp. n. (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae) parasitizing Persian hogweed (Heracleium persicum (Desf. ExFisch.) in Iran. Russian Journal of Nematology (in press).
  10. Subbotin S.A., Sturhan D., Chizhov V.N., Vovlas N. & Baldwin J.G. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of Tylenchida Thorne, 1949 as inferred from D2 and D3 expansion fragments of the 28S rRNA gene sequences. Nematology 8: 455-474.
  11. Subbotin, S.A., Vovlas N., Crozzoli R., Sturhan D., Lamberti F., Moens M. & Baldwin J.G. 2005. Phylogeny of Criconematina Siddiqi, 1980 (Nematoda: Tylenchida) based on morphology and D2-D3 expansion segments of the 28S-rRNA gene sequences with application of a secondary structure model. Nematology 7: 927-944.
  12. Subbotin, S.A., Madani, M., Krall, E., Sturhan, D. & Moens, M. 2005. Molecular diagnostics, taxonomy and phylogeny of the stem nematode Ditylenchus dipsaci species complex based on the sequences of the ITS-rDNA. Phytopathology 95: 1308-1315.
  13. Kovaleva, E.S., Masler, E. P. Subbotin, S. A. and Chitwood, D. J. 2005. Molecular characterization of aldolase from Heterodera glycines and Globodera rostochiensis. Journal of Nematology 37: 292-296.
  14. Handoo, Z.A., Carta, L.K. Skantar, A.M., Ye W., Robbins, R.T., Subbotin, S.A., Fraedrich S.W. & Cram, M.M. 2005. Morphological and molecular characterization of Longidorus americanum n. sp. (Nematoda: Longidoridae), a needle nematode parasitizing pine in Georgia. Journal of Nematology 37: 94-104.
  15. Yu, H., Subbotin, S.A., Rubtsova, T.V., Lamberti F., Brown, D.J.F. and Moens, M. 2005. A molecular phylogenetic approach to Longodoridae (Nematoda: Dorylaimida). Nematology 7: 11-124.
  16. Sturhan, D., Shutova, T.S, Akimov, V.N., & Subbotin, S.A. 2005. Occurrence, hosts, morphology, and molecular characterisation of Pasteuria bacteria parasitic in nematodes of the family Plectidae. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 88: 17-26.
  17. Kovaleva, E.S., Subbotin, S.A., Masler, E.P. & Chitwood, D.J. 2005. Molecular characterization of the actin gene from cyst nematodes in comparison to those from other nematodes. Comparative Parasitology 72: 39-49.
  18. Madani, M., Subbotin, S.A., & Moens,,M. 2005. Quantitative detection of the potato cyst nematode, Globodera pallida, and the beet cyst nematode, Heterodera schachtii, using Real-Time PCR with SYBR green I dye. Molecular and Cellular Probes 29: 81-86.
  19. Phan, L.K., Subbotin, S.A., Waeyenberge, L., Moens, M. 2005. A new entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema robustispiculum n. sp. (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae), from Chumomray National Park in Vietnam. Systematic Parasitology 60:23-32.
  20. Waceke J. W., Bumbarger, D. J., Mundo-Ocampo M., Subbotin, S. A. & Baldwin, J. G. 2005. Zeldia spannata n. sp., (Nematoda: Cephalobidae) from the Mojave Desert, California. Journal of Nematode Morphology and Systematics 8: 57-67.
  21. Rubtsova, T.V., Moens ,M. & Subbotin, S.A. 2005. PCR amplification of a rRNA gene fragment from formalin-fixed and glycerine-embedded nematodes from permanent slides. Russian Journal of Nematology 13: 137-140.
  22. Jiang, L.Q., Zheng, J.W., Waeyenberge, L., Subbotin, S.A. & Moens, M. 2005. Duplex PCR based identification of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Buhrer, 1934) Nickle, 1970. Russian Journal of Nematology 13: 115-121.
  23. Trinh, P.Q., Nguyen, C.N., Waeyenberge, L., Subbotin, S.A., Karssen, G. & Moens. M. 2004. Radopholus arabocoffeae sp. n. (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae), a nematode pathogenic to Coffea arabica in Vietnam, and additional data on R. duriophilus. Nematology 6: 681-693.
  24. Spiridonov, S,E., Reid, A.P., Podrucka, K., Subbotin, S.A., Moens, M. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships within the genus Steinernema (Nematoda: Rabditida) as inferred from analyses of sequences of the ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 region of rDNA and morphological features. Nematology 6: 547-566.
  25. Subbotin, S.A. & Sturhan, D. 2004. Heterodera circeae sp. n. and H. scutellariae sp. n. from Germany, with notes on the Goettingiana group (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae). Nematology 6: 343-355.
  26. Tanha Maafi Z., Sturhan D., Kheiri A., Geraert E., Subbotin, S.A. & Moens M. 2004. Morphology of some cyst-forming nematodes from Iran. Russian Journal of Nematology 12: 59-78.
  27. Swart, A.,Subbotin, S.A., Tiedt, L.R. & Riley, I.T. 2004. Anguina woodii sp. n. from grass in South Africa. Nematology 6: 129-144.
  28. Madani, M., Vovlas, N., Castillo P., Subbotin, S.A. & Moens, M. 2004. Molecular characterization of cyst nematode species (Heterodera spp.) from the Mediterranean basin using RFLPs and sequences of ITS-rDNA. Journal of Phytopathology 152: 229-234.
  29. Subbotin, S.A., Krall, E.L., Riley, I., Chizhov, V.N., Staelens, A., De Loose, M. & Moens, M. 2004. Evolution of the gall-forming plant parasitic nematodes (Tylenchida: Anguinidae) and their relationships with hosts as inferred from Internel Transcribed Spacer sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 226-235.
  30. Amiri, S., Subbotin, S.A. & Moens, M. 2003. Comparative morphometrics and RAPD studies of Heterodera schachtii and H. betae populations. Russian Journal of Nematology 11: 87-95
  31. Nguyen, C.N., Subbotin, S.A., Madani, M., Trinh, P.Q. & Moens, M. 2003. Radopholus duriophilus sp. n. (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae) from Western Highland of Vietnam. Nematology 5: 549-558.
  32. Castillo, P., Vovlas, N., Subbotin, S. & Troccoli, A. 2003. A new root-knot nematode: Meloidogyne baetica n. sp. (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) parasitizing wild olive in Southern Spain. Phytopathology 93: 1093-1102.
  33. Subbotin, S.A., Sturhan, D, Rumpenhorst, H.J & Moens, M. 2003. Molecular and morphological characterisation of the Heterodera avenae complex species (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae). Nematology 5: 515-538
  34. Tanha Maafi, Z., Subbotin, S.A. & Moens, M. 2003. Molecular identification of cyst-forming nematodes (Heteroderidae) from Iran and a phylogeny based on the ITS sequences of rDNA. Nematology 5: 99-111
  35. Zheng J., Subbotin S.A.,  He S.,  Gu, J. & Moens, M. 2003. Molecular characterisation of some Asian isolates of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and B. mucronatus using PCR-RFLPs and sequences of ribosomal DNA. Russian Journal of Nematology 11: 17-22
  36. Phan, K. L., Subbotin, S.A., Nguyen, N.C. & Moens, M. 2003. Heterorhabditis baujardi sp. n. (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae) from Vietnam with morphometric data for H. indica populations. Nematology 5: 367-382
  37. Dorofeeva, L.V., Evtushenko, L.I., Krausova, V.I., Karpov, A.V., Subbotin, S.A. & Tiedje, J.M. 2002. Rathayibacter caricis sp. nov. and Rathayibacter festucae sp. nov., isolated from the phyllosphere of Carex sp. and the leaf gall induced by the nematode Anguina graminis on Festuca rubra L. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 52: 1917-1923
  38. Subbotin, S.A., Rumpenhorst, H.J., Sturhan, D. & Moens, M. 2002. Description of the Australian cereal cyst nematode Heterodera australis sp. n. (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae). Russian Journal of Nematology 10: 139-148  
  39. Amiri, S., Subbotin, S.A. & Moens, M. 2002. Identification of the beet cyst nematode Heterodera schachtii by PCR. European Journal of Plant Pathology 108: 497-506
  40. Evtushenko L.I., Dorofeeva, L.V., Dobrovolskaya, T.G., Streshinskaya, G.M., Subbotin, S.A. & Tiedje, J.M. 2001. Agreia bicolorata gen. nov., sp. nov., to accommodate actinobacteria isolated from narrow reed grass infected by the nematode Heteroanguina graminophila. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 51: 2073-2079
  41. Rubtsova T.V., Subbotin S.A., Brown D.J.F. & Moens M. 2001. Description of Longidorus sturhani sp. n. (Nematoda: Longidoridae) and molecular characterisation of several longidorid species from Western Europe. Russian Journal of Nematology 9: 127-136
  42. Radivojevic, M., Krnjaic, D., Krnjaic, S., Bacic, J., Subbotin, S.A., Madani, M. & Moens, M. 2001. Molecular methods confirming the presence of Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber, 1923) in Yugoslavia. Russian Journal of Nematology 9: 139-141
  43. Hussani, S.S., Ansari, M.A., Ahmad, W. & Subbotin, S.A. 2001. Identification of some Indian populations of Steinernema species (Nematoda) by RFLP analysis of the ITS region of rDNA. International Journal of Nematology 11: 73-76
  44. Subbotin, S.A., Vierstraete, A., De Ley, P., Rowe, J., Waeyenberge, L., Moens, M. & Vanfleteren, J. R. 2001. Phylogenetic relationships within the cyst-forming nematodes (Nematoda, Heteroderidae) based on analysis of sequences from the ITS regions of ribosomal DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 21: 1-16
  45. Subbotin, S.A., Peng, D. & Moens, M. 2001. A rapid method for the identification of the soybean cyst nematode Heterodera glycines using duplex PCR. Nematology 3: 365-370
  46. Eroshenko, A.S., Subbotin, S.A. & Kazachenko, I.P. 2001. Heterodera vallicola sp. n. (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae) from elm trees, Ulmus japonica in the Primorsky territory, the Russian Far East, with rDNA identification of closely related species. Russian Journal of Nematology 9: 9-17
  47. Amiri, S., Subbotin, S.A. & Moens, M. 2001. An efficient method for identification of the Heterodera schachtii sensu stricto group using PCR with specific primers. Nematologia meditarrenea 29: 241-246
  48. Subbotin, S.A., Halford, P.D., Warry, A. & Perry, R. 2000. Variations in ribosomal DNA sequences and phylogeny of Globodera parasitising Solanaceae. Nematology 2: 591-604
  49. Zheng, J., Subbotin S.A., Waeyenberge, L. & Moens, M. 2000. Molecular characterisation of Chinese Heterodera glycines and H. avenae populations based on RFLPs and sequences of rDNA-ITS regions. Russian Journal of Nematology 8: 109-113.
  50. Evtushenko, L.I., Dorofeeva, L.V., Cole, J.R., Subbotin, S.A. & Tiedje, J.M. 2000. Leifsonia poae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from nematode galls on Poa annua, and reclassification of 'Corynebacterium aquaticum' Leifson 1962 as Leifsonia aquatica (ex Leifson 1962) gen. nov., nom. rev., comb. nov. and Clavibacter xyli Davis et al. 1984 with two subspecies as Leifsonia xyli (Davis et al. 1984) gen. nov., comb. nov. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 50: 371-380
  51. Subbotin, S.A., Waeyenberge, L. & Moens, M. 2000. Identification of cyst forming nematodes of the genus Heterodera (Nematoda: Heteroderidae) based on the ribosomal DNA-RFLPs. Nematology 2: 153-164
  52. Gabler, C., Sturhan, D., Subbotin S.A. & Rumpenhorst H.J. 2000. Heterodera pratensis sp. n., a new cyst nematode of the H. avenae complex (Nematoda: Heteroderidae). Russian Journal of Nematology 8: 115-126 
  53. Ferris, V.R., Subbotin, S.A., Ireholm, A., Spiegel, Y., Faghihi, J. & Ferris J.M. 1999. Ribosomal DNA sequence analysis of Heterodera filipjevi and H. latipons isolates from Russia and comparisons with other nematode isolates. Russian Journal of Nematology 7: 121-125
  54. Rubtsova, T.V., Chizhov, V.N. & Subbotin, S.A. 1999. Longidorus artemisiae sp. n. (Nematoda: Longidoridae) from roots of Artemisia sp., Rostov region, Russia. Russian Journal of Nematology 7: 33-38
  55. Subbotin, S.A., Waeyenberge, L., Molokanova, I.A. & Moens, M. 1999. Identification of species from the Heterodera avenae group by morphomometrics and ribosomal DNA RFLPs. Nematology 1: 195-207
  56. Subbotin, S.A., Halford, P.D. & Perry, R.N. 1999. Identification of populations of potato cyst nematodes from Russia using protein electrophoresis, rDNA-RFLPs and RAPDs. Russian Journal of Nematology 7: 57-63
  57. Subbotin, S.A. 1997. [Cyst forming nematodes from Russia]. Zashchita rastenii 7: 56. (in Russian)
  58. Subbotin, S. A., Sturhan, D., Waeyenberge, L. & Moens, M. 1997. Heterodera riparia sp. n. (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae) from common nettle, Urtica dioica L., and rDNA-RFLP separation of species from the H. humuli group. Russian Journal of Nematology 5: 143-157
  59. Subbotin, S.A., Rumpenhorst, H.J. & Sturhan, D. 1996. Morphological and electrophoretic studies on populations of Heterodera avenae complex from the former USSR. Russian Journal of Nematology 4: 29-38
  60. Subbotin S.A. & Chizhov V.N. 1996. Ultrastructure of the body walls of parasitic females in entomoparasitic tylenchids. II. Howardula phylotretae, Parasitylenchus dispar, Contortylenchus sp., and two allantonematid species. Russian Journal of Nematology 4: 131-137
  61. Chizhov V.N., Subbotin S.A. & Zakharenkova N.N. 1995. Thripinema khrustalevi sp. n. (Tylenchida: Allantonematidae), a parasite of Thrips (Thysanoptera) in Moscow. Russian Journal of Nematology 3: 89-94
  62. Subbotin S.A., Sturhan D. & Ryss A.Yu. 1994. Occurrence of nematode-parasitic bacteria of the genus Pasteuria in the former USSR. Russian Journal of Nematology 2: 61-64
  63. Subbotin, S.A., Chizhov, V.N. & Zakharenkova, N.N. 1994. Ultrastructure of the body walls of parasitic females in entomoparasitic tylenchids. I. Two species of the genus Wachekitylenchus, Allantonema mirabile and Bradynema rigidum. Russian Journal of Nematology 2: 105-112
  64. Popova, M.B., Zelenskii, G.L. & Subbotin, S.A. 1994. An assessment of resistance in cultivars of Oryza sativa L. to Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie, 1942. Russian Journal of Nematology 2: 41-44
  65. Evtushenko, L.I., Dorofeeva, L.V., Dobrovolskaya, T.G. & Subbotin S.A. 1994. Coryneform bacteria from plant galls induced by nematodes of the subfamily Anguininae. Russian Journal of Nematology 2: 99-104
  66. Subbotin, S.A., Chizhov, V.N. & Zacharenkova, N.N. 1993. Ultrastructure of the body wall of parasitic and infective females of Skarbilovinema laumondi (Tylenchida: Iotonchiidae). Fundamental and Applied Nematology 16: 1-4
  67. Subbotin, S.A. 1993. Evolution of modified food cells induced by sedentary nematodes in plant roots. Russian Journal of Nematology 1: 17-26
  68. Khurramov, Sh. Kh. & Subbotin S.A. 1993. Xiphinema species from the Surchandarja region of Uzbekistan. Russian Journal of Nematology 1: 27-30
  69. Borisov, B.A., Konovalova, G.N., Subbotin, S.A. & Eshnazarov, K. 1992. [Perspective branch of the nematodes' biological control]. Zashchita rastenii 7, 21- 22 (in Russian)
  70. Subbotin, S.A. & Ivanova, T.S. 1991. [The structure of galls on leaves of Ferula kuhistanica induced by Heteroanguina ferulae]. Botanicheskii Zhurnal 76, 11: 1596-1599 (in Russian)
  71. Subbotin, S.A., Balakhnina, V.P. & Osipova E.V. 1991. [Ultrastructural changes in root cell of barley infected with cereal cyst nematode]. Tsitologiya i Genetika 24, 3: 3-7 (in Russian)
  72. Chizhov, V.N., Subbotin, S.A., Romanenko, N.D. & Krutchina, S.N. 1991. [New nematode species of Xiphinema and Longidorus (Nematoda, Longidoridae) from West Caucasus]. Zoologichesky Zhurnal 70, 6: 130-133 (in Russian)
  73. Subbotin, S.A. 1990. [Ultrastructural changes of root cells of Citrus sinensis caused by Tylenchulus semipenetrans]. Tsitologija i Genetika 24, 1: 3-8 (in Russian)
  74. Subbotin, S.A. 1990. [Ultrastructural changes in cells of Glycines max L. infected with cyst and root-knot nematodes]. Botanicheskii Zhurnal 75, 3: 315-325 (in Russian)
  75. Subbotin, S.A. 1990. [A new bioagent against nematodes]. Zashchita rastenii 9: 23 (in Russian)
  76. Chizhov, V.N. & Subbotin, S.A. 1990. [Phytoparasitic nematodes of subfamily Anguininae (Nematoda, Tylenchida). Morphology, trophic specialization, taxonomic]. Zoologichesky Zhurnal 69, 4: 15-26 (in Russian)
  77. Subbotin, S.A., Krutchina, S.N. & Chizhov, V.N. 1989. [Heterodera fici Kirjanova, 1954 - parasite of fig in Abkhazia]. Byull. Vsesoyuz. Inst. Gelmint. K.I. Skrjabina 50: 127-128 (in Russian)
  78. Subbotin S.A., Balakhnina V.P &, Osipova E.V. 1989. [Histological and cytological changes in roots of Triticum durum with different resistance after infection with cereal cyst nematode]. Byull. Vsesoyz. Inst.Gelmint K.I. Skrjabina 50: 68-76 (in Russian)
  79. Subbotin, >S.A. 1989. [Histological and cytological changes in roots of Alnus incana infected with Sphaeronema alni and Meloidodera alni]. Byull. Vsesoyuz. Inst. Gelmint. K.I. Skrjabina 50: 59-67 (in Russian)
  80. Subbotin, S.A. & Chizhov, V.N. 1986. [Syncytium induced in roots of Mentha longifolia infected with Meloidoderita kirjanovae Poghossian, 1966]. Byull. Vsesoyz. Inst. Gelmint. K.I. Skrjabina 45: 52-62
  81. Subbotin,S.A. 1986. [Types of modified cell induced by sedentary phytoparasitic nematodes of the order Tylenchida in roots of plants]. Byull. Vsesoyuz. Inst. Gelmint. K.I. Skrjabina 45: 38-51 (in Russian)
  82. Subbotin, S.A. 1986. [Nettle race of the hop cyst nematode Heterodera humuli Filipjev, 1934]. Byull. Vsesoyuz. Inst. Gelmint. K.I. Skrjabina 45: 98-99 (in Russian)
  83. Subbotin, S.A. & Osipova, E.V. 1985. [Histological and cytological changes in roots of susceptible variety of barley infected with Bidera avenae]. Byull. Vsesoyuz. Inst. Gelmint. K.I. Skrjabina 41: 94 (in Russian)
  84. Subbotin, S.A. & Chizhov, V.N. 1985. [Cyst nematode Heterodera sp. - parasite of stinging nettle]. Byull. Vsesoyz. Inst. Gelmint. K.I. Skrjabina 41: 61-65 (in Russian)
  85. Chizhov, V.N. & Subbotin, S.A. 1985. [Revision of the nematode from the subfamily Anguininae (Nematoda, Tylenchida) on the basis of their biological characteristics]. Zoologichesky Zhurnal 64, N 10, 1476-1486 (in Russian)
  86. Subbotin, S.A. 1984. [The clover cystnematode Heterodera trifolii Goffart, 1932 in the Moscow region]. Byull. Vsesoyuz.Inst. Gelmint. K.I. Skrjabina 36: 45-49 (in Russian)
  87. Chizhov, V.N., Marenko, A.Yu. & Subbotin, S.A. 1981. [Ontogenesis of nematodes from the Anguinidae]. Byull. Vsesoyuz. Inst. Gelmint. K.I. Skrjabina 31: 74-82 (in Russian)

Abstracts of meetings published in referred journals

  1. Subbotin S.A., Tamber, J.T., Sturhan D., Vovlas N., Castillo, P., Moens M. & Baldwin J.G. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of nematodes from the family Hoplolaimidae as inferred from analysis of the D2-D3 expansion region of the LSU gene sequences. Journal of Nematology 37: 397.
  2. Subbotin S.A., Vovlas N., Crozzoli R., Sturhan D., Lamberti, F., Moens M. & Baldwin J.G. 2004. Phylogeny of the suborder Criconematina: view from the analysis of the D2-D3 expansion region of the 28S rDNA. Journal of Nematology 36: 347.
  3. Subbotin S.A., Madani M., Krall E.L., Sturhan D. & Moens M. 2003. Identification and phylogenetic relationships within the stem nematode Ditylenchus dipsaci species complex (Tylenchida: Anguinidae) as inferred from analysis of the ITS-rDNA sequences. Journal of Nematology 35: 365.
  4. Kulinich O.A., Subbotin S.A., Toldoukov P.V., Moens M. & Remezov. 2003. Survey of Russian conifers for Bursaphelenchus species and their identification using PCR-RFLPs and sequences of ribosomal DNA. Russian Journal of Nematology 11: 140.
  5. Subbotin S.A., Sturhan D. & Moens M. 2002. Molecular phylogenies of plant and entomaparasitic nematodes: congruence and incongruence with morphological and biological data. Nematology 4: 141.
  6. Waeyenberge L., Madani M., Yu H., Subbotin S.A., & Moens M. 2002. PCR-based techniques for nematode diagnosis derived from the study of genetic diversity. Nematology 4: 164.
  7. Madani M., Vovlas N., Subbotin S.A. & Moens M. 2002. Identification of some cyst-forming nematodes based on PCR-RFLP, sequence of rDNA and specific primers. Nematology 4: 174.
  8. Peng D., Subbotin S.A. & Moens M. 2002. Molecular characterisation of some species of the genus Meloidogyne from China. Nematology 4: 175-176.
  9. Peng, D., Subbotin S.A. & Moens M. 2002. rDNA restriction fragment length polymorphism of Heterodera avenae in China. Nematology 4: 176.
  10. Subbotin S.A., Sturhan D. & Moens M. 2002. Molecular phylogenitics of the cyst-forming nematodes (Tylenchida: Heteroderidae). Nematology 4: 181-182.
  11. Spiridonov S.E., Reid A.P., Podrucka K., Subbotin S.A. & Moens M. 2002. Phylogenetic and sequence analysis of ITS1, 5.8S gene, and ITS2 regions of rDNA of Steinernema: comparison of populations and species. Nematology 4: 182.
  12. Subbotin S.A., Krall E.L., Riley I.T., Chizhov V.N., Staelens, A., De Loose & Moens M. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships with the stem and gall forming plant-parasitic nematodes (Tylenchida: Anguinidae) as inferred from analyses of the ITS-rDNA sequences. Nematology 4: 182.
  13. Swart A., Subbotin S.A. , Tiedt L.R. & Riley I.T. 2002. A new anguinid from grass in South Africa. Nematology 4: 182.
  14. Zheng J., Subbotin S.A., He S., Gu J. & Moens M. 2002. Inter- and intra-specific variation in ribosomal DNA in some isolates of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and B. mucronatus. Nematology 4: 183.
  15. Nguyen C.N., Subbotin S.A., Madani M., Trinh P.Q. & Moens M. 2002. The occurrence of burrowing nematodes Radopholus spp. on durian and coffee in Western Highland of Vietnam. Nematology 4: 271.
  16. Subbotin S.A., Sturhan D., Rumpenhorst H.J. & Moens M. 2001. Molecular, biochemical and morphological studies on the Heterodera avenae complex. Russian Journal of Nematology 9: 162.
  17. Swart A., Subbotin S.A. & Tied L.R. 2001. A new anguinid from dune grass in South Africa. Russian Journal of Nematology 9: 163.
  18. Zheng J.W., Subbotin S.A. & Moens M. 2001. Morphological and molecular characterization of a cyst nematode species (Heterodera sp.) parasitizing tobacco from Henen, China. Russian Journal of Nematology 9: 168.
  19. Dorofeeva L.V., Shramko P.A., Subbotin S.A. & Evtushenko. L.I. 2000. New genera of bacteria of the family Microbacteriaceae from galls induced by nematodes of the subfamily Anguininae. Russian Journal of Nematology 8: 87.
  20. Gavrish, E.Yu., Dorofeeva L.V., Evtushenko L.I. & Subbotin S.A. 2000. Ornithine-containing bacteria of the family Microbacteriaceae from galls induced by nematodes of the subfamily Anguininae. Russian Journal of Nematology 8: 89.
  21. Subbotin S.A., Halford P.D., Watty A.D. & Perry R.N. 2000. Characterisation of populations of potato cyst nematodes from Russia using protein electrophoresis, RFLPs and sequences of rDNA and RAPDs. Russian Journal of Nematology 8: 99.
  22. Subbotin S.A., Waeyenberge L., Molokanova I,A. & Moens M. 1998. Morphometrics and rDNA-RFLP of species from the Heterodera avenae group. Nematologica 44: 587.
  23. Dorofeeva L., Evtushenko L.I. & Subbotin S.A. 1998. New coryneform bacteria from plant galls induced by nematodes of the subfamily Anguininae. Russian Journal of Nematology 6: 61.
  24. Subbotin S.A., Waeyenberge L. & Moens M. 1998. rDNA-RFLP analysis for species separation in some groups of cyst forming  nematodes. Russian Journal of Nematology 6: 81-82.
  25. Waeyenberge L., Subbotin S.A. & Moens M. 1998. RFLP pattern of root-knot and cyst forming nematode species of economic importance in Belgium. Russian Journal of Nematology 6: 85.
  26. Subbotin S.A. & Chizhov V.N. 1996. Ultrustructure of the integuments of parasitic females in some tylenchid entomogenous nematodes. Russian Journal of Nematology 4: 99.
  27. Rumpenhorst H.J., Sturhan D. & Subbotin S.A. 1996. Studies on the Heterodera avenae complex. Russian Journal of Nematology 4: 95-96.
  28. Chizhov V.N, Zakharenkova N.N. & Subbotin S.A. 1994. phylogeny of entomogenous nematodes of the order Tylenchida. Russian Journal of Nematology 2: 130.
  29. Subbotin S.A., Balakhnina V.P. & Osipova E. V. 1990. Ultrastructural changes in roots of susceptible and resistant barley varieties infected by Bidera avenae Woll,. Nematologica 36: 395.