During their visit, the US Scientists interacted and shared experiences and

techniques with Dr David Nehl and Dr Om Jhorar of NSW Agriculture, Dr Stephen

Allen from CSD and DrJoe Kochman and DrNikkiSeymour of the QDPl. They were

also able to participate in, and make presentations to, the FUSCOM workshop at

Toowoomba.

Participants in the exercise learnt nematode extraction techniques including

wet sieving, sucrose centrifugation and preservation of samples. The samples were

despatched to the USA for preliminary identification by Dr Terry Kirkpatrick.