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Professor 103 Price Hall (0331) Phone: (540) 231-4650
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- Ph.D., Plant Pathology, North Carolina State Univ. (NCSU), Raleigh, N.C. 1979
- B.A., Biology, Bryan College, Dayton, Tenn., 1974
- Taxonomy of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.): My research focuses on the practical identification of the economically most important group of plant-parasitic nematodes. I am interested in light and scanning electron microscopy and molecular techniques for distinguishing the known species of root-knot nematode.
- Resistance to the Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne species on tobacco.
- Survival mechanisms of nematodes: Nematodes that utilize anhydrobiosis as a survival strategy are currently being characterized including the foliar and the pinewood nematodes.
- Plant Disease Agents: An introduction to plant-parasitic nematodes for graduate students.
- Plant Biology and Agricultural Chemistry: An introduction to plants for first year Ag Tech students.
- Resource development: Resources for teaching nematology are extremely scarce. I have created several items for my own classes and have made them available to others. These resources include posters, slide sets, videos, 3D models, and lab manuals.
- Director of the Nematode Diagnostic and Assay Lab: The lab processes more than 1,000 nematode assay and diagnostic samples each year in order to provide timely management advice to growers and other agricultural scientists at Virginia Tech.
- USDA CSREES
- U.S. Forest Service
- Virginia Agricultural Council
- Cotton Incorporated
- Virginia Commodity Boards
- Agricultural Chemical and Biotechnology Companies
- American Lumber Standards Committee
- Third Prize, (Portuguese Competition for Scientific Photography) "Concurso de Fotografia Cientifica Laboratório de Imagens/ Associação Viver a Ciência, CCB, Lisboa, Fevereiro 2006," http://www.viveraciencia.org/
- First Prize, Biocontrol Photo Contest, Society of Nematologists, 2005
- Outstanding Supporter, Minority Academic Opportunities Program, 1999-2000
- Recongition of Outstanding Service, Society of Nematologists, Secretary, 1995-97, 1997
- Ciba-Geigy Award for Outstanding Contributions to Agriculture, 1996
- Henderson Award, Outstanding Faculty, Dept. PPWS, 1991
- First Prize, Nikon's Small World, 1985
- Finalist, AAAS Living World, 1986
- Fifth Prize, Nikon's Small World, 1984
- Research Fellowship, South Africa Dept. of Agriculture, 1984
- First Prize, Nikon's Small World, 1982
- Best Student Paper, Society of Nematologists, 1979
- Best Ph.D. Dissertation, North Carolina Agricultural Commission, 1979
- Biology Departmental Award, Bryan College, 1974
- Professor, Dept. Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., 1994-present.
- Associate Professor, Dept. Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., 1990-94
- Assistant Professor, Dept. Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., 1985-90
- Research Associate, International _Meloidogyne_ Project, Dept. Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh, N.C., 1979-85
- Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. Plant Pathology, NCSU, Raleigh, N.C. 1975-79
- General Science Teacher, Ninth Grade, Rhea County Consolidated High School, Evensville, Tenn., 1974-75
- Society of Nematologists, 1975
- Organization of Tropical American Nematologists, 1979
- Southeastern Electron Microscopy Society, 1977
- Virginia Academy of Science, 1985
- American Phytopathological Society (APS), 1985
- Biological Photographic Association, 1986
- Gamma Sigma Delta, 1979
- Sigma Xi, 1979
- Editorial Boards: Nematologia Mediterranea
- Board of Directors: Council for Agricultural Science and Technology representing the Society of Nematologists
- National Office: Secretary for the Society of Nematologists
- Grant Proposal Panelists: USDA, NSF
- Eisenback, J. D. 2010. A new technique for photographing perineal patterns of root-knot nematodes. Journal of Nematology
- João M. Charchar, Jonathan D. Eisenback, Jairo V. Vieira,, Maria Esther de N. Foncesca-Boiteux, and Leonardo S. Boiteux. 2010. Meloidogyne polycephannulata n. sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae), a root-knot nematode parasitizing carrot in Brazil. Journal of Nematology
- Griffin, G. J., J. D. Eisenback, M. M. Yancey, and J. Templeton. 2010. Aphelenchoides hylurgi as a Carrier of White, Hypovirulent Cryphonectria parasitica and its Possible Role in Hypovirulence Spread on Blight-Controlled American Chestnut Trees. Journal of Nematology
- Venkatesan Parkunan, Charles S. Johnson, and Jon D. Eisenback. 2010. Effects of Php Gene-Associated versus Induced Resistance to Tobacco Cyst Nematode in Flue-Cured Tobacco. Journal of Nematology
- Venkatesan Parkunan, Charles S. Johnson, and Jon D. Eisenback. 2010. Biological and Chemical Induction of Resistance to the Tobacco Cyst Nematode in Oriental and Flue-Cured Tobacco. Journal of Nematology
- J. M. Charchar, M. E. N. Fonseca, J. B. Pinheiro L. S. Boiteux, and J. D. Eisenback. 2010. Epidemics of Meloidogyne brasilensis in Central Brazil on processing tomato hybrids that have the root-knot nematode Mi resistance gene. Plant Disease
- Charchar, J. M., Eisenback, J. D., Charchar, M. J. and Boiteux, M. E. 2007. Meloidogyne pisi n. sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae), a root-knot nematode parasitizing pea in Brazil. Nematology 9:
- Charchar, J. M., Eisenback, J. D., Charchar, M. J. and Boiteux, M.E. 2007. Meloidogyne phaseoli n. sp. (Meloidogynidae), a root-knot nematode parasitizing bean in Brazil. Nematology 9:
- Eisenback, J. D., Diane Reaver, and James E. Ashley. 2006. First Report of Tylenchulus palustrus on Peach in Virginia. Plant Disease 92:468.
- Eisenback, Jonathan D., and Hunt, David J. 2009. General Morphology. Pp. 18-54, in, Root-knot nematodes, Roland N. Perry, Maurice Moens, and James L. Starr, eds. CABI Wallingford, UK.
- Eisenback, J. D., Paulo Vieira, M.M. Mota and A. Ryss. 2008. Electronic databases for Bursaphelenchus and other aphelenchid nematodes. Pp. 133-137, in, M. Mota and P. Vieira, eds. Pinewood nematodes: a worldwide threat to forest ecosystems. Springer: The Netherlands.
- Eisenback, J. D., Baldwin, J.G., K.R. Barker 2007. Hedwig Hirschmann Triantaphyllou. Pioneering Women in Plant Pathology. APS Press: St. Paul, MN.

