Thomas Forge, Ph.D.

Chercheur scientifique

Domaines d'expertise:

  • Écologie des sols et nématologie appliquées
  • Écologie et gestion des nématodes phytoparasites
  • Gestion intégrée de la santé des racines des plantes horticoles vivaces

Recherche et / ou projets en cours

Projets en cours:

  • Effets des nématodes phytoparasites sur la production de cerises douces, de raisins de cuve et de bleuets en Colombie-Britannique
  • Tolérance et résistance comparatives de nouveaux porte-greffes de cerisier et de pommier aux nématodes phytoparasites
  • Identification et répartition des espèces de nématodes phytoparasites préoccupantes pour l’agriculture dans l’Ouest canadien
  • Pratiques de gestion du sol et de l’eau avant la plantation pour éliminer les nématodes phytoparasites et améliorer l’établissement des cultures fruitières vivaces
  • Effets interactifs des amendements organiques, des paillis et des pratiques d’irrigation de rechange sur la dynamique des populations de nématodes dans les vergers et les vignobles

Prix et études

  • Ph.D. (Plant Pathology), University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • B.Sc. (Biology), Kansas State University

Principales publications

  1. Ke, M., Sims, K., Sabaratnam, S., Munro, P., Forge, T., Adams, P. 2023. Developing TaqMan Assays for Plant Parasitic Nematode Species of Economic Importance to Agriculture in Canada. Poster. Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA. 13-18 January 2023.

    2023 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  2. King, L., Forge, T., Munro, P., Xu, H., Jones, M. 2021. The root-lesion nematode, Pratylenchus penetrans, has similar effects on early growth and physiology of M.9, G.41 and G.935 apple rootstocks under field conditions. British Columbia regional meeting, 2021/Réunion régionale de la Colombie-Britannique, 2021, Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 45:1, 1-5, DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2022.2102280. Published online: 29 Jul 2022.

    2023 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  3. Kuchta, S., Neilsen, D., Zebarth, B.J., Forge, T., Nichol, C. (2021). Nitrogen, irrigation, and alley management affects raspberry crop response and soil nitrogen and root-lesion nematode dynamics. Soil Science Society of America Journal, [online] 85(4), 1139-1156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/saj2.20190

    2021 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  4. Elmhirst, J.F., Forge, T.A. (2021). Winter cover crops as reservoirs of tobacco rattle virus (TRV) and hosts of root-lesion, root knot and stubby-root nematodes. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, [online] 43(4), 631-640. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07060661.2020.1867898

    2021 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  5. Forge, T., Smit, R., Neilsen, D., Neilsen, G. (2021). Potential impacts of the ring nematode, Mesocriconema xenoplax, on grapevines in British Columbia: A microplot study. Journal of Nematology, [online] 52 1-7. http://dx.doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2020-086

    2021 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  6. Forge, T., Ehret, D., Messiga, A., Dorais, M. (2021). Influences of nitrogen inputs on nematode populations under highbush blueberry. Journal of Nematology, [online] 52 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2020-056

    2021 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  7. Midwood, A.J., Hannam, K.D., Forge, T.A., Neilsen, D., Emde, D., Jones, M.D. (2020). Importance of drive-row vegetation for soil carbon storage in woody perennial crops: A regional study. Geoderma, [online] 377 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2020.114591

    2020 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  8. Munro, P., Forge, T.A., Jones, M.D., Nelson, L.M. (2020). Soil biota from newly established orchards are more beneficial to early growth of cherry trees than biota from older orchards. Applied Soil Ecology, [online] 155 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2020.103658

    2020 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  9. Forge, T.A., P. Munro, T. Watson, S. Kuchta. 2020. Irrigation and soil organic matter management practices affect population development of the ring nematode, Mesocriconema xenoplax, on sweet cherry. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 42:3, 459, DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2020.1767385.

    2020 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  10. MacDonald JL, Forge T, Hannam K, Judd G, Moffat C, O'Gorman D, Sanfacon H, Xu H. 2020. 'Apple Decline' in the Okanagan Valley. Summerland Research and Development Centre via Instagram and Facebook.

    2020 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  11. Larney, F.J., Catton, H.A. Geddes, C.M., Lupwayi, N.Z., Forge, T.A., Lemke, R.L., and Helgason, B.L. 2020. Cover cropping for organic carrot production. Oral presentation. Organic Alberta and Holistic Management Canada Conference, January 31-February 2, 2020, Camrose, AB.

    2020 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  12. Kuchta, S., Neilsen, D., Forge, T., Zebarth, B.J., Nichol, C. (2020). Nitrogen, irrigation, and alley management effects on nitrate leaching from raspberry. Vadose Zone Journal, [online] 19(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20054

    2020 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  13. Forge, T. J. Broatch, M.W. Harding, P. Reid, G.C. Daniles, L. Reid, A. Chan, and M. Cutts. 2019. Survey of plant-parasitic nematodes in horticultural crops in Alberta, 2014 and 2015. Pp. 13-16 in: The Canadian Phytopathological Society Canadian Plant Disease Survey: Disease Highlights 2019. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 41 (sup1): 1-197, DOI: 10.1080/07060661.2019.1619270.

    2019 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  14. Hannam, K.D., Midwood, A.J., Neilsen, D., Forge, T.A., Jones, M.D. (2019). Bicarbonates dissolved in irrigation water contribute to soil CO2 efflux. Geoderma, [online] 337 1097-1104. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2018.10.040

    2019 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  15. Loo, S.E., Zebarth, B.J., Ryan, M.C., Forge, T.A., Cey, E.E. (2019). Quantifying nitrate leaching under commercial red raspberry using passive capillary wick samplers. Vadose Zone Journal, [online] 18(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/vzj2018.08.0152

    2019 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  16. Loo, S.E., Zebarth, B.J., Ryan, M.C., Malekani, F., Cey, E.E., Suchy, M., Forge, T.A. (2019). Quantification of groundwater nitrate loading after raspberry field renovation using high-resolution passive diffusion sampling. Journal of Environmental Quality, [online] 48(6), 1722-1731. http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/jeq2019.01.0022

    2019 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  17. Forge, T., Hannam, K., Neilsen, D., Neilsen, G. (2019). Nitrogen inputs and irrigation frequency influence population dynamics of Mesocriconema xenoplax under grapevines. Journal of Nematology, [online] 51(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.21307/jofnem-2019-084

    2019 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  18. Neilsen, D., Neilsen, G., Forge, T. 2018. Building resilience: future directions in mineral nutrition of woody perennial crops. Acta Horticulturae 1217:1-11. DOI 10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1217.1

    2018 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  19. Watson, T.T., Nelson, L.M., Forge, T.A. (2018). Preplant Soil Incorporation of Compost to Mitigate Replant Disease: Soil Biological Factors Associated with Plant Growth Promotion in Orchard Soil. Compost Science & Utilization, [online] 26(4), 286-296. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1065657X.2018.1540953

    2018 - Consulter les détails de la publication

  20. Watson, T.T., Nelson, L.M., Neilsen, D., Neilsen, G.H., Forge, T.A. (2018). Low-volume irrigation systems influence Pratylenchus penetrans populations, root colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, and replant establishment of sweet cherry. Scientia Horticulturae, [online] 239 50-56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2018.05.013

    2018 - Consulter les détails de la publication

Installation de recherche

4200 route 97 Sud
C.P. 20280
Summerland, BC V0H 1Z0
Canada

Affiliations

  • Professeur auxiliaire, département de biologie, Université de la Colombie Britannique, campus Okanagan
  • Gestionnaire de site d’essais, Programme des pesticides à usage limité d’AAC Society of Nematologists
  • Société canadienne de phytopathologie
  • American Phytopathological Society
  • Soil Ecology Society
  • BC Agricultural Climate Adaptation Research Network

Langue

Anglais