CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Johan Gerrit (Hans) van der Beek
Privat address:
Work address:
Research Institute for Plant Protection (IPO-DLO)
P.O.Box 9060 NL-6700 GW
Wageningen The Netherlands
tel. ..31 317476235
fax. ..31 317410113
E-mail: j.g.vanderbeek@IPO.DLO.NL
Profession: Nematologist / plant breeder, working at IPO-DLO
Nationality: Dutch
Date of birth: 22 June, 1952
Family status married, three children
Languages: Dutch: mother language English: good French: good
German: moderate Arabic: slight
Education:
- 1972-75, 1977-80: Agricultural University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Specialization: Plant breeding, Genetics, Phytopathology, Tropical Agriculture
Teaching licence in biology and agriculture
- 1970-72: State University, Groningen, The Netherlands Specialization:
Biology
Key qualifications:
Work experience outside the Netherlands:
- 1977-78: Breeding for durable resistance in rice to Pyricularia oryzae
in Surinam (South America).
- 1980-82: Breeding for durable resistance in wheat to brown rust and
in barley to powdery mildew in Morocco (FAO project).
- 1982-84: Breeding for resistance in tomato to root-knot nematodes in
Algeria (FAO project).
- 1985-90: Breeding Capsicum spp in Tunisia (project with Department
of Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Hague, The
Netherlands).
Work experience in Wageningen (The Netherlands):
- 1975-77: Breeding for durable resistance in potato to Phythophthora
infestans at the Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction Research.
- 1990-92: Mapping of genes for monogenic resistance in tomato to Cladosporium
fulvum and Oidium lycopersicum at the Centre for Plant Breeding and Reproduction
Research (CPRO-DLO).
- 1993-present: Studies in genetic variation between and within populations
of root-knot species in the Netherlands, with emphasis on virulence. Presently
preparing a Ph-D thesis in genetics. Research Institute for Plant Protection
(IPO-DLO).
List of publications:
- Centromere localization of chromosome 1 in Arabidopsis. KOORNNEEF &
VAN DER BEEK, 1979.
- Presence in Morocco of Brown rust, Puccinia hordei, with wide range
virulence to barley. PARLEVLIET, VAN DER BEEK & PIETERS, 1981.
- Resistance to root-knot nematodes in tomato cv. Nemared: contradicting
observations due to differences between seed lots. BOUKEMA & VAN DER
BEEK, 1985.
- Breeding tomatoes for resistance to root-knot nematodes in Algeria.
VAN DER BEEK, 1986.
- Preliminary testing for acidity in hot pepper in Tunisia. VAN DER BEEK
& BOULEKBECH, 1987.
- Evidence for salt tolerance in pepper varieties (Capsicum annuum L.)
in Tunisia. VAN DER BEEK & LTIFI, 1991.
- Variation in fasciculation in F4-populations of pepper. VAN DER BEEK
& LTIFI, 1990.
- 'Wafer' - A new variety for protected growing and open field production
in Tunisia. LTIFI, VAN DER BEEK & RIAHI, 1991.
- Practical breeding for horizontal resistance in wheat to brown rust
(Puccinia recondita). PIETERS, AALDERS & VAN DER BEEK, 1991.
- Mapping gene Cf-9 (resistance to Cladosporium fulvum on tomato) on
chromosome 1. VAN DER BEEK, VERKERK & LINDHOUT, 1991.
- Mapping strategy for resistance genes in tomato based on RFLPs between
cultivars: Cf9 (resistance to Cladosporium fulvum) on chromosome 1. VAN
DER BEEK, VERKERK, ZABEL & LINDHOUT, 1992.
- Screening wild Lycopersicon species for resistance to powdery mildew
(Oidium lycopersicum) . LINDHOUT, PET & VAN DER BEEK, 1992.
- Wild Lycopersicon species as sources for resistance to powdery mildew
(Oidium lycopersicum): mapping of the resistance gene Ol-1 on chromosome
6 of L. hirsutum. LINDHOUT, VAN DER BEEK & PET, 1993.
- Resistance to powdery mildew (Oidium lycopersicum) in Lycopersicon
hirsutum is controlled by an incompletely dominant gene Ol-1 on chromosome
6. VAN DER BEEK, PET & LINDHOUT, 1994.
- Preservation of Meloidogyne hapla and M. chitwoodi in liquid nitrogen:
differences in response between populations. VAN DER BEEK, VELDHUIS, ZIJLSTRA
& VAN SILFHOUT, 1996.
- Interspecific hybridization of meiotic parthenogenetic Meloidogyne
chitwoodi and M. fallax, VAN DER BEEK & KARSSEN, submitted.
- Interaction in nematode reproduction between potato cultivars and populations
of Meloidogyne spp. VAN DER BEEK, VEREIJKEN, VAN SILFHOUT. in preparation
- Variation of virulence within Meloidogyne hapla on Solanum spp. VAN
DER BEEK, JANSSEN, POLEIJ, ZIJLSTRA, JANSSEN. submitted.
- Limited variation of virulence within Meloidoygne chitwoodi and M.
fallax on Solanum spp. VAN DER BEEK, JANSSEN, POLEIJ, ZIJLSTRA. submitted
- Biotypes and races in Meloidogyne chitwoodi on Solanum bulbocastanum.
VAN DER BEEK, POLEIJ, JANSSEN, ZIJLSTRA. in preparation
- Genetic distances between parthenogenetic Meloidoygne spp. based upon
protein composition, AFLP and morphology. VAN DER BEEK, FOLKERTSMA, KARSSEN,
ZIJLSTRA, VAN KOERT, POLEIJ, BAKKER. in preparation.
- Limited intra-specific variation in total soluble proteins in Meloidogyne
hapla and M. chitwoodi. VAN DER BEEK, FOLKERTSMA, POLEIJ, VAN KOERT, BAKKER.
in preparation
- Parthenogenesis in root knot nematodes Meloidogyne spp. VAN DER BEEK,
LOS, PIJNACKER. in preparation
- Conservation of heterozygosity in inbred mono-female lines of meiotic
parthenogenetic populations of Meloidogyne hapla and M. chitwoodi. VAN
DER BEEK, ZIJLSTRA, POLEIJ, PIJNACKER. in preparation.
(At present a PhD thesis is in preparation, in which the above ten mentioned
publications will be included.)
Courses and conferences:
- Barley Improvement (1981 in Rabat, Morocco) Durable Resistance (1982
in Bari, Italy) Course in Seed Technology (1985 in Wageningen, The Netherlands)
Working visit N.C.State University (1995 in Raleigh, USA) Third International
Nematological Congress (1996 on Guadeloupe)
- During the past few years several lectures and presentations have been
given in the Netherlands on virulence, cytology and genetic variation in
root-knot nematodes.