Willem Steyn worked for the ARC-Tropical and Subtropical Crops (previously the Department of Agriculture) since 1989 where he started in entomology. And he only got involved in nematology from 2002. He did the short course in Potchefstroom under Alec McDonald and came back from there, keen on getting his hands dirty while digging in search of nematodes. Throughout the years, he helped with rearing of root-knot and lesion nematodes, field trials for chemical companies, glasshouse trials for screenings, for product development, testing of cover crops, surveys in subtropical regions (allowing us to travel in many areas of the country) and…