Nematology: advances and perspectives

Gift

physiological interactions between nematodes and their host plants

cost-benefits of nematode management through regulatory programmes

biological control of nematodes with bacterial antagonists

biological control of nematodes by fungal antagonists

crop rotation and other cultural practices as control strategies

virus vectors

taxonomy of insect parasitic nematodes

use of antagonistic plants and natural products

biological control of insects and other invertebrates

and irradiation effects of plant parasitic nematodes.

This book summarizes the advances in nematology that have been made during the 20th century and provides perspectives for the development of nematology in the next century. Chapters comprise: plant diseases caused by nematodes

past and current uses of nematicides

resistance to plant parasitic nematodes