Plant resistance to parasitic nematodes /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2002.
• Subjects: Plant nematodes.; Plants > Disease and pest resistance.; Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Host Resistance and Immunity.; Techniques and Methodology.; Nematoda.; Cultivars.; Methodology.; Pest resistance.; Plant parasitic nematodes.; Plant pests.; Electronic books.
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This book describes methods for evaluating the resistance and tolerance of plant cultivars to important parasitic nematode species, such as root-knot, cyst and reniform, and discusses the concepts and consequences of resistance. This book provides an invaluable source of information to all plant pat...

Table of Contents:

• Resistance to Plant-parasitic Nematodes : History, Current Use and Future Potential / J.L. Starr, J. Bridge and R. Cook
• Concepts and Consequences of Resistance / P.A. Roberts
• Root-knot Nematodes : Meloidogyne Species / R.S. Hussey and G.J.W. Janssen
• Cyst Nematodes : Globodera and Heterodera Species / R. Cook and G.R. Noel
• Ditylenchus Species / R.A. Plowright, G. Caubel and K.A. Mizen
• Foliar Nematodes : Aphelenchoides Species / D. De Waele
• Reniform Nematodes : Rotylenchulus Species / A.F. Robinson
• Migratory Endoparasites : Pratylenchus and Radopholus Species / D. De Waele and A. Elsen
• The Citrus Nematode : Tylenchulus semipenetrans / S. Verdejo-Lucas and D.T. Kaplan
• The Yam Nematode : Scutellonema bradys / C. Kwoseh, R.A. Plowright and J. Bridge
• Ectoparasitic Nematodes / J.L. Starr and I.F. Bendezu
• Marker-assisted Selection for Soybean Cyst Nematode Resistance / N.D. Young and J. Mudge.