Root-knot nematodes /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2009.
• Subjects: Root-knot nematodes.; Root-knot nematodes > Control.; Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Plant Cropping Systems.; Viral, Bacterial and Fungal Diseases of Plants, (New March 2000); Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Biological Control.; Environmental Pest Management.; Pesticides and Drugs; Control, (New March 2000); Host Resistance and Immunity.; Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002); Anatomy and Morphology (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Reproduction, Development and Life Cycle (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Genetics and Molecular Genetics (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Physiology and Biochemistry (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Behaviour (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Pathogens, Parasites and Infectious Diseases (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Animal Ecology.; Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Taxonomy and Evolution.; Meloidogyne.; Meloidogyne hapla.; Meloidogyne incognita.; Nematoda.; Behaviour.; Biological control.; Biological control agents.; Biological development.; Chemotaxonomy.; Crop damage.; Cultivars.; DNA sequencing.; Endophytes.; Genome analysis.; Genomes.; Hatching.; Host-seeking behaviour.; Intensive cropping.; Molecular taxonomy.; Morphology.; Natural enemies.; Nematode control.; Nematophagous fungi.; Nucleotide sequences.; Pest control.; Pest resistance.; Phylogenetics.; Phylogeny.; Plant diseases.; Plant parasitic nematodes.; Plant pathogens.; Plant pests.; Population dynamics.; Reproduction.; Sampling.; Survival.; Taxonomy.; Electronic books.
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This book provides an overview (chapter 1) of the general biology, ecology and economic importance of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.), and covers in detail the following: general morphology (chapter 2); taxonomy, identification and principal species (chapter 3); biochemical and molecular iden...

Table of Contents:

• Meloidogyne species : a diverse group of novel and important plant parasites / Maurice Moens, Roland N. Perry and James L. Starr
• General morphology / Jonathan D. Eisenback and David J. Hunt
• Taxonomy, identification and principal species / David J. Hunt and Zafar A. Handoo
• Biochemical and molecular identification / Vivian C. Blok and Thomas O. Powers
• Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny / Byron J. Adams, Adler R. Dillman and Camille Finlinson
• Hatch and host location / Rosane H.C. Curtis, A. Forest Robinson and Roland N. Perry
• Invasion, feeding and development / Pierre Abad, Philippe Castagnone-Sereno, Marie-Noëlle Rosso, Janice de Almeida Engler and Bruno Favery
• Reproduction, physiology and biochemistry / David J. Chitwood and Roland N. Perry
• Survival mechanisms / Adrian A.F. Evans and Roland N. Perry
• Interactions with other pathogens / Rosa H. Manzanilla-López and James L. Starr
• Population dynamics and damage levels / Nicola Greco and Mauro Di Vito
• Sampling root-knot nematodes / Larry W. Duncan and Mark S. Phillips
• Mechanisms and genetics of resistance / Valerie M. Williamson and Philip A. Roberts
• Development of resistant varieties / James L. Starr and Chris F. Mercer
• Plant biotechnology and control / Howard J. Atkinson, Peter E. Unwin and Richard S. Hussey
• The complete sequence of the genomes of Meloidogyne incognita and Meloidogyne hapla / Pierre Abad and Charles H. Opperman
• Biological control using microbial pathogens, endophytes and antagonists / Johannes Hallmann, Keith G. Davies and Richard Sikora
• Current and future management strategies in intensive crop production systems / Andrew P. Nyczepir and Stephen H. Thomas
• Current and future management strategies in resource-poor farming / Danny L. Coyne, Hendrika H. Fourie and Maurice Moens.