Instant Insights: Nematode pests in agriculture

Chapter 1 - Integrated pest management (IPM) of nematodes: Hendrika Fourie and Dirk De Waele, North-West University, South Africa; 1 Introduction 2 Major economically important nematode pests of grain and leguminous crops: classification, morphology and biology 3 Integrated pest management (IPM) strategies used to control nematode pests 4 Case study 5 Future trends and challenges 6 Conclusion 7 Where to look for further information 8 References
Chapter 2 - Advances in understanding plant root response to nematode attack: Shahid Siddique, University of California-Davis, USA; and John T. Jones, The James Hutton Institute and University of St Andrews, UK; 1 Introduction 2 Modes of parasitism 3 Plant-nematode interactions 4 Activation and suppression of plant defence responses 5 Resistance 6 Future trends 7 Where to look for further information 8 Acknowledgement 9 References
Chapter 3 - Wheat pests: introduction, rodents and nematodes: Marion O. Harris, North Dakota State University, USA; Jens Jacob, Julius K ü hn-Institut, Germany; Peter Brown, CSIRO, Australia; and Guiping Yan, North Dakota State University, USA; 1 Introduction 2 Why wheat pests are different from wheat diseases and weeds 3 Features that make wheat pest management different 4 Rodents (discipline – Mammalogy): introduction 5 Rodent case studies: mice and voles 6 Rodent management 7 Nematodes (discipline – Nematology): introduction 8 Nematode case studies 9 Detecting and managing nematode pests 10 Summary of arthropod case studies 11 Where to look for further information 12 Acknowledgements 13 References
Chapter 4 - Nematodes associated with maize: T. L. Niblack, The Ohio State University, USA; 1 Introduction 2 Soil and plant nematodes: characteristics, identification and effects on maize 3 Lesion nematodes, Pratylenchus spp. 4 Root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp. 5 Vermiform nematodes restricted to sandy soils: Belonolaimus , Longidorus, Paratrichodorus and Trichodorus spp. 6 Other nematodes 7 Conclusions 8 Where to look for further information 9 References
Chapter 5 - Nematode pests of potatoes: Kim Davie and Jon Pickup, Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA), UK; 1 Introduction 2 Quarantine regulations 3 Nematode management 4 Major nematode pests of potatoes 5 Conclusion 6 Future trends 7 Where to look for further information 8 References