Overview
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F. Lamberti
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Institute of Agricultural Nematology of the CNR, Bari, Italy
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C. Giorgi
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University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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David McK. Bird
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University of California, Riverside, USA
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Nematode Genetics
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- Ann M. Rose, Mark L. Edgley, David L. Baillie
Pages 19-33
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- Jeroen N. A. M. Rouppe van der Voort, Jan Roosien, Peter M. van Zandvoort, Rolf T. Folkertsma, Ellen L. J. G. van Enckevort, Richard Janssen et al.
Pages 57-63
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- Charles H. Opperman, Ke Dong, Stella Chang
Pages 65-75
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- Francesca De Luca, Carla De Giorgi, Franco Lamberti
Pages 85-89
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- Mireille Fargette, Vivian C. Blok, Mark S. Phillips, David L. Trudgill
Pages 91-96
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Identification of Nematodes
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- Thomas O. Powers, Byron J. Adams
Pages 99-108
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- Carla De Giorgi, Mariella Finetti Sialer, Franco Lamberti
Pages 109-118
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- Valerie M. Williamson, Edward P. Caswell-Chen, Frances F. Wu, Doris Hanson
Pages 119-127
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- Arjen Schots, Jaap Bakker
Pages 129-140
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Host-Parasite Interactions: The Plant
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Front Matter
Pages 159-159
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- Andreas Niebel, Nathalie Barthels, Janice de Almeida-Engler, Mansour Karimi, Isabelle Vercauteren, Marc Van Montagu et al.
Pages 161-170
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- Florian M. W. Grundler, Annette Böckenhoff, Kay-Peter Schmidt, Miroslaw Sobczak, Wladislaw Golinowski, Urs Wyss
Pages 171-180
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- David McK. Bird, Mark A. Wilson
Pages 181-195
About this book
Plant parasitic nematodes are a main pest to crops. For ex am pie, the root-knot nematodes belonging to the genus Meloidogyne are worldwide in their distribution and attack almost every type of crop, causing considerable losses of yield and affecting quality of produce. The cyst nematodes within the genera Globodera and Heterodera constitute a major group of plant pathogens in many countries throughout the world, suppressing yields of potato, sugar beet, soybean and cereals. Several nematodes such as longidorids and trichodorids are implicated in the transmission of numerous plant viruses. Many others cause constraints to agricultural production either locally or on large areas. However, despite their economic importance (they account for worldwide crop reduction in excess of 10%), plant parasitic nematodes are still poorly understood, because most of them are obligate parasites of roots. Environmental concerns over the agricultural use of pesticides demand the development of alternative measures to control them. To achieve environmentally sound control, knowledge of the basic biology of nematodes must be expanded. Important research areas include understanding the molecular bases for pathogenicity, the molecular mechanisms of the host parasite interactions and the genetic bases for population fluctuations. The workshop has, for the first time, brought together an international group of researchers using molecular approaches to study plant parasitic nematodes and their host responses.
Editors and Affiliations
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Institute of Agricultural Nematology of the CNR, Bari, Italy
F. Lamberti
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University of Bari, Bari, Italy
C. Giorgi
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University of California, Riverside, USA
David McK. Bird
