Contents: Preface. 1. Annotated glossary of nematological terms. 2. Prefixes, suffixes and combining forms. 3. Abbreviations used in phyto nematological literature. 4. Vernacular names of plant namatodes. 5. Scientific names of plant and soil nematodes. 6. Fixatives of common use. 7. Annotated index of nematicides. 8. Selected resource books and mannuals on plant parasitic nematodes. Some useful tables: 1. Symptoms of plant parasitic nematode attack. 2. Classification by habitat of some plant parasitic nematodes. 3. Plant nematode genera and species which induce galls or prominent malformations. 4. Modification of host cells induced by plant parasitic nematodes. 5. Plant nematode transmitted viruses, vectors and crops infected. 6. Plant viruses transmitted by Xiphinema species. 7. Interactions of vascular-arbuscular-mycorrhiza (Myc) and phosphorus (P) with phyto nematodes and the effect on host response and nematode infection, development and reproduction. 8. Effect of plant nematodes on nodulation and nitrogen fixation in Rhizobium legume interactions. 9. Phytoparasitic nematodes targeted in regulatory programmes. 10. Hot-water immersion treatments for control of pathogenic nematodes in planting material. 11. Professional societies and major journals publishing nematological research. References.

"This book covers definitions of the nematological terms used in the literature of various aspects of science of nematology i.e. techniques, morphology and anatomy, taxonomy and systematics, physiology and biochemistry, genetics and cytology, host-parasite relations, management along with useful informations on plant and soil nematodes.

"This volume will serve as a useful guide in plant nematology at the university level and a useful reference source for teachers and research workers in this field." (jacket)

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