Contents: Preface. 1. Application of molecular biology in nematology/A.K. Ganguly and Umarao. 2. Nematodes as biological model/R.K. Walia. 3. Race status in plant parasitic nematodes/R.K. Walia and S.K. Mehta. 4. Nematode vectors of plant diseases and its perspectives/B.K. Goswami, Archana Mittal and S.B. Sharma. 5. Plant parasitic nematodes—management opportunities and challenges/K. Sitaramaiah and P. Harinath Naidu. 6. Cereal cyst nematode (Heterodera avenae) in Rajasthan/G.L. Sharma. 7. Status of root-knot and cyst nematodes affecting rice and their management/M.S. Panwar, J.S. Prasad and Y.S. Rao. 8. ‘White tip’ caused by Aphelenchoides besseyi—an important seed borne disease of rice/S.P. Tiwari and M.N. Khare. 9. UFRA—a menace to deepwater rice/M. Farooque Rahman. 10. Nematode management in tobacco nursery/H.R. Patel. 11. Interrelationship between Rotylenchulus reniformis and other plant pathogens/Indira Vadhera, B.N. Shukla and J. Bhatt. 12. Role of nematodes in disease-complexes with fungi and their biomanagement/B.K. Goswami. 13. Mint nematology—current status and future needs/Rakesh Pandey. 14. Prospects of mycorrhizae as potential nematode antagonist/K.C. Mohanty and N.K. Sahoo. 15. Mutualistic endophytes as biocontrol agents against nematode and insect pests/J.S. Prasad. G. Katti and I.C. Pasalu. 16. Nematode bio-control—a review on Paecilomyces lilacinus/M. Arif and Ghazala Parveen. 17. Genetic studies on the resistance of barley to cereal cyst nematode (Heterodera avenae woll.) in Rajasthan/S.P. Bishnoi, B.D. Yadav and S.M. Bhatnagar. 18. Breeding for nematode resistance in forage legumes—current status and future prospects/N. Hasan. 19. Major nematode pests of economically important crops in India and their management/R.V. Singh, S.K. Midha and Vinod Kumar. 20. Plant parasitic nematodes of horticultural crops and current trends in their management in India/M. Nagesh and Parvatha Reddy. 21. Integrated nematode management with special reference to IPM/P.C. Trivedi. Index.

"Plant parasitic nematodes are one of the least understood agricultural pest problems throughout the world. Science of plant nematology has grown rapidly is the last three decades. There is a wide gap between the vast information generated for nematode control and that, which is actually utilised.

"The present book "Advances in Nematology" provides an authoritative review account of many aspects of current interest and progress in the field of plant nematology that has been made in the recent past. This book includes 21 articles by eminent nematologist on different aspects of the subject. Information on application of molecular biology in nematology, nematodes as biological model, race status in plant parasitic nematodes and nematode vectors of plant diseases have been reviewed covering all major aspects. Nematode diseases on wheat, rice, tobacco, mint, barley and horticultural crops and their management, specially in context to Indian scenario have been covered. Newer approaches for the management of plant parasitic nematodes including use of VAM fungi, biocontrol agents and integrated nematode management strategies have been included to project out their use on field scale. Articles on role of nematodes in disease complexes with fungi, genetic studies on the resistance of barley, breeding for nematode resistance in forage legumes and nematode pests of economically important crops in India and their managements have been added to the value of the book.

"Scholars and students of nematology, researchers and extension workers and plant pathologist will find this book very useful."