RECENT & Recommended by APS PRESS!
By Pablo Castillo and Nicola Vovlas
Root-lesion
nematodes of the genus Pratylenchus are recognized worldwide as one of the
major constraints of crop of primary economic importance. Pratylenchus spp.
comprises around 70 nominal species of worldwide distribution which
parasitize a wide variety of plants. The book consists of ten chapters and
presents summarised and specialized information concerning the importance of
the Pratylenchus species in: agricultural crops, and their world
distribution (chapter 1); taxonomy, systematic, general morphology and
diagnostic traits of Pratylenchus spp. including new technologies based on
biochemical and molecular analyses (chapters 2-6); biology, epidemiology,
ecology, host-parasite relationships, and pathogenicity (chapters 7-9).
Finally, it illustrates different management strategies for Pratylenchus
species, including, crop rotation, host-plant resistance, chemical control,
soil solarization, and biological control (chapter 10).
Contents
About the authors
Preface
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Geographical distribution of Pratylenchus
Chapter 2: Morphology of Pratylenchus Species
Body wall
Body length and shape
Labial region
Lateral fields
Stylet
Pharynx
Excretory pore
Nervous system
Deirids
Intestine
Reproductive system
Tail
Morphometrics and cluster analysis
Chapter 3: Taxonomy and systematics
Taxonomy
Systematics
Classification
Chapter 4: Diagnosis and descriptions of Pratylenchus
species
Chapter 5: Specific diagnostic differentiation
Morphological characters used to distinguish
Pratylenchus spp. in tabular and dichotomous keys
Tabular key for the identification of
Pratylenchus spp.
Dichotomous key for the identification of Pratylenchus
spp.
Key to species of Pratylenchus
Chapter 6: Biochemical and molecular approaches in
Pratylenchus diagnosis
Biochemical identification
Molecular identification
Chapter 7: Biology and ecology of Pratylenchus
Biology
Epidemiology
Ecology
Survival strategies
Chapter 8: Pathogenicity of Pratylenchus species
Pathogenic variability in Pratylenchus
Host range
Damage thresholds of Pratylenchus spp.
Damage to herbaceous and vegetable crops
Damage to fruit trees and woody plants
Interactions of Pratylenchus spp. with other
plant-parasitic nematodes
Interactions of Pratylenchus spp. with bacteria
Interactions of Pratylenchus spp. with pathogenic
fungi
Chapter 9: Host-parasite relationships of Pratylenchus
species on crops
Feeding behaviour and mechanism of pathogenesis
Chapter 10: Management strategies of Pratylenchus
species
Pratylenchus spp. in propagating plant
material
Crop rotation and cultural practices
Physical control
Host plant resistance
Biological control
Chemical control
Appendix
List of abbreviations
References
Subject index
