Systematics of Root-Knot Nematodes (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae)

About this book

Root-knot nematodes of the genus Meloidogyne represent one of the most damaging and agricultural important group of plant-parasitic nematodes. These nematodes are obligate sedentary endoparasites infecting most species of higher plants and have a cosmopolitan distribution. Annual worldwide economic losses due to nematode infection of crops have been estimated at several hundred billion US dollars. This book is the first complete illustrated compendium of root-knot nematode species and contains 98 species descriptions with comprehensive diagnoses, information on biology, plant-hosts, pathogenicity, symptoms, distribution and biochemical and molecular diagnostics. It also includes introductions into morphology, biology, biogeography, genomics, phylogeny and host-parasite relationships of root-knot nematodes.

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Taxonomic history
Chapter 2. Diagnosis of the genus Meloidogyne
Chapter 3. Morphology
Chapter 4. Biology
Chapter 6. Host-parasite relationships
Chapter 7. Pathogenicity and threshold damage
Chapter 8. Genomes
Chapter 9. Methods of biochemical and molecular diagnostics
Chapter 10. Phylogenetic relationships
Chapter 11. Polytomous key to the species of Meloidogyne
Chapter 12. Descriptions and diagnoses of Meloidogyne species

References
Index of nematode Latin names
Index of plant Latin names

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