Pratylenchus (Nematoda: Pratylenchidae) Diagnosis, Biology, Pathogenicity and Management

About this book

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 specialised 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).

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Biography

Pablo Castillo, Ph.D. (1988) in Nematology, University of Granada (Spain), is Research Scientist in the Institute of Sustainable Agriculture belonging to the Spanish Council for Scientific Research. He has published extensively on Nematology. N