Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes:: Building Coherence between Microbial Ecology and Molecular Mechanisms / Edition 1

by Keith Davies, Yitzhak Spiegel

Overview

The offered volume intends to review the biological control theme of phytonematodes from several prospects: ecological; applicative as well as commercial state of the art; understanding the mode-of-action of various biocontrol systems; interaction between the plant host, nematodes’ surface and microorganism’s; candidates for biocontrol; extrapolation of the wide knowledge existed in another systems for understanding biocontrol processes: C. elegans as a model and lessons from other natural systems; and exploiting advanced genomic tools to promote understanding biocontrol processes and thereafter improve specific biological control agents.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781402096471
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	07/01/2011
Series:	Progress in Biological Control , #11
Edition description:	2011
Pages:	314
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: An Ecological Perspective, A Review of Progress and Opportunities For Further Research.- Chapter 2: Microbial Ecology and Nematode Control in Natural Ecosystems.- Chapter 3: Microbial Interactions with Caenorhabditis elegans: Lessons from a Model Organism.- Chapter 4: Exploiting Genomics to Understand the Interactions Between Root-knot Nematodes and Pasteuria penetrans.- Chapter 5: Plant Nematode Surfaces.- Chapter 6: Molecular Mechanisms of the Interaction Between Nematode-Trapping Fungi and Nematodes: Lessons from Genomics.- Chapter 7: Ecology of Pochonia chlamydosporia in the Rhizosphere at the Population, Whole Organism and Molecular Scales.- Chapter 8: Trichoderma as a Biological Control Agent.- Chapter 9: New Insights on the Mode of Action of Fungal Pathogens of Invertebrates for Improving their Biocontrol Performance.- Chapter 10: Endophytes Fungi.- Chapter 11: Utilization of Biological Control for Managing Plant-Parasitic Nematodes.- Chapter 12: Root Patho-Systems Nematology and Biological Control.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

“Provides an overview of biological control systems and is a useful summary chapter with a realistic appraisal of various approaches. … Overall, it has been edited competently … . ‘the challenge for this book is how far the editors and chapters’ authors have achieved the objective of reviewing the biological control theme from new perspective’. On a superficial level of the book achieves this objective. … This book is ‘thought provoking’, in that it indicates ways forward that might enhance use of biological control agents.” (Roland N. Perry, Nematology, Vol. 14 (1), 2012)

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