Manual of Agricultural Nematology / Edition 1

by William R. Nickle

Overview

Nickle (Beltsille Agricultural Research Center of the USDA) has engaged 29 internationally known experts to replace the classic work of I.N. Filipjev (1934) and its translated revision (Schuurmans Stekhoven, Jr., 1941) with a modern work taking note of 188 additional genera, and 4,650 more species.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367402976
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	06/30/2020
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	1052
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

William R. Nickle is a Zoologist in the Nematology Laboratory, Plant Sciences Institute, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Maryland. He is the author of over 80 scientific publications on biological control of pest insects, insect nematology and plant nematology, and editor of Plant and Insect Nematodes (Marcel Dekker, Inc.). A member of the Society of Nematologists, Entomological Society of America, Society of Invertebrate Pathology, European Society of Nematologists, Helminthological Society of Washington, and Organization of Tropical American Nematologists, Dr. Nickle received the B.S. degree (1956) from the College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York, Syracuse, M.S. degree (1958) from the University of Idaho, Moscow, and Ph.D. degree (1963) from the University of California, Davis.

Table of Contents

I. GENERAL MORPHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF NEMATODES, II. TECHNICAL METHODS FOR COLLECTION AND PREPARATION OF NEMATODES, III. SYSTEMATICS, IV. PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES, V. INSECT PARASITIC NEMATODES, Index

Editorial Reviews

Nickle (Beltsille Agricultural Research Center of the USDA) has engaged 29 internationally known experts to replace the classic work of I.N. Filipjev (1934) and its translated revision (Schuurmans Stekhoven, Jr., 1941) with a modern work taking note of 188 additional genera, and 4,650 more species. It serves as a companion to Nickle's Plant and insect nematodes, 1984. A serious problem, these pests cause $6 billion in losses to agricultural production in the US each year; and a solution, as insect parasitic nematodes take a more prominent place in biological control of pest insects as we try to reduce the amount of pesticides in our groundwater. Chapters cover nematode morphology, biology and ecology, collection and preparation, and the newest methods of nematode identification including DNA fingerprinting. The major groups of nematodes are taken up first with the root-knot nematodes and cyst nematodes presented in detail. Other important groups of plant parasitic nematodes follow with aids to their identification and biology. The last three chapters deal with insect parasitic nematodes. A very impressive book. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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