1: Meloidogyne species - A Diverse Group of Novel and Important Plant Parasites - Maurice Moens, Roland N. Perry and James L. Starr 1.1: Introduction 1.2: Impact 1.3: History of the Genus 1.4: Current Trends in Species Identification 1.5: Life Cycle 1.
6: Diversity in Biology 1.7: Major and Emerging Species 1.8: Interactions with other Plant Pathogens 1.9: Management and Control 1.10: Conclusions and Future Directions 2: General Morphology - Jonathan D. Eisenback and David J. Hunt 2.1: General Morphology 2.
2: Body Wall 2.3: Nervous System 2.4: Digestive System 2.5: Secretory-Excretory System 2.6: Reproductive System 2.7: Morphological Methods 2.8: Minimum Standards for Describing a New Species 2.9: References 3: Taxonomy, Identification and Principal Species - David J.
Hunt and Zafar A. Handoo 3.1: Introduction 3.2: Systematic Position 3.3: Subfamily and Genus Diagnosis 3.4: List of Species and Synonyms 3.5: Identification 3.6: Principal Species 3.
7: Conclusions and Future Directions 3.8: Acknowledgements 3.9: References 4: Biochemical and Molecular Identification - Vivian C. Blok and Thomas O. Powers 4.1: Introduction 4.2: Biochemical Methods 4.3: DNA-based Methods 4.
4: Conclusions and Future Directions 4.5: Acknowledgements 4.6: References 5: Molecular Taxonomy and Phylogeny - Byron Adams, Adler R. Dillman and Camille Finlinson 5.1: Introduction 5.2: History of Reconstructing Meloidogyne History 5.3: Molecular Phylogenetics: Genetic Markers and Evolutionary Relationships 5.4: A Meloidogyne Supertree Analysis 5.
5: Conclusions and Future Prospects 5.6: References 6: Hatch and Host Location - Rosane H.C. Curtis, A. Forest Robinson and Roland N. Perry 6.1: Introduction 6.2: Hatching 6.
3: Movement Through Soil 6.4: Host Location 6.5: Nematode Changes and Responses at the Root-Soil Interface 6.6: Conclusions and Future Directions 6.7: References 7: Invasion, Feeding and Development - Pierre Abad, Philippe Castagnone-Sereno, Marie-Noëlle Rosso, Janice de Almeida Engler and Bruno Favery 7.1: Introduction 7.2: Root-knot Nematode Life Cycle 7.3: Nematode Parasitism 7.
4: Compatible Interactions with Resistant Plants: The Case of Virulent Root-knotNematodes 7.5: (A)virulence Determinants and Pathogenicity Factors: Root-knot Nematode Effectors with Dual Function? 7.6: Tools for Molecular and Functional Analysis of Root-knot Nematode Parasitism 7.7: Giant Cell Development 7.8: Cytoskeleton Organization and Cell Cycle Progression during Giant Cell Ontogenesis 7.9: Extensive Cell Wall Modifications to build up Giant Cells 7.10: Suppression of Plant Defence Associated with Giant Cell Development 7.11: Major Reprogramming of Plant Metabolism and Transport 7.
12: Comparison between Meloidogyne Parasitism and Symbiotic Rhizobia in Medicago 7.13: Conclusions and Future Directions 7.14: Acknowledgements 7.15: References 8: Reproduction, Physiology and Biochemistry - David Chitwood and Roland N. Perry 8.1: Introduction 8.2: Reproduction and Moulting 8.3: Physiology 8.
4: Biochemistry 8.5: Sensory Perception and Neurotransmission 8.6: Conclusions and Future Directions 8.7: References 9: Survival Strategies - Adrian A.F. Evans and Roland N. Perry 9.1: Introduction 9.
2: Dormancy, Diapause and Quiescence 9.3: Embryonation and the Egg Mass Environment 9.4: Temperature effects on development of eggs and infective stages 9.5: The Effect of Osmotic Stress on Infective Stages in Soil 9.6: Survival Mechanisms Deployed: Life History Strategies in Meloidogyne species 9.7: Conclusions and Future Directions 9.8: References 10: Interactions with Other Pathogens - Rosa H. Manzanilla-López and James L.
Starr 10.1: Introduction 10.2: Interactions with Microbial Pathogens 10.3: Interactions with Other Plant-parasitic Nematodes 10.4: Basis for Interactions 10.5: Conclusions and Future Directions 10.6: References 11: Population Dynamics and Damage Levels - Nicola Greco and Mauro Di Vito 11.1: Introduction 11.
2: Patterns of Population Dynamics 11.3: Factors Affecting Population Dynamics 11.4: Modelling Population Dynamics 11.5: Damage Levels 11.6: Pattern of Nematode Damage to Crop Plants 11.7: Factors Affecting Nematode Damage 11.8: Modelling Damage Levels 11.9: Implementing Experiments to Assess Nematode Dynamics and Crop Damage 11.
10: Yield Loss Assessment 11.11: Importance of Information on Nematode Damage Levels and Dynamics inManagement Strategies 11.12: Conclusions and Future Directions 11.13: Acknowledgements 11.14: References 12: Distribution Patterns and Sampling - Larry W. Duncan and Mark S. Phillips 12.1: Introduction 12.
2: Nematode Spatial Patterns 12.3: Characterizing Sample Accuracy and Reliability 12.4: Sample Processing 12.5: Extracting Nematodes from Soil 12.6: Extracting Nematodes from Plant Material 12.7: Root Gall Indices 12.8: Other Plant Symptoms 12.9: Research to Optimize Sampling Programmes for Root-knot Nematodes 12.
10: Examples of Results from Sampling Programmes 12.11: Conclusions and Future Directions 12.12: References 13: Mechanisms and Genetics of Resistance - Valerie M. Williamson and Philip A. Roberts 13.1: Introduction 13.2: Sources and Inheritance of Root-knot Nematode Resistance 13.3: Mechanisms of Resistance to Pathogens in Plants 13.
4: Structure and Function of the Nematode Resistance Gene Mi-1 13.5: What is known about other Nematode R Genes 13.6: Nematode Virulence and Durability of Resistance 13.7: Management of Resistance and Virulence in the Field 13.8: Conclusions and Future Directions 13.9: References 14: Development of Resistant Varieties - James L. Starr and Chris F. Mercer 14.
1: Introduction - the Plus Side 14.2: Introduction - a Look at the Other Side 14.3: Successful Use of Resistance - Room for Wider Deployment 14.4: Planning a Resistance-breeding Programme 14.5: Screening Methods Including Marker-assisted Selection 14.6: Quality of Candidate Resistant Material 14.7: Engineered Resistance 14.8: Conclusions and Future Directions 14.
9: References 15: Plant Biotechnology and Control - Howard J. Atkinson, Peter E. Urwin and Richard S. Hussey 15.1: Introduction 15.2: Proteinase Inhibitors 15.3: Cry Proteins of Bacillus thuringiensis as Biopesticides 15.4: In planta RNAi to Target Plant-parasitic Nematodes 15.
5: Repellents 15.6: The Mi-1-mediated Resistance Response 15.7: Efficacy and Durability 15.8: Promoters for Transgenic Control of Meloidogyne 15.9: Biosafety 15.10: Developing World Needs 15.11: Conclusions and Future Directions 15.12: References 16: The Complete Sequence of the Genomes of Meloidogyne incognita and Meloidogyne hapla - Pierre Abad and Charles H.
Opperman1 Meloidogyne species - A Diverse Group of Novel and Important Plant Parasites - Maurice Moens, Roland N. Perry and James L. Starr 1.1: Introduction 1.2: Impact 1.3: History of the Genus 1.4: Current Trends in Species Identification 1.5: Life Cycle 1.
6: Diversity in Biology 1.7: Major and Emerging Species 1.8: Interactions with other Plant Pathogens 1.9: Management and Control 1.10: Conclusions and Future Directions 2: General Morphology - Jonathan D. Eisenback and David J. Hunt 2.1: General Morphology 2.
2: Body Wall 2.3: Nervous System 2.4: Digestive System 2.5: Secretory-Excretory System 2.6: Reproductive System 2.7: Morphological Methods 2.8: Minimum Standards for Describing a New Species 2.9: References 3: Taxonomy, Identification and Principal Species - David J.
Hunt and Zafar A. Handoo 3.1: Introduction 3.2: Systematic Position 3.3: Subfamily and Genus Diagnosis 3.4: List of Species and Synonyms 3.5: Identification 3.6: Principal Species 3.
7: Conclusions and Future Directions 3.8: Acknowledgements 3.9: References 4: Biochemical and Molecular Identification - Vivian C. Blok and Thomas O. Powers 4.1: Introduction 4.2: Biochemical Methods 4.3: DNA-based Methods 4.
4: Conclusions and Future Directions 4.5: Acknowledgements 4.6: References 5: Molecular Taxonomy and Phylogeny - Byron Adams, Adler R. Dillman and Camille Finlinson 5.1: Introduction 5.2: History of Reconstructing Meloidogyne History 5.3: Molecular Phylogenetics: Genetic Markers and Evolutionary Relationships 5.4: A Meloidogyne Supertree Analysis 5.
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