Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes:

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: An Ecological Perspective, a Review of Progress and Opportunities for Further Research

   • Graham R. Stirling

   Pages 1-38

3. Microbial Ecology and Nematode Control in Natural Ecosystems

   • Sofia R. Costa, Wim H. van der Putten, Brian R. Kerry

   Pages 39-64

4. Microbial Interactions with Caenorhabditis elegans: Lessons from a Model Organism

   • Maria J. Gravato-Nobre, Jonathan Hodgkin

   Pages 65-90

5. Exploiting Genomics to Understand the Interactions Between Root-Knot Nematodes and Pasteuria penetrans

   • Jenn E. Schaff, Tim H. Mauchline, Charles H. Opperman, Keith G. Davies

   Pages 91-113

6. Plant Nematode Surfaces

   • Rosane H. C. Curtis, John T. Jones, Keith G. Davies, Edna Sharon, Yitzhak Spiegel

   Pages 115-144

7. Molecular Mechanisms of the Interaction Between Nematode-Trapping Fungi and Nematodes: Lessons From Genomics

   • Anders Tunlid, Dag Ahrén

   Pages 145-169

8. Ecology of Pochonia chlamydosporia in the Rhizosphere at the Population, Whole Organism and Molecular Scales

   • Brian R. Kerry, Penny R. Hirsch

   Pages 171-182

9. Trichoderma as a Biological Control Agent

   • Edna Sharon, Ilan Chet, Yitzhak Spiegel

   Pages 183-201

10. New Insights on the Mode of Action of Fungal Pathogens of Invertebrates for Improving Their Biocontrol Performance

    • Jose G. Maciá-Vicente, Javier Palma-Guerrero, Sonia Gómez-Vidal, Luis V. Lopez-Llorca

    Pages 203-225

11. Endophytic Fungi

    • Johannes Hallmann, Richard A. Sikora

    Pages 227-258

12. Utilization of Biological Control for Managing Plant-Parasitic Nematodes

    • Patricia Timper

    Pages 259-289

13. Root Patho-Systems Nematology and Biological Control

    • Keith G. Davies, Yitzhak Spiegel

    Pages 291-303

14. Back Matter

    Pages 305-311

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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.

 

 

• Alternatives to Chemichal Pesticides
• Biological Control
• Ecology
• Molecular Biology
• Plant-parasitic nematodes
• Model invertebrates

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)

• , Plant Pathology & Microbiology, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, United Kingdom

  Keith Davies

• Volcani Center, Dept. Nematology, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Bet Dagan, Israel

  Yitzhak Spiegel

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