Instant Insights

Chapter 1 - Integrated pest management (IPM) of nematodes: Hendrika Fourie and Dirk De Waele, North-West University, South Africa;

1 Introduction

2 Major economically important nematode pests of grain and leguminous crops: classification, morphology and biology

3 Integrated pest management (IPM) strategies used to control nematode pests

4 Case study

5 Future trends and challenges

6 Conclusion

7 Where to look for further information

8 References

Chapter 2 - Advances in understanding plant root response to nematode attack: Shahid Siddique, University of California-Davis, USA; and John T. Jones, The James Hutton Institute and University of St Andrews, UK;

1 Introduction

2 Modes of parasitism

3 Plant-nematode interactions

4 Activation and suppression of plant defence responses

5 Resistance

6 Future trends

7 Where to look for further information

8 Acknowledgement

9 References

Chapter 3 - Wheat pests: introduction, rodents and nematodes: Marion O. Harris, North Dakota State University, USA; Jens Jacob, Julius K ¼ hn-Institut, Germany; Peter Brown, CSIRO, Australia; and Guiping Yan, North Dakota State University, USA;

1 Introduction

2 Why wheat pests are different from wheat diseases and weeds

3 Features that make wheat pest management different

4 Rodents (discipline - Mammalogy): introduction

5 Rodent case studies: mice and voles

6 Rodent management

7 Nematodes (discipline - Nematology): introduction

8 Nematode case studies

9 Detecting and managing nematode pests

10 Summary of arthropod case studies

11 Where to look for further information

12 Acknowledgements

13 References

Chapter 4 - Nematodes associated with maize: T. L. Niblack, The Ohio State University, USA;

1 Introduction

2 Soil and plant nematodes: characteristics, identification and effects on maize

3 Lesion nematodes, Pratylenchus spp.

4 Root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp.

5 Vermiform nematodes restricted to sandy soils: Belonolaimus , Longidorus, Paratrichodorus and Trichodorus spp.

6 Other nematodes

7 Conclusions

8 Where to look for further information

9 References

Chapter 5 - Nematode pests of potatoes: Kim Davie and Jon Pickup, Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture (SASA), UK;

1 Introduction

2 Quarantine regulations

3 Nematode management

4 Major nematode pests of potatoes

5 Conclusion

6 Future trends

7 Where to look for further information

8 References