Overview

Host plant resistance is one of the cornerstones upon which integrated pest management is based. Improved pest management is an essential element of sustainable agriculture. Resistance to nematodes is currently under-utilized particularly in developing countries. This practically orientated book, describing methods for evaluating the resistance and tolerance of plant cultivars to parasitic nematodes, provides specific instructions on all phases of resistance screening.

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Author:   James Starr (Formerly Texas A&M University, USA) ,  Roger Cook (Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, Aberystwyth, UK) ,  John Bridge (CABI Bioscience, Egham, UK) ,  Roger Cook (Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, Aberystwyth, UK)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.689kg
ISBN:  

9780851994666

ISBN 10:   0851994660
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   01 May 2002
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

1: Resistance to Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: History, current use, & future potential, J Starr, Texas A&M Uni J Bridge, CABI Bioscience, Surrey & R Cook, Institute of Grassland & Environmental Research, Aberystwyth 2: Concepts and Consequences of Resistance, P A Roberts, University of California, Riverside, USA 3: Root-knot Nematodes - Meloidogyne species, R S Hussey, University of Georgia, Athens, USA and G J W Janssen, Novartis Seeds AB, Landskrona, Sweden 4: Cyst Nematodes - Globodera and Heterodera species, R Cook, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Aberystwyth, Wales and G R Noel, USDA ARS, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA 5: Ditylenchus species, R A Plowright, CABI Bioscience, Surrey, UK, G Caubel, INRA, France and K A Mizen, Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Aberystwyth, Wales 6: Foliar Nematodes - Aphelenchoides species, D De Waele, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 7: Reniform Nematodes - Rotylenchulus species, A F Robinson, United States Department of Agriculture, Texas, USA 8: Migratory Endoparasites - Pratylenchus and Radopholus species, D De Waele and A Elsen, Catholic University Leuven, Leuven, Belgium 9: The Citrus Nematode - Tylenchulus semipenetrans, S Verdajo-Lucas, Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentarias, Barcelona, Spain and D T Kaplan, US Department of Agriculture, Orlando, Florida, USA 10: Yam Nematode - Scutellonema bradys, C Kowseh, R A Plowright, and J Bridge, CABI Bioscience, Surrey, UK 11: Ectoparasitic species, J L Starr and I Bendezue, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA 12: Marker-assisted Selection for Soybean Cyst Nematode Resistance, N D Young and J Mudge, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA 13: Index

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Professor James Starr is a professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology at Texas A&M University, USA. He obtained a B.S. and a M.S. in Plant Pathology from Cornell University and a PhD in Plant Pathology from Cornell University. After completing his PhD, he moved to North Carolina State University, where he was successively Research Associate in the Department of Plant Pathology and Chief of the Nematode Advisory Section. He moved to Texas A&M University in 1981 where his main research interests are identification, characterization and deployment of resistance to nematodes in important crop species. In 2003 he was elected Fellow of the Society of Nematologists (USA) in recognition of his research achievements and, in 2006, he was elected Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society. He served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Nematology (2003-2006) and was President of the Society of Nematologists (1996-1997). He has published over 80 refereed scientific papers, overseen the release of five germplasm lines and two cultivars resistant to nematodes, and co-edited two books, Plant Resistance to Parasitic Nematodes (2002) and Plant Nematodes of Agricultural Importance (2007). is a farmer's son who qualified as a veterinary surgeon in 1966 at Bristol University. He spent eight years working in Kenya before returning to the UK. He has been a general practitioner in Norfolk ever since. He is a passionate traveller and has taught and worked with equine practitioners throughout the world. He has completed a doctorate on an investigation of the difficulties faced by practitioner researchers in publication. He is a regular writer in veterinary journals and other publications. He has a son studying economics at Bristol University and a daughter studying veterinary medicine at Cambridge University.

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