Overview

Accurate and detailed information on the fundamental biology of free living and plant-parasitic nematodes has three important functions. Firstly, it is needed to gain an understanding of their highly complex ecology. Secondly, since many plant-parasitic nematodes are major agricultural pests, it also greatly enhances attempts to implement crop protection strategies. Finally, information on physiology and biochemistry will have particular relevance to studies of gene function in nematodes. Written by leading research workers from Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand, this up-to-date reference book reviews and integrates all the current research findings on the physiology and biochemistry of these organisms, including the molecular information which has accumulated in recent years. It is aimed at researchers, advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and lecturers in plant nematology, parasitology, plant pathology and agricultural zoology and should be a reference source for students of animal physiology, crop protection, zoology and pest management.

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Author:   Roland N. Perry (University of Hertfordshire, UK) ,  Denis J Wright (Imperial College London, UK)
Publisher:   CABI Publishing
Imprint:   CABI Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 17.20cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 24.40cm
Weight:   1.157kg
ISBN:  

9780851992310

ISBN 10:   0851992315
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   01 November 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

1: Introduction to Functional Organisation, A F Bird and J Bird 2: The Cuticle, M L Baxter and W M Robertson 3: Musculature and Neurobiology, D J Wright and R N Perry 4: Behaviour and Sensory Responses, R N Perry and J Aumann 5: Respiratory Physiology, Nitrogen Excretion and Osmotic and Ionic Regulation, D J Wright 6: Reproductive Mechanisms, A A F Evans 7: Developmental Biology, A M Leroi and J T Jones 8: Hatching, P W Jones et al. 9: Nematode Parasitism of Plants, R S Hussey and F M W Grundler 10: Feeding in Free-living Soil Nematodes: a Functional Approach, G W Yeates 11: Survival Biology, C Z Womersley et al. 12: Biosynthesis, D J Chitwood 13: Intermediary Metabolism, J Barrett and D J Wright 14: Biochemical and Molecular Characterisation, T O Powers and C C Fleming 15: Engineering Resistance to Plant Nematodes, H J Atkinson et al.

Reviews

There is . . . a scarcity of updated information that is compiled in one volume on plant-parasitic nematode physiology and biochemistry. The authors of this book have presented a 'very good condensation' of research on free-living nematodes and a meticulous review of salient research on the molecular biology, biochemistry and physiology of the plant-parasitic nematodes. The book contains 15 review chapters. . . . The authors are world-renowned experts in their field of nematology, and so they were able to present excellent reviews in a concise and well-focused manner. Their citations provide multiple access routes to key literature. . . . [T]he book is an excellent resource for those who need an introduction or overview of the latest developments in research on free-living and plant-parasitic nematodes. I would enthusiastically recommend this book to graduate students and other interested scientists in biological and agricultural fields . . . --The Quarterly Review of Biology<br>

<br> There is . . . a scarcity of updated information that is compiled in one volume on plant-parasitic nematode physiology and biochemistry. The authors of this book have presented a 'very good condensation' of research on free-living nematodes and a meticulous review of salient research on the molecular biology, biochemistry and physiology of the plant-parasitic nematodes. The book contains 15 review chapters. . . . The authors are world-renowned experts in their field of nematology, and so they were able to present excellent reviews in a concise and well-focused manner. Their citations provide multiple access routes to key literature. . . . [T]he book is an excellent resource for those who need an introduction or overview of the latest developments in research on free-living and plant-parasitic nematodes. I would enthusiastically recommend this book to graduate students and other interested scientists in biological and agricultural fields . . . --The Quarterly Review of Biology<p>

Author Information

Professor Roland Perry is based at the University of Hertfordshire, UK. He graduated with a BSc (Hons) in Zoology from Newcastle University, UK, where he also obtained a PhD in Zoology on physiological aspects of desiccation survival of Ditylenchus spp. After a year's post doctoral research at Newcastle, he moved to Keele University, UK, where he taught Parasitology; after 3 years at Keele, he was appointed to Rothamsted Experimental Station (now Rothamsted Research). His research interests centred primarily on plant-parasitic nematodes, especially focusing on nematode hatching, sensory perception, behaviour and survival physiology, and several of his past PhD and post-doctoral students are currently involved in nematology research. He remained at Rothamsted until 2014, when he moved to the Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Hertfordshire. He co-edited The Physiology and Biochemistry of Free-living and Plant-parasitic Nematodes (1998), Root-knot Nematodes (2009), Molecular and Physiological Basis of Nematode Survival (2011), the first (2006) and second (2013) editions of the text book, Plant Nematology and Cyst Nematodes (2018) (all CAB International, UK). He is author or co-author of over 40 book chapters and refereed reviews and over 120 refereed research papers. He is joint Editor-in-Chief of Nematology and Chief Editor of the Russian Journal of Nematology. He is joint Editor of the book series Nematology Monographs and Perspectives. In 2001, he was elected Fellow of the Society of Nematologists (USA) in recognition of his research achievements; in 2008 he was elected Fellow of the European Society of Nematologists for outstanding contribution to the science of Nematology; and in 2011 he was elected Honorary Member of the Russian Society of Nematologists. He is a Visiting Professor at Ghent University, Belgium, where he lectures on nematode biology, focusing on physiology and behaviour.

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