Integrated nematode management : state-of-the-art and visions for the future / edited by Richard A. Sikora, Johan Desaeger & Leendert Molendijk

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1: Introduction Chapter 1: Integrated nematode management and crop health: Future challenges and opportunities 2: Field Crops Chapter 2: A triumph of tolerance: Managing the threat to wheat production by the root-lesion nematode Pratylenchus thornei in the subtropical grain region of eastern Australia Chapter 3: The need for Integrated Management of the Cereal Cyst Nematodes, Heterodera spp in Central Western Asia and North Africa Chapter 4: Cereal Cyst Nematodes in the Western USA Chapter 5: Impact of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes on Maize in Midwestern U.S. – an unrecognized or ignored threat to production Chapter 6: Maize and root-knot nematodes in South Africa: a problematic, deep-seated association. Chapter 7: Cumulative damage impact (CDI) of plant-parasitic nematodes in smallholder maize cropping systems in East Africa Chapter 8: Management of Root-knot Nematodes in Rice Chapter 9: The unseen rice root nematode problem in irrigated rice Chapter 10: Pratylenchus in sugarcane: A diminishing problem? Chapter 11: Problems and solutions to integrated nematode management of root-knot, reniform and lesion nematodes in cotton in Brazil Chapter 12: Hoplolaimus columbus: A prime candidate for site-specific management in cotton and soybean production Chapter 13: Integrated management of Meloidogyne incognita, the most economically damaging pathogen of cotton in the southeastern United States Chapter 14: Reniform nematode (Rotylenchulus reniformis) and its interactions with cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) 3: Legume Crops Chapter 15: Integrated nematode management of root-lesion and root-knot nematodes in Soybean in Brazil Chapter 16: Status of soybean cyst nematodes and integrated management in China Chapter 17: The Soybean Cyst Nematode: Pervasive and Destructive to Soybean Production in the Midwestern United States Chapter 18: Root-knot and reniform nematodes; double trouble for soybeans in the southern United States Chapter 19: Integrated Management of Root-Knot and Other Nematodes in Food Legumes Chapter 20: Sustainable management of major nematode parasites of chickpea and broad bean in the mediterranean region Chapter 21: Managing Meloidogyne arenaria in peanut with old and new tools in the southeastern USA Chapter 22: The war against the pod nematode, Ditylenchus africanus, on groundnut in South Africa 4: Fruits and Nut Trees Chapter 23: Improving the management of plant parasitic nematodes in banana: integration of technologies and responding to the demand of the consumers and markets Chapter 24: The shifting sands of banana nematode communities under mixed cropping conditions Chapter 25: Pre-planting solutions for the slow decline of citrus caused by Tylenchulus semipenetrans Chapter 26: Sting Nematode Management in Florida Strawberry Chapter 27: Ectoparasitic Nematodes: Emerging Challenges to Wine Grape Production in the Pacific Northwest of North America Chapter 28: Mesocriconema xenoplax predisposes Prunus spp. to Bacterial Canker Chapter 29: A threat to stone fruit and grape production: Tomato Ringspot Virus (ToRSV) transmission by X. americanum s. l. (sensu lato) Chapter 30: A multi-pronged approach for the management of plant-parasitic nematodes in vineyards in South Africa Chapter 31: Litchi and guava nematode challenges in South Africa – can we change nematode communities and minimize the problems? Chapter 32: Pratylenchus vulnus going nuts in California Chapter 33: The Root-knot Nematode: Importance and impact on coffee in Brazil 5: Vegetable Crops Chapter 34: A root-knot nematode paradise made in plastic – the case of Florida vegetables Chapter 35: Managing root-knot nematode in open-field and protected tomatoes in India Chapter 36: Sustainable control of root knot nematodes in protected tomatoes in Italy Chapter 37: Integrated management of root-knot nematodes for cucurbit crops in southern Europe Chapter 38: The northern root-knot nematode, a forking problem of carrots in Germany Chapter 39: Mitigating a galling problem in California's carrot production Chapter 40: INM of Pratylenchus penetrans in onion; a versatile approach to control a versatile nematode Chapter 41: INM of Ditylenchus dipsaci in onion: a nematode in a world all it’s own Chapter 42: Lowering quality damage in open-field vegetables caused by Meloidogyne chitwoodi and M. fallax in the Low Countries Chapter 43: Face to face – How Paratylenchus bukowinensis deals with vegetables 6: Root and Tuber Crops Chapter 44: The need for new approaches for management of potato cyst nematodes: the view from the Rhineland-Palatinate Chapter 45: Transporters of trouble: Trichodorids and Tobacco rattle virus in potatoes Chapter 46: Will the Globodera pallida epidemic signal the end of the seed potato industry in Scotland? Chapter 47: Integrated Nematode Management of root-knot and root-lesion nematodes in Idaho Potatoes: Major economic limiting factors Chapter 48: Integrated management of Meloidogyne chitwoodi and M. fallax in potato: a complicated agronomical puzzle in the Netherlands and Belgium Chapter 49: Economic importance of the potato tuber nematode Ditylenchus destructor in Russia Chapter 50: Pratylenchus penetrans and the Potato Early Dying Disease Chapter 51: Modifying a productive sweetpotato farming system in Australia to improve soil health and reduce losses from root knot nematode Chapter 52: Importance and integrated nematode management of the yam nematode (Scutellonema bradys) in yam cropping systems of West Africa Chapter 53: The resilient cassava: undermined by root-knot nematodes Chapter 54: The stem nematode Ditylenchus dipsaci in sugar beet – a species of extremes Chapter 55: The Beet Cyst Nematode (Heterodera schachtii, Schmidt) - An ancient threat to sugar beet crops in Central Europe has become an invisible actor 7: Emerging Technologies Chapter 56: Let’s be inclusive – the time of looking at individual plant-parasitic nematodes is over: and new technologies allow for it Chapter 57: Nematode Management Through Genome Editing Chapter 58: Emerging technologies for integrated nematode management – remote sensing or proximal sensing as a potential tool to detect and identify nematode infestation Chapter 59: Implementing precision agriculture concepts and technologies into crop production and site-specific management of nematodes Chapter 60: Decision support systems in integrated nematode management: the need for a holistic approach Chapter 61: What does it take to develop a nematicide today and for the future? Chapter 62: Critical terms during development and commercialization of microbial agents for the control of plant-parasitic nematodes 8: Constraints Chapter 63: Technologies for INM in smallholder farming systems: no one-size-fits-all Chapter 64: The unpredictability of adapting INM to climate variability 9: Conclusions Chapter 65: Outlook: a vision of the future of Integrated Nematode Management

"This book reviews in a systematic crop by crop approach the state-of-the-art management strategies that have been developed to reduce nematode impact, and outlines their limitations"--

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