Use this book to simplify diagnosis of nematode problems and identify plant-parasitic nematodes. With its descriptive key and detailed drawings, Diagnosing Plant Diseases Caused by Nematodes assists readers in differentiating plant-parasitic nematodes from free-living (microbivorous) nematodes found commonly in the soil around plant roots and within symptomatic plant tissue.

This book features an extensive glossary of nematological and related terms, an appendix covering the five genera of nematodes and their 46 species presently implicated in transmitting plant viruses and an index which makes it possible to locate drawings of one or more representatives of a particular genus and a description of the general characteristics of the genus.

Agronomy, forestry, and horticulture specialists will find this reference book helpful for improving their diagnostic skills in the field, laboratories, and plant clinics.

Diagnosing Plant Diseases Caused by Nematodes

Chapter 1: Introduction to Plant-Parasitic Nematodes

Survival of Nematodes
Nematodes and Soil Ecology
Symptoms of Plant Injury Caused by Nematodes
Feeding Habits of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
General Description of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
Generalized Life Cycles of Nematodes
Diagnosing Plant Diseases Caused by Nematodes
de Man’s Measurement Code
References

Chapter 2: Methods

Collection and Submission of Soil and Plant Samples for Nematode Analysis
Laboratory Methods
Mailing and Shipping Nematode Speciemens
Inoculating Plants to Demonstrate Pathogenicity
References

Chapter 3: Classification Descriptions of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes

Abbreviated Taxonomic Classification of Important Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
Description of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
Anguina
Aphelenchoides
Aphelenchus
Belonolaimus
Bursaphelenchus
Criconemella
Criconemoides and Mesocriconema
Ditylenchus
Dolichodorus
Globodera
Helicotylenchus
Hemicycliophora
Heterodera
Hirschmanniella
Hoplolaimus
Longidorus
Macrotrophurus
Meloidodera
Meloidogyne
Nacobbus
Paratrichodorus and Trichodorus
Paratylenchus
Pratylenchus
Radopholus
Rhadinaphelenchus cocophilis
Rotylenchulus
Rotylenchus
Scutellonem
Sphaeronema
Tylenchorhynchus
Tylenchulus
Xiphinema
References

Appendix: Nematode Vectors of Plant Viruses

Virus Transmission Test Procedures
Sites of Virus Retention in Nematode Vectors
References

“This text would be of benefit for those with little or no nematological experience through the experienced professional wishing to use it as a reference work for the identification of individual nematodes to genera level.”
—Journal of Agricultural Science

"...very comprehensive and almost inexhaustible source of information in the subject. The book can be strongly recommended. Considering the wealth of information provided, the rewards are more than adequate."
—Journal of Phytopathology