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The physiology and biochemistry of free-living and plant-parasitic nematodes

Title
The physiology and biochemistry of free-living and plant-parasitic nematodes / edited by R.N. Perry and D.J. Wright.
Publication
New York : C.A.B. International, [1998], ©1998.

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  • Perry, Roland N.
  • Wright, D. J. (Denis J.)
Description
xviii, 438 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
  • "Accurate and detailed information on the fundamental biology of free-living and plant-parasitic nematodes has several important functions. It is needed to gain an understanding of their highly complex ecology and, since many plant-parasitic nematodes are major agricultural pests, it also greatly enhances attempts to implement crop protection strategies.".
  • "Written by leading research workers from Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand, this is the only up-to-date reference book which 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 essential reading for researchers, advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and lecturers in plant nematology, parasitology, plant pathology and agricultural zoology and will also be a valuable reference source for students of invertebrate biology, crop protection and pest management."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Nematodes
  • Nematodes > Physiology
  • Plant nematodes
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
  • 1. Introduction to Functional Organization / Alan F. Bird and Jean Bird -- 2. The Cuticle / Mark L. Blaxter and Walter M. Robertson -- 3. Musculature and Neurobiology / Denis J. Wright and Roland N. Perry -- 4. Behaviour and Sensory Responses / Roland N. Perry and Jens Aumann -- 5. Respiratory Physiology, Nitrogen Excretion and Osmotic and Ionic Regulation / Denis J. Wright -- 6. Reproductive Mechanisms / Adrian A. F. Evans -- 7. Developmental Biology / Armand M. Leroi and John T. Jones -- 8. Hatching / Peter W. Jones, Gregory L. Tylka and Roland N. Perry -- 9. Nematode Parasitism of Plants / Richard S. Hussey and Florian M. W. Grundler -- 10. Feeding in Free-living Soil Nematodes: A Functional Approach / Gregor W. Yeates -- 11. Survival Biology / Christopher Z. Womersley, David A. Wharton and Lynne M. Higa -- 12. Biosynthesis / David J. Chitwood -- 13. Intermediary Metabolism / John Barrett and Denis J. Wright --
  • 14. Biochemical and Molecular Characterization / Thomas O. Powers and Colin C. Fleming -- 15. Engineering Resistance to Plant-parasitic Nematodes / Howard J. Atkinson, Catherine J. Lilley and Peter E. Urwin -- App. Nematode Classification.
ISBN
0851992315 (alk. paper)
LCCN
98023906
OCLC
ocm39013847
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries