This paper discusses the evolution of innovation in nematode production technology, explains specific methodologies, and considers challenges while providing guidelines for prospective producers.

This paper presents a comparative account of the feeding behaviour of plant-parasitic, predatory, insect-parasitic and microbivore nematodes, focusing on the structure and function of the feeding apparatus, feeding types, behavioural aspects of food search and feeding mechanisms, post-feeding...

This book provides a comprehensive review of entomopathogenic nematology. It discusses the fundamental biology and taxonomic foundation for nematodes and their bacterial symbionts. The functional processes involved in parasitism and nematode ecology are also discussed. Technological advances and...

An outcome of research into the biology of the symbiosis of entomopathogenic nematodes and their associated bacteria has been the discovery of the diversity of chemical substances, some of them new to science, produced by bacterial symbionts. This paper focuses on these secondary metabolites,...

This paper focuses on the spatial distribution and seasonal dynamics/fluctuations in populations of soil and plant-parasitic, insect- and animal-parasitic, and marine and freshwater nematodes. It also describes the changes in behaviour during migration and identifies environmental conditions...

This paper discusses the habitat and taxonomic position in Proteobacteria; fundamental and applied interests; biology of Xenorhabdus spp. and Photorhabdus spp.; taxonomy and systematics; and co-speciation between the bacterial symbionts and the nematode hosts.

This paper describes the Vibrio fischeri-squid model system. The various stages of the bacteria-nematode symbiosis are discussed in detail and compared with the bacteria-squid system. Notable differences between the Photorhabdus-Heterorhabditis and Xenorhabdus-Steinernema systems are presented.

This paper discusses the virulence factors of microorganisms associated with entomopathogenic nematodes which contributes to infection including diseases, with the exception of mechanisms required for growth on non-living substrates.

This paper discusses the physiology and biochemistry of entomopathogenic nematodes. Additional information on other nematodes, particularly Caenorhabditis elegans, are also provided.

This paper characterizes the 'surviving stage' of the entomopathogenic nematode and describes the survival mechanisms in relation to the main environmental factors. The implications of survival strategies on the utilization of steinernematid and heterorhabditid nematodes as biological control...