Description
Covering all aspects of practical plant nematology in subtropical and tropical agriculture, the third edition of this definitive global reference work is fully revised and in full colour throughout. It covers the presence, distribution, symptomology and management of all economically important plant parasitic nematodes damaging the world's major food and cash crops. This includes: rice, cereals, solanum and sweet potatoes (and other root and tuber crops), food legumes, vegetables, peanut, citrus, fruit tree crops, coconut and other palms, coffee, cocoa, tea, bananas, sugarcane, tobacco, pineapple, cotton, other tropical fibres, spices and medicinal plants.
New content for this edition includes:
- A chapter on nematode soil biodiversity and soil health.
- Reflections on the future impact of nematodes and nematology on food security.
- The importance of climate change, emerging threats, and new management technologies for large and small subsistence growers.
- Significant revisions to the IPM chapter and chapters on vegetables, citrus, legumes, tuber crops, cotton, peanut and banana where major advances in nematode management have occurred.
This book is highly illustrated, with up-to-date practical guidance on methods of extraction, processing and diagnosing of different plant and soil nematodes and on integrated pest management. It remains an invaluable resource for those studying and working in the area of crop protection.
Table of contents
- 1: Reflections and Challenges: Nematology in Subtropical and Tropical Agriculture
- 2: Identification, Morphology and Biology of Plant Parasitic Nematodes
- 3: Nematode Ecology and Soil Health
- 4: Methods for Extraction, Processing and Detection of Plant and Soil Nematodes
- 5: Nematode Parasites of Rice
- 6: Nematode Parasites of Cereals
- 7: Nematode Parasites of Potato and Sweet Potato
- 8: Nematode Parasites of Tropical Root and Tuber Crops (Excluding Potatoes)
- 9: Nematode Parasites of Food Legumes
- 10: Nematode Parasites of Vegetables
- 11: Nematode Parasites of Groundnut
- 12: Nematode Parasites of Citrus
- 13: Nematode Parasites of Subtropical and Tropical Fruit Tree Crops
- 14: Nematode Parasites of Coconut and other Palms
- 15: Nematode Parasites of Coffee and Cocoa
- 16: Nematode Parasites of Tea
- 17: Nematode Parasites of Bananas and Plantains
- 18: Nematode Parasites of Sugarcane
- 19: Nematode Parasites of Tobacco
- 20: Nematode Parasites of Pineapple
- 21: Nematode Parasites of Cotton and other Tropical Fibre Crops
- 22: Nematode Parasites of Spices and Medicinal Plants
- 23: Management Practices: An Overview of Integrated Nematode Management Technologies
- Appendix: Plant Parasitic Nematode Genera and Species Cited
Readership
Suitable for researchers and students of crop protection and nematology, as well as professionals such as nematologists, plant pathologists and agronomists.
Reviews
All chapters have been solidly updated, and most have been revised substantially - a fact resulting from the energy of chapter co-authors, the vitality of new contributors, as well as the editors' statement of "the increasing importance of these crops in the tropics". Nematology, February 2019 - David J. Chitwood
Richard A. Sikora is a University of Bonn, Professor emeritus, who has published numerous books in nematology and plant protection. He has worked in nematology for 53 years as a teacher and researcher and has over 300 peer reviewed publications. He has trained numerous PhD and MS students in practical nematology, many from the tropics and subtropics. During his career he focused on integrated nematode management and alternative tools for control e.g. biocontrol, remote sensing and resistance management.
