Beneficial Nematodes and Nematode Antagonistic Bioagents
Contents: Part-I: Bioagents for Plant Parasitic Nematodes: 1. Biological Control – Revisiting the Basic Principles/R.K. Walia. 2. Bacterial Antagonists Against Phytonematodes/S. Nakkeeran and C. Dheepa. 3. Fungal Antagonists Against Phytonematodes/A.S. Krishnamoorthy and R. Priyanka. 4. Mass Production of Fungal and Bacterial Antagonists/S. Nakkeeran, G. Karthikeyan and S. Vinod Kumar. 5. Formulation and Registration Protocols for Bioagents/S. Nakkeeran, K. Eraivan Arutkani Aiyanathan and M. Muthamilan. 6. Bioagents As A Component of IPM/S. Harish and S. Rajamanicam. 7. Notes for Practical Sessions Preparation of Media for Isolation of Bioagents/S. Nakkeeran and C. Dheepa. 8. Isolation of Antagonistic Trichoderma, Rhizobacteria and Actinomycetes/A.S. Krishnamoorthy and R. Priyanka. 9. Mass Multiplication of Trichoderma viride/S. Nakkeeran, S. Vasumadhi and S. Vinod Kumar. 10. Mass Multiplication of Pseudomonas fluorescens/S. Nakkeeran, R. Dheepa and A. Ramanathan. 11. Mass Multiplication of Bacillus subtilis/S. Harish, S. Rajamanicam and S. Rageshwari. 12. Assessing the Shelf life of Bioformulations/S. Harish, S. Rajamanicam and S. Rageshwari. 13. Extraction of DNA from the Biocontrol Agents/L. Rajendran and S. Rageshwari. 14. PCR Detection of Antibiotics Producing Genes from Antagonistic Bacillus/S. Harish, S. Rajamanicam and S. Rageshwari. 15. Agarose Gel Electrophoresis for Detection of Biocontrol Agents/S. Nakkeran and S. Rageshwari. 16. Isolation of Secondary Metabolites from Culture Filtrate of Trichoderma viride and Chaetomium globosum/S. Nakkeran and S. Vinodkumar. Part-II: Entomopathogenic Nematodes: 17. Introductory Lecture on Entomopathogenic Nematodes/S. Subramanian. 18. Mass Production of Corcyra cephalonia Stainton and Greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella/S. Sridharan, P.A. Saravanan and T. Manoharan. 19. Taxonomy and Identification of Steinernema and Heterorhabditis/M. Sivakumar and S. Subramanian. 20. Microscopic Examination and Identification of Steinernema and Heterorhabditis/K. Poornima. 21. Mass Multiplication of Entomopathogenic Nematodes by in vivo and in vitro Methods/N. Swarnakumari. 22. Basic Laboratory Methods Associated with Entomopathogenic Nematodes/P. Vetrivelkalai. 23. Field Potential of Entomopathogenic Nematodes Against Different Economically Important Insects/C. Sankaranarayanan. 24. Field Application of Entomopathogenic Nematodes Formulations and Future Prospects/J. Gulsar Banu
Based on the biocontrol potential of entomopathogenic nematodes it can be used in the pest combat strategies and bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes having biocontrol potential against plant parasitic nematodes. The book on “Beneficial Nematodes and Nematode Antagonistic Bioagents” comprises of two sections, the first section (chapter 1 to 16) deals with isolation, identification, molecular characterization, mass multiplication, formulations and shelf life of bacteria, fungi and actinomycetes.
The second section (chapter 17 to 24) deals with isolation, identification, mass culturing of insect host and mass multiplication, formulations and field potential of entomopathogenic nematodes against economically important insect pests.
