Phyto-nematodes in Crops : Their Identification Treatment and Management

Contents: Preface. 1. Cereal cyst nematode, Heterodera avenae, a menace causing phytonematode in cereals in light soils/G.L. Sharma, P. Sharma and V.L. Majumdar. 2. Heterodera and Anguina - a persistent threat to wheat cultivation in India/A.K. Singh. 3. Phytonematode: a thrust in pulse crops/Rashid Pervez and S.S. Ali. 4. The nematode pests of horticultural crops with special reference to the north eastern region/A.K. Sinha, B. Mahanta and P.P. Neog. 5. Maize cyst nematode, Heterodera Zeae - a potential threat to maize production/A.N. Srivastava, Gautam Chawla and R.K. Jaiswal. 6. Phytonematodes: a constraint to rice production and their management/A.N. Srivastava, R.K. Jaiswal and G. Chawla. 7. Nematode problems of seed spice crops and their management/I.J. Paruthi. 8. Phytosanitary measures to check dispersal of nematodes through banana suckers/Rajan. 9. Nematodes infestation in plantation crops and their management/Sudershan Ganguly and Pankaj. 10. Protected cultivation: nematode problems and their management/R.K. Walia and K.K. Walia. 11. Interactions between nematode phytopathogens and VA-Mycorrhizae/R.K. Chugh and Hari Chand. 12. Nematodes of plantation crops and their management/M.S. Sheela.

This book deals with total 11 chapters of which, some are related to the thrusts caused by the phytonematodes and their managements in cereals, forage, pulses, seed spices, horticultural and plantation crops. In some of these, the protective cultivation and interaction between nematode and phytopathogens have also been dealt. Coverage of this book is with recent literature pertinent to the related topics and their compilation also made by subject learned scientist. It is to hope that this book will be serving as a good reference book to the subject related researchers and scientists. (jacket)