Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes:, 2011 Building Coherence between Microbial Ecology and Molecular Mechanisms Progress in Biological Control Series, Vol. 11

The offered volume intends to review the biological control theme of phytonematodes from several prospects: ecological; applicative as well as commercial state of the art; understanding the mode-of-action of various biocontrol systems; interaction between the plant host, nematodes? surface and microorganism?s; candidates for biocontrol; extrapolation of the wide knowledge existed in another systems for understanding biocontrol processes: C. elegans as a model and lessons from other natural systems; and exploiting advanced genomic tools to promote understanding biocontrol processes and thereafter improve specific biological control agents.

Chapter 1: Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: An Ecological Perspective, A Review of Progress and Opportunities For Further Research.-  Chapter 2: Microbial Ecology and Nematode Control in Natural Ecosystems.- Chapter 3: Microbial Interactions with Caenorhabditis elegans: Lessons from a Model Organism.- Chapter 4: Exploiting Genomics to Understand the Interactions Between Root-knot Nematodes and Pasteuria penetrans.- Chapter 5: Plant Nematode Surfaces.- Chapter 6: Molecular Mechanisms of the Interaction Between Nematode-Trapping Fungi and Nematodes: Lessons from Genomics.- Chapter 7: Ecology of Pochonia chlamydosporia in the Rhizosphere at the Population, Whole Organism and Molecular Scales.- Chapter 8: Trichoderma as a Biological Control Agent.- Chapter 9: New Insights on the Mode of Action of Fungal Pathogens of Invertebrates for Improving their Biocontrol Performance.- Chapter 10: Endophytes Fungi.- Chapter 11: Utilization of Biological Control for Managing Plant-Parasitic Nematodes.- Chapter 12: Root Patho-Systems Nematology and Biological Control.