An Anecdotal History of Nematology
Webster, JM/Eriksson, JM/McNamara
An Anecdotal History of Nematology ISBN 9789546423245, Pensoft Publishers (Sofia-Moscow), 140x215, 117 b/w illustrations, In English. Ppb, 300pp.Price €URO 25.00

Table of contents

Contributors Preface Prologue Our early stars by Bengt Eriksson Nematological nebulae in Europe and the USA by John M.Webster and Seymour D. Van Gundy First catch your nematode! - the development of methods of recovering nematodes from soil by David McNamara Through nematode diversity to living soil processes - holistic studies aid progress by Gregor Yeates Nematode Physiology: Significant developments in the understanding of the biology of simple eukaryotic animals by Howard Ferris and Haddish Melakeberhan Molecular taxonomy of nematodes by Pierre Abad and Philippe Castagnone-Sereno A history of research on potato cyst nematodes by Ken Evans and David L. Trudgill Cereal cyst nematode complex by Roger Rivoal The science and art of soybean cyst nematode research by Terry L. Niblack and Don P. Schmitt Nematodes / Viruses / Plants: A 32 year love affair by Derek J.F. Brown Horticultural hazards: In and out of hot water baths and other transient technologies by Simon R. Gowen and Philip A. Roberts The spread of nematology in developing countries: A case study by Michel Luc Contributions by Latin American nematologists to the study of nematode plant disorders and related impact on crop production by Rosa H. Manzanilla-Lopez, Patrick Queneherve, Janete A. Brito, Robin Giblin-Davis, Javier Franco, Jesse Roman and Renato N. Inserra Quarantine nematodes by David McNamara The pinewood nematode; a personal view by Helen Braasch and Manuel M. Mota History of the development of nematodes as biocontrol agents by Parvinder S. Grewal and Harry K. Kaya Dynamics of nematological infrastructure by Roland N. Perry and James L. Starr - 18 Nematology: Dreams and visions of the future: (i) Nematology Dream: Misstatements, miscalculations and false prophets by Ernest C. Bernard; (ii) Vision of nematology in Canada in the next 50 years by Guy Belair; (iii) The future of systematics and phylogeny of nematodes over the next 50 years by Virginia R. Ferris; (iv) A nematologist's dream by Florian Grundler; (v) Nematology dream by Paulo Vieira; (vi) The devil's advocate by Derek J.F. Brown; (vii) My dream, not a nightmare by Forest Robinson; (viii) My dream of the future of nematology chemical communication research - 50 years from now by Ekaterina Riga; (ix) C. elegans as a model system for space travel by Robert Johnsen and David Baillie

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