Nematode management tactics can be grouped into three types: prevention, containment and chemical control. Prevention tactics include practicing crop rotation, using nematode-free seeds and transplants, planting nematode-resistant varieties and maintaining good farm and equipment sanitation. Containment tactics prevent nematodes from spreading to other fields. Chemical control measures are often not recommended due to resulting contamination of soil and groundwater. Therefore, effective management of plant nematodes needs an integrated approach. Keeping in view the vast importance attached to management of nematodes in plants, the present book describes in detail various aspects and types of nematodes at the outset and then delves deep on prevention, containment, biological control, chemical control of plant nematodes. In addition, the book also deals with dynamics of nematode population, diseases and their diagnoses and coordination and stimulation of nematodes so that an integrated approach for their management be applied effectively.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Archana Ruhela
Archana Ruhela is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Punjab where she taught for 36 years in the Departments of Botany and Genetics and Cell Biology as well as the Conservation Biology Programme at the Institute for Social, Economic, and Ecological Sustainability, the Centre for Environmental Learning and Leadership, and the McArthur Programme in Global Change. She received her masters degree in botany and her Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Texas. At various times, she was a visiting scholar in Sweden, Indonesia, and China, as well as several universities and research institutions in the United States.Her research interests varied from isolation and characterisation of cell organelles (especially Mitochondria and the Golgi apparatus), the effects of air pollution on plant tissues, and land use planning and environmental policy. She has published approximately 60 scientific articles in different magazines and scientific journals. She has also authored books on Environmental Science, A Global Concern and Principles of Environmental Science, and also served as managing editor for the Environmental Encyclopaedia.
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