Concepts In Plant Nematodes

The relationships of the nematodes and their close relatives among the protostomian Metazoa are unresolved. Traditionally, they were held to be a lineage of their own but in the 1990s, they were proposed to form a clade together with moulting animals, such as arthropods. This group has been named Ecdysozoa. However, the monophyly of the Ecdysozoa was never unequivocally accepted; while most researchers consider at least the placement of arthropods as close relatives of annelidswith which they were formerly unitedto be unwarranted, the presumed close relationships of the nematodes and relatives with the arthropods has been a major point of contention. The present book "Nematode management in Plants" provides an authoritative review of many aspects of nematode control and progress in the field of nematode management programme. This book will be useful to plant pathologist, nematologist, research and extension workers, teachers and students.

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