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Book SynopsisAccurate and detailed information on the fundamental biology of free-living and plant-parasitic nematodes has several important functions. It is needed to gain an understanding of their highly complex ecology and, since many plant-parasitic nematodes are major agricultural pests, it also greatly enhances attempts to implement crop protection strategies. In addition, information on physiology and biochemistry has particular relevance to studies of gene function in nematodes and the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has become established as one of the most important model organisms for molecular genetic studies. Written by leading research workers from Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand, this is the only up-to-date reference book which reviews and integrates all the current research findings on the physiology and biochemistry of these organisms, including the molecular information which has accumulated in recent years. It is essential reading for researchers, advanced undergraduate an
Table of Contents1: Introduction to Functional Organisation, A F Bird and J Bird 2: The Cuticle, M L Baxter and W M Robertson 3: Musculature and Neurobiology, D J Wright and R N Perry 4: Behaviour and Sensory Responses, R N Perry and J Aumann 5: Respiratory Physiology, Nitrogen Excretion and Osmotic and Ionic Regulation, D J Wright 6: Reproductive Mechanisms, A A F Evans 7: Developmental Biology, A M Leroi and J T Jones 8: Hatching, P W Jones et al. 9: Nematode Parasitism of Plants, R S Hussey and F M W Grundler 10: Feeding in Free-living Soil Nematodes: a Functional Approach, G W Yeates 11: Survival Biology, C Z Womersley et al. 12: Biosynthesis, D J Chitwood 13: Intermediary Metabolism, J Barrett and D J Wright 14: Biochemical and Molecular Characterisation, T O Powers and C C Fleming 15: Engineering Resistance to Plant Nematodes, H J Atkinson et al.
