Report Of The Planning Conference On Nematode Control Strategy

Nematode Diseases of Crops and their Sustainable Management focuses on methods to recognize and identify nematode attackers in agriculturally important crops, offering ecologically sustainable and economically viable strategies and measures for the management of nematode infestations and diseases. The book analyzes nematode pests as major constraints in global crop production and explores the limitations of existing nematode management technologies. It offers comprehensive information through individually focused chapters on major nematode problems in internationally important food, fiber and beverage crops as well as in mushrooms, polyhouse agriculture and forest flora with regard to distribution, and much more.In view of the highly damaging nature of the disease complexes and complexity in their management, independent chapters on nematode-fungus and nematode-bacteria disease complexes and their management are also presented. Presents in-depth information on the synergistic interaction of nematodes with other plant pathogens and the resulting disease complexes Focuses on sustainable and economically-viable approaches to nematode disease management Includes coverage of regulatory concerns and challenges

Covering all aspects of practical plant nematology in subtropical and tropical agriculture, the third edition of this definitive global reference work is fully revised and in full colour throughout. It covers the presence, distribution, symptomology and management of all economically important plant parasitic nematodes damaging the world's major food and cash crops. This includes: rice, cereals, solanum and sweet potatoes (and other root and tuber crops), food legumes, vegetables, peanut, citrus, fruit tree crops, coconut and other palms, coffee, cocoa, tea, bananas, sugarcane, tobacco, pineapple, cotton, other tropical fibres, spices and medicinal plants. New content for this edition includes: A chapter on nematode soil biodiversity and soil health; Reflections on the future impact of nematodes and nematology on food security; The importance of climate change, emerging threats, and new management technologies for large and small subsistence growers; Significant revisions to the IPM chapter and chapters on vegetables, citrus, legumes, tuber crops, cotton, peanut and banana where major advances in nematode management have occurred. This book is highly illustrated, with up-to-date practical guidance on methods of extraction, processing and diagnosing of different plant and soil nematodes and on integrated pest management. It remains an invaluable resource for those studying and working in the area of crop protection.

Phylosophy, organization & program development; Utilization of CIP's primitive potato germ plasm to develop improved back-up populations; Development of lowland tropic populations; Development of highland tropic populations; Progress & future plans for the use of neo-tuberosum populations; Progress & future plans for the use of phureja-stenotomum populations; Breeding for virus resistance & its integration with other traits; Breeding at the 2x level for combined pest & disease resistantece using wild species & extracted haploids from selected tetraploid clones; Disease resistance evaluations; Recent progress & future plans for utilizing mexican wild species for pest & disease resistance; Evaluation of cultivated & wild species for glandular trichomes & resistance to potato tuber moth; Breeding for adaptation to TPS propagation; Evaluation of transplanted true potato seed progenies: hybrid vs. open-pollinated; Current status of exploitation of monohaploids & protoplasts, fusion & potential in potato breeding.; A biometric model for predicting the performance of potato clones in different environments; Principles & methods of transfer of genetic materials from CIP to national potato programs; Utilizing CIP's breeding materials - the turkish case -region IV; Potato breeding & productivity in Colombia & the utilization of germ plasm from CIP; Germ plasm management & transfer to national programs - the ecuadorina case - region I.