Genomics and Molecular Genetics of Plant-Nematode Interactions - Jones, John.; Gheysen, Godelieve; Fenoll, Carmen; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011)
Part I - Introductory Chapters. 1. Introduction to Plant-parasitic Nematodes; Modes of Parasitism -- 2. Current nematode threats to world agriculture -- 3. Phylogeny and evolution of nematodes -- 4. Cyst nematodes and syncytia -- 5. Root-knot nematodes and giant cells -- Part II - Resources for functional analysis of plant-nematode interactions -- 6. Genome analysis of plant parasitic nematodes -- 7. Transcriptomes of plant-parasitic nematodes -- 8. Arabidopsis as a tool for the study of plant-nematode interactions -- 9. Transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of the plant response to nematode infection -- 10. C. elegans as a resource for studies on plant parasitic nematodes -- 11. Parallels between plant and animal parasitic nematodes -- 12. Degradation of the plant cell wall by nematodes -- 13. Suppression of plant defences by nematodes -- 14. Other nematode effectors and evolutionary constraints -- 15. Disease resistance-genes and defense responses during incompatible interactions -- 16. The role of plant hormones in nematode feeding cell formation -- 17. Unravelling the plant cell cycle in nematode induced feeding sites -- 18. The plant cytoskeleton remodelling in nematode induced feeding sites -- 19. Cell wall modifications induced by nematodes -- 20. Water and nutrient transport in nematode feeding sites -- Part IV - Applied aspects of molecular plant nematology: exploiting genomics for practical outputs -- 21. Molecular tools for diagnostics -- 22. Breeding for nematode resistance: use of genomic information -- 23. Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: Towards Understanding Field Variation Through Molecular Mechanisms -- 24. Nematode resistant GM crops in industrialised and developing countries.
Keywords: Plant pathology; Plant science; Botany; Agriculture; Plant Pathology; Plant Sciences; Agriculture