A new book entitled "Advances in Molecular Plant Nematology" has just come
out, and may be of interest to some of you. It is edited by Lamberti, De
Giorgi and Bird (OK, so this is shameless advertising), and published by
Plenum Press, NY (ISBN 0-306-44822-X). The format is chapters commisssioned
from the key speakers of a NATO workshop held late last year. The emphasis
is on recent molecular/genetic data and models. There are 24 chapters in
four sections headings (listed below).
CONTENTS
PART I NEMATODE GENETICS
"The Caenorhabditis Elegans Genome Project" Sean R. Eddy
"Genetic Analysis in Caenorhabditis Elegans" Ann M. Rose, Mark L. Edgley,
and David L. Baillie
"Transposable Elements in Nematodes" Pierre Abad
"Linkage Mapping in Potato Cyst Nematodes" Jeroen N.A.M. Rouppe van der
Voort, Jan Roosien, Peter M. van Zandvoort, Rolf T. Fokertsma, Ellen L.J.G.
van Enckevort, Richard Janssen, Fred J. Gommers, and Jaap Bakker
"Genetic Analysis of the Soybean-Heterodera Glycines Interaction" Charles
H. Opperman, Ke Dong, and Stella Chang
"Molecular Characterization of the Burrowing Nematode Sibling Species,
Radopholus Citrophilus and R. Similis" David T. Kaplan
"Cuticlin Gene Organization in Meloidogyne Artiellia" Francesca De Luca,
Carla De Giorgi, and Franco Lamberti
"Genetic Variation in Tropical Meloidogyne Spp." Mireille Fargette, Vivian
C. Blok, Mark S. Phillips, and David Trudgill
PART II IDENTIFICATION OF NEMATODES
"Nucelotide Sequences in Nematode Systematics" Thomas O. Powers and Byron Adams
"The Use of mtDNA for the Identification of Plant Parasitic Nematodes"
Carla De Giorgi, Mariella Finetti Sialer, and Franco Lamberti
"PCR for Nematode Identification" Valerie M. Williamson, Edward P.
Caswell-Chen, Frances F. Wu, and Doris Hanson
"Perspectives for Genetically Engineered Antibodies for the Identification
of Nematodes" Arjen Schots and Jaap Bakker
"Repetitive DNA in Plant-Parasitic Nematodes: Use for Interspecific and
Intraspecific Identification" Pierre Abad
PART III HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS: THE PLANT
"Arabidopsis Thaliana as a Model Host Plant to Study Molecular Interactions
with Root-Knot and Cyst Nematodes" Andreas Niebel, Nathalie Barthels,
Janice de Almeida-Engler, Mansour Karimi, Isabelle Vercauteren, Marc Van
Montagu, and Godelieve Gheysen
"Arabidopsis Thaliana and Heterodera Schachtii: a Versatile Model to
Characterize the Interaction between Host Plants and Cyst Nematodes"
Florian M.W. Grundler, Annette Bockenhoff, Kay-Peter Schmidt, Miroslaw
Sobczak, Wladislaw Golinowski, and Urs Wyss
"Molecular and Cellular Dissection of Giant Cell Function" David McK. Bird
and Mark A. Wilson
"Novel Plant Defences Against Nematodes" Howard J. Atkinson, Keith S.
Blundy, Michael C. Clarke, Ekkehard Hansen, Glyn Harper, Vas Koritsas,
Michael J. McPherson, David O'Reilly, Claire Scollan, S. Ruth Turnbull, and
Peter E. Urwin
"Molecular Biology of Nematode Resistance in Tomato" Valerie M.
Williamson, Kris N. Lambert and Isgouhi Kaloshian
"Bioengineering Resistance to Sedentary Endoparasitic Nematodes" Charles
H. Opperman, Gregoria N. Acedo, David M. Saravitz, Andrea M. Skantar, Wen
Song, Christopher G. Taylor, and Mark A. Conkling
PART IV HOST PARASITE INTERACTIONS: THE NEMATODE
"Meloidogyne Stylet Secretions" Richard S. Hussey, Eric L. Davis, and
Celeste Ray
"Chemoreception in Nematodes" Paolo Bazzicalupo, Laura De Riso, Francesco
Maimone, Filomena Ristoratore, and Marisa Sebastiano
"Genetics of Meloidgoyne Virulence Against Resistance Genes From
Solanaceous Crops" Philippe Castagnone-Sereno
"Molecular Approaches to an Understanding of the Transmission of Plant
Viruses by Nematodes" Michael A. Mayo, Walter M. Robertson, Francesco J.
Legorboru, and Karen M. Brierley
"Characterization of Resistance Genes in Beta Spp. and Identification of
Virulence Genes in Heterodera Schachtii" Joachim Muller
David McK. BIRD
Department of Nematology and Graduate Genetics Group
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521-0415
USA
Office: (909) 787-3192
Lab: (909) 787-4586
Fax: (909) 787-3719
