【Introduction】

   Plant-parasitic nematodes cause severe disease of certain crops. Biological control has received considerable attention in recent years. A commercial biological control Industry has been developing. The traditional biological control is emphases the actions of parasites, predators, and pathogens in maintaining another organism’s density at a lower average than would occur in their absence. But the broad sense of biological control is the use of natural or modified organisms, gene, or gene products to reduce the effects of undesirable organisms, and to favor desirable organism. Biological control is high potential alternative for management of nematode pests. The natural enemies of nematodes have been extensively investigated and evaluated in biocontrol of nematode pests. Several commercial products for nematode control have been developed. The effective screening evaluating system as well as application measures for biological control agents should be emphases in the future research.

【Main Contents】

1. Introduction to Biological Control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
2. Mechanism Involved in Biocontrol of Plant Parasitic Nematodes
3. Morphology and Biology of Plant Parasitic Nematodes
4. Nematodes Viruses and Richettsia
5. Application of Rhizobacteria in Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
6. Bacterial Parasites: Pasteuria spp.
7. Application of Avermectin and Its Derivatives in Nematode Control
8. Nematode-Trapping Fungi: Case study of Arthrobotrys spp.
9. Nematode-Endoparasitic Fungi: Case Study of Hirsutella spp.
10. Nematode Egg-Patasite: Paecilomyces lilacinus
11. Nematode Egg-Parasite: Pochonia chlamydosporia
12. Nematode-Toxin Producing Fungi: Pleurotus ostreatus
13. Effect of Mycorrhizal Fungi on Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
14. Feasibility and Possibility of Nematode Predators for Plant-Parasitic Nematode Control
15. Nematicidal Plants and their Potential in control of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
16. Nematicidil metabolite of Microbiology
17. Soil Organic Amendment and Management of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes
18. Nematode Hormone, Pheromone and Their Analogs
19. Integrated Nematode Management
20. Screening & Genetic Improvement of High Virulence Fungal Strains for Nematode Biocontrol
21. Ecological Approached on Biocontrol Agents for Nematode Control in the rhizosphere
22. Mass Production and Formulation of Nematode-antagonistic Microbes
23. Biocontrol Status and Progress of Root-knot Nematodes
24. Biological Control of Cyst Nematodes: A Case of Soybean Cyst Nematode
25. Biological Control of Animal-Parasitic Nematodes