Includes glossary,bibliographical references and index.

Introduction-- Economic Importance and crop losses--Historical developments in nematology--Morphology and anatomy of plant-parasitic nematodes--Taxonomy of plant-parasitic nematodes--Biology and ecology of plant-parasitic nematodes--Plant-nematode interaction--Nematode parasitism--Symptoms of nematode injury to plants--Interaction of nematodes with other microorganisms--Important genera of plant-parasitic nematodes--Common names of nematodes--Nematode Diseases of crop plants--Physiological and molecular nematology--Entomopathogenic nematodes-- Methods and techniques in nematology--Nematode management---Glossary of nematological terms.