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Unit II
Gross morphology of plant parasitic nematodes; broad classification, nematode
biology, physiology and ecology.
Unit III
Types of parasitism; nature of damage and general symptomatology; interaction of
plant-parasitic nematodes with other organisms.
Unit IV
Plant nematode relationships, cellular responses to infection by important
phytonematodes; physiological specialization among phytonematodes.
Unit V
Principles and practices of nematode management; integrated nematode
management.
Unit VI
Emerging nematode problems, Importance of nematodes in international trade and
quarantine.
VI. Practical
• Studies on kinds of nematodes- free-living, animal, insect and plant parasites;
• Nematode extraction from soil;
• Extraction of migratory endoparasites, staining for sedentary endoparasites;
• Examination of different life stages of important plant parasitic nematodes, their
symptoms and histopathology.
VII. Suggested Reading
Dropkin VH. 1980. 
An Introduction to Plant Nematology
. John Wiley & Sons, New York.
Maggenti AR. 1981. 
General Nematology. 
Springer-Verlag, New York.

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Perry RN and Moens M. 2013. 
Plant Nematology
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Ed. CABI Publishing: Wallingford, UK.
Perry RN, Moens M and Starr J.L. 2009. 
Root-knot nematodes
, CABI Publishing: Wallingford,
UK.
Thorne G. 1961. 
Principles of Nematology
. McGraw Hill, New Delhi.
Walia RK and Bajaj HK. 2003. 
Text Book on Introductory Plant Nematology
. ICAR, New Delhi.
Walia RK. and Khan MR. 2018. 
A Compendium of Nematode Diseases of Crop Plants, 
ICAR-
AICRP (Nematodes), IARI, New Delhi.