Systematics of Cyst Nematodes (Nematoda: Heteroderinae), Part A

Sergei A. Subbotin, Ph.D. (1987) in Helminthology (Nematology), Institute of Helminthology, Russia, is presently serving as Senior Nematologist at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, USA, and has associate positions as Guest Professor at Ghent University, Belgium, and as Scientist at University of California, USA and Center of Parasitology, Russia. He has published more than 90 articles in nematological and molecular journals.Manuel Mundo-Ocampo, Ph.D. (1982) in Plant Pathology (Nematology), University of California, Riverside, USA. Currently a Research Associate and Curator of the UCR-Nematode Collection and is in the process of moving to CIIDIR-IPN-Sinaloa in Mexico. He has published more than 50 papers and technical reports in peer-reviewed journals.James G. Baldwin, Ph.D. (1972) in Plant Pathology (Nematology), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Nematology at the University of California, Riverside. He has published more than 120 refereed articles that emphasise nematode systematics and phenotypic evolution.

[T]he volumes are an excellent source of information on systematics of Heteroderinae and providing an updated compilation of data of all currently recognised valid species, their morphology and distribution. In particular, the summarised information on biochemical and molecular diagnostics are of great value, with data available for individual cyst nematode species. The books are thus indispensable to anyone interested in the taxonomy or diagnostics of cyst nematodes worldwideDieter Sturhan, Julius Kühn-Institut, Münster, Germany, in Nematology vol. 13(2), 2011These two volumes will most certainly become important reference books and should be available in every library of agricultural, biology and zoology departments and research centres. The two books will be of great help to all those (students, university professors, researchers, phytosanitary officers) involved in the study, identification and management of these peculiar and economically important nematodes, and having a copy on their own desks would be desirable.Nicola Greco, Nematologia Mediterranea, June 2011[…] the most comprehensive treatise currently available on cyst-forming nematodes and, as such, constitutes a unique and most valuable source of information, and a precious guide to anyone (scientists, teachers, students, extension officers) who is interested in Nematology at large, and in cyst nematodes in particular. Pablo Castillo in Plant Pathology (2012) 61, 424