Root-Galling Disease of Vegetable Plants

Chapter 1.- Root-knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.), Chapter 2.- Meloidogyne species: Threat to Vegetable Produce, Chapter 3.- hemotaxis in Root-Knot Nematodes, Chapter 4.- Phytohormone-Mediated Feeding Site Development, Chapter 5.- 5. Current and Future Studies on the Genes for Parasitism in Meloidogyne, Chapter 6.- Natural Product Repertoire for Suppressing the Immune Response of Meloidogyne species, Chapter 7.- Epigenetic Mechanisms and their Role in Root Gall Formation,Chapter 8.- Mass Spectrometry Imaging (MSI) and Root Gall Elucidation, Chapter 9.- 9. Root-Knot Disease Complex: An Interactive Perspective with Microorganisms, Chapter 10.- Breeding for Resistance in Vegetables against Meloidogyne species causing Root Gall Disease, Chapter 11.- An Overview of Predacious Fungi for the Management of Root-knot Disease in Vegetables, Chapter 12.- Biofertilizer of Organic Origin for Management of Root Galling Disease of Vegetables, Chapter 13.- Prospects for the Use of Metabolomics Engineering in Exploring and Harnessing Chemical Signalling in Root Galls.

Dr. Faheem Ahmad graduated from the Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. Earlier, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Ehime University, Japan; North-West University, South Africa and National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan. He is the senior assistant professor and principal investigator of UGC-BSR Start-Up Grant at the Department of Botany, Aligarh Muslim University. His research interests include plant-microbe interaction, biological control of plant-parasitic nematodes, and plant disease studies of economic crops. He has more than 50 peer-reviewed research publications in prestigious national and international journals and has delivered several scientific talks as oral and poster presentations in many scientific meetings. Dr. Faheem Ahmad is the associate editor of Springer. He is also an active life member of several professional societies, including the Nematological Society of India, the Indian Phytopathological Society, the Indian Science Congress Association, and Bose Science Society.

 

Dr. Gloria Nombela Blázquez is a senior scientist at the CSIC and Head of the Research Group "Interactions of Plants with Insects and Plant-parasites in Agroecosystems" in the Institute of Agricultural Sciences (ICA-CSIC) at Madrid, Spain. She has also collaborated as an expert advisor of CSIC for the Delegated Intervention of the Spanish Ministry of Finance in the Ministry of Agriculture, for the reception of scientific assignments on plant protection issues. Her experience is contrasted after a long career in the fields of entomology and nematology, leading research projects and publishing a number of scientific contributions. Among her research lines are the study of plant resistance and susceptibility to plant nematodes and insect pests, analysis of gene expression in compatible and incompatible host/parasite interactions, and the biotic and abiotic factors that affect the impact of pests and plant diseases. Dr. Nombela develops a wide