TABLE CONTENTS

SESSION FORTY-ONE – BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AND ECOLOGY OF NEMATODE
ANTAGONISTS .......................................................................................................................... 150
CONVENORS: BRIAN KERRY & GREGORY NOEL
Top-down Control of Nematodes in Natural Ecosystems 150
Brinkman, E.P. & W.H. Van der Putten
Bacteria as Natural Enemies of Plant-parasitic Nematodes 151
Noel, G.R.
Factors in Soil Suppressiveness of a Disease Complex 151
Westphal, A., L.J. Xing & S. Conley
Ecology of Hirsutella rhossiliensis and H. minnesotensis and their Biocontrol Potential
against Plant-parasitic Nematodes 152
Chen, S.Y., X.Z. Liu, S.F. Liu, M.C. Xiang, & R. Ma
Ecology of Pochonia chlamydosporia in the Rhizosphere 153
Kerry, B.R. & P.R. Hirsch
SESSION FORTY-TWO – ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES ................................................................... 154
CONVENORS: JANETE BRITO & REGINA CARNEIRO
Root-knot Nematode Problems of Greenhouse Crops in Korea 154
Cho, M.R. & D. Chandrabalan
Root-knot Nematode Species and Diseases in China 154
Jinling, L., Z. Kan & W. Yanhua
Root-Knot Nematodes of Economic Importance in Egypt 155
Haroon, S.
Two Emerging Species of Root-Knot Nematodes in Florida, USA: Meloidogyne
mayaguensis and M. floridensis 156
Brito, J.A., J.D. Stanley, R. Cetintas, R. Kaur & D.W. Dickson
Meloidogyne mayaguensis and M. ethiopica, the Major Root-knot Nematodes
Parasitizing Guava and Grapevine in Central and South America 157
Carneiro, R.M.D.G., C.B.G. Gomes & R.G. Carneiro
SESSION FORTY-THREE – MARINE AND FRESH WATER NEMATODES ....................................... 158
CONVENORS: JULIA ZOGRAF & ZHI NAN ZHANG
Some Genera and Species of the Enoplids (Enoplida: Thoracostomopsinae) from the
Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan 158
Fadeeva, N.P. & J.K. Zograf
Environmental Factors Affecting Nematode Community Structure in the
Changjiang Estuary and its Adjacent Waters 159
Zhang, Z.N. & E. Hua
Free-living Marine Nematode Communities from Patagonian Coastal Lagoons 160
Pastor, C.T. & R. Warwick
Seasonal Fluctuations in Size Spectra and Composition of the Microphytobentos and
Nematode Communities in the East of the Sea Of Japan Intertidal Sandflat 161
Fadeeva , N.P. & M.S. Selina
Study of Nematodes in the Family Tripylidae, Oerley 1880 from New Zealand 161
Zhao, Z.Q.
SESSION FORTY-FOUR – GENE KNOCK-DOWN APPROACHES IN NEMATODE RESEARCH .......... 162
CONVENORS: GODELIEVE GHEYSEN & RALF SOMMER
Genetic and Transgenic Approaches in the Nematode Model Pristionchus pacificus 162
Sommer, R.J.
Gene Silencing and Neuromuscular Signalling in Plant Parasitic Nematodes (PPNs) 162
Dalzell, J.J., S. McMaster, M.J.G. Johnston, C.C. Fleming & A.G. Maule
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