TABLE CONTENTS

What Different Fields of Nematology Can Learn from Each Other 185
Pastor, C.
Rounding Up and Pointing the Way Forward 186
Perry, R.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS .......................................................................................................... 187
TOPIC ONE – EVOLUTION, PHYLOGENY AND CLASSIFICATION ................................................ 187
Nematode Fauna of a Biotope Pond Sediment Compared with Surrounding Marsh
and Rice Paddy Fields in the Kanto District, Japan 187
Araki, M.
Evolution of Feeding Types and Plant-Parasitism in Tylenchina (Nematoda:
Rhabditida): Different Constraints Compared to Feeding-independent Structures 188
Bert, W., F. Leliaert, A.R. Vierstraete, J.R. Vanfleteren & G. Borgonie
Molecular Differences between Radopholus similis Isolates in Australia 188
Tan, M., L. Cook, J. Cobon & E. Aitken
Comparison of the 28S Gene D2/D3 Expansion Segments of Stem Nematode
(Ditylenchus dipsaci) and Potato Rot Nematode (Ditylenchus destructor) 189
Douda, O., M. Zouhar, J, Mazáková, M. Marek & Ryšánek, P.
Survey and Characterization of Root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne spp.) in Kiwi
(Actinidia deliciosa) in the Extreme South of Brazil 190
Gomes, C.B. , L. Somavilla, R.M.G. Carneiro & V.N. Soares
Characterization of Longidorus poessneckensis from the Czech Republic 190
Kumari, S. & W. Decraemer
Mitochondrial DNA Frameshift Mutations in the Heteroderidae Nematodes: A New
Phylogenetic Marker for the Cyst-forming Nematodes? 191
Riepsamen, A.H., T. Gibson, V.C. Blok, M. Phillips & M. Dowton
Symbiotic Association of a Monhysterid Nematode in Perianal Folds of Stinkpot Turtles 191
Sharma, J. & T. Platt
TOPIC TWO – MORPHOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT ................................................................... 192
Influence of Temperature on the Life Cycle of the Root-knot Nematode, Meloidogyne
hispanica 192
Maleita, C.M., M.C. Vieira dos Santos, R.H.C. Curtis & I.M. de O. Abrantes
Developmental Biology of the White-tip Nematode Aphelenchoides besseyi 192
Mochiji, N., K. Hasegawa & J. Miwa
In Vitro Hatching of Heterodera filipjevi in Laboratory and Winter Wheat Field
Conditions in Turkey 193
Sahin, E., J.M. Nicol, I.H. Elekcioglu, R. Rivoal, A. Yorgancilar & N. Bolat
Sperm Development in the Free-living Marine Nematode Leptosomatides marinae
(Enoplida, Leptosomatidae) 194
Afanasiev-Grigoriev, A.G. & V.V. Yushin
TOPIC THREE – NEMATODE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND ULTRA-STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS ................ 195
Trichinella pseudospiralis : Muscle Phase Study after Modulation of the Host
Response, using an Immunostimulant Drug 195
Boulos, L. & I.H .Hegazy
A Homologue of the Human dj-1 Gene is Upregulated in Response to Desiccation and
Osmotic Stress in the Nematode Aphelenchus avenae 195
Culleton, B., P. Lall, W. Reardon, J.G. McCaffrey & A.M. Burnell
Anhydrobiosis and Cryobiosis: Overlapping Adaptations in Nematodes of the Genus
Panagrolaimus 196
Shannon, A., L. McGill, H. Ramløv, D.A. Fitzpatrick & A.M. Burnell
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