Plant-parasitic cyst nematodes infect plants and form highly sophisticated feeding sites in roots. It is not known which plant cell signalling mechanisms trigger plant defence during the early stages of nematode parasitism. Mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are central components of protein phosphorylation cascades transducing extracellular signals to plant defence responses. MAPK phosp...

Summary Selected strains of Pasteuria species from the endospore-forming Gram-positive bacteria group have potential to be developed into control agents for plant-parasitic nematodes. If is deployed successfully as a agent, endospores bacterium initially adhere cuticle infective juvenile. Studies isolated root-knot nematodes suggested that collagen-like fibres on endospore surface interact with...

The host-parasite relationships between Heterodera schachtii Schm. and the nematode-resistant diploid Beta vulgaris L. line '51501' were examined via serial sections of secondary rootlets. Second-stage larvae penetrated sugarbeet roots and migrated up to 1.95 mm before establishing permanent feeding sites. Most sedentary larvae were oriented parallel to the root axis or in various diagonal or f...

Development of the sugar beet cyst nematode, Heterodera schachtii, was studied in growth chambers at 20, 25, 29, 32 and 35 ± 1 oC on Beta vulgaris cv. Saccharifera. The optimum temperature for reproduction appeared to be 32 oC, at which the life cycle, from second-stage juvenile (J2) to J2, was completed in 16-19 days; at 35 oC, 20-21 days were required. Juveniles emerged from eggs within 29 da...