"This book presents the work of researchers around the world from the first years until the new age of -omics research and is an excellent source for students and professionals interested in the potential of P. chlamydosporia." (Sebastian Kiewnick, Nematology, Vol. 20 (5), 2018)
Section I: Introduction and Systematics Chapter 1 Introduction (Historical and Overview) - Ken Evans, Rosa H. Manzanilla-López and Luis V. Lopez-Llorca Chapter 2 Systematics of Pochonia - Harry C. Evans and Paul M. Kirk Section II: Bionomics
Chapter 3 Biology and Management of Pochonia chlamydosporia and Plant-parasitic Nematodes - Rosa H. Manzanilla-López, Ivânia Esteves and Jean Devonshire
Chapter 4: Interactions between Pochonia chlamydosporia and Nematodes - Thalita Suelen Avelar Monteiro, Everaldo Antônio Lopes, Harry Charles Evans and Leandro Grassi de Freitas
Section III: -Omics and other Approaches
Chapter 5 Regulatory Factors in Pochonia chlamydosporia-Induced Gene Expression - Aurelio Ciancio, Isabella Pentimone, Mariantonietta Colagiero and Laura Rosso
Chapter 6 Proteomics - Nuria Escudero, Sonia Gómez-Vidal and Luis V. Lopez-Llorca
Chapter 7 Secondary metabolites from Pochonia chlamydosporia and other species of Pochonia - Xue-Mei Niu
Chapter 8 Metabolomics - Nuria Escudero, Frutos Marhuenda-Egea and Luis V. Lopez-Llorca
Chapter 9 Comparative Analysis of Pochonia chlamydosporia Mitogenome Reveals Dynamic Mitochondrial Evolution of the Nematophagous Fungi in Hypocreales - Runmao Lin, Xinyue Cheng and Bingyan Xie
Chapter 10 Pochonia chlamydosporia: Multitrophic Lifestyles Explained by a Versatile Genome - Federico Lopez-Moya, Nuria Escudero and Luis V. Lopez-Llorca
Section IV: Methodology
Chapter 11 Methodology Part I. Pochonia spp. in vitro Culturing: Media, Strain Maintenance and Deposition - Rosa Navarrete Maya, Ivânia Esteves and R. H. Manzanilla-López
Chapter 12 Methodology Part II. Pochonia spp.: Screening and Isolate Selection for Managing Plant-parasitic Nematodes - Ivânia Esteves, Rosa Navarrete-Maya and R. H. Manzanilla-López
Chapter 13 Molecular Diagnostics of Pochonia chlamydosporia - Ma. Gabriela Medina-Canales and Aída V. Rodríguez Tovar
Section V: Practical Approaches and Management Studies
Chapter 14 Priming Plant Defence Responses can Enhance the Biological Control of Pochonia chlamydosporia Against Root-knot Nematodes - Maria Clara Vieira dos Santos, Isabel Abrantes and Rosane H.C. Curtis
Chapter 15 Pochonia chlamydosporia Microbial Products to Manage Plant-parasitic Nematodes: Case Studies from Cuba, Mexico and Brazil - Leopoldo Hidalgo-Díaz, Francisco Franco Navarro and Leandro Grassi de Freitas
Chapter 16 Management Strategies: Pochonia chlamydosporia and IPM of Plant-parasitic nematodes in Temperate Crops - Matthew A. Back, Danuta Sosnowska and Ricardo HolgadoChapter 17 Pochonia chlamydosporia: A Promising Biotechnological Tool Against Parasitic Nematodes and Geohelminths - Pedro Mendoza de Gives and Fábio Ribeiro Braga
Section VI: Future Perspectives
Chapter 18 Future Perspectives - Rosa H. Manzanilla-López and Luis V. Lopez-Llorca
Pochoniachlamydosporia, a cosmopolitan fungus occurring in soils as a saprophyte yet capable of colonizing the rhizosphere of crops as an endophyte and behaving as a parasite of eggs of plant-parasitic nematodes, has been the subject of great interest largely because of its potential as a biological control agent of cyst and root-knot nematodes. This volume reviews the current knowledge available on the fungus. The book is divided into six sections containing 18 chapters, starting with a historical background chapter, followed by 16 chapters, each contributed by experts, concerning those key aspects necessary to work with this biocontrol agent in a multidisciplinary treatise. Topics covered include systematics, biology, nematode-fungus interactions, nematode management strategies, secondary metabolites, and other methods including more novel research areas such as molecular, –omics, plant growth enhancement and endophytic abilities of P. chlamydosporia. The final chapter deals with the future perspectives of P. chlamydosporia research.The book is aimed at researchers, professionals, practitioners, and graduate or undergraduate students involved in both basic and applied studies, as well as in activities dealing with biocontrol agents of plant-parasitic nematodes, helminths, crop protection and integrated pest management. It concentrates on fundamental aspects, and the evolution, of nematophagous fungi.