Nematode Pathogenesis of Insects and Other Pests

1. Diversity, biology and evolutionary relationships.- 2. Improvement of entomopathogenic nematodes: a genetic approach.- 3. Behaviour and population dynamics of entomopathogenic nematodes following Application.- 4. Entomopathogenic nematode in the soil environment.- 5. Trophic relationships of entomopathogenic nematodes in agricultural habitats.- 6. Utilizing persistent entomopathogenic nematodes in a conservation or a more classical biological approach.- 7. Prospects in the application technology and the formulation of entomopathogenic nematodes for biological control of insects pests.- 8. Insect-cadaver applications: pros and cons.- 9. Entomopathogenic nematode application technology.- 10. Entomopathogenic nematode production and application: regulation, ecological impact and non-target effects.- 11. New York case study: biological control of Otiorhynchus ligustici with native persistent entomopathogenic nematodes using a more classical approach.- 12. Entomopathogenic nematodes in turfgrass: ecology and management of important insect pests in North America.- 13. It takes a village: entomopathogenic nematode community structure and conservation biological control in Florida (US) orchards.- 14. Entompathogenic nematodes in Cuba: from laboratories to popular biological control agents for pest management in a developing country.- 15. Entomopathogenic nematodes in tropical agriculture: current uses and their future in Venezuela.- 16. Orchard applications of entomopathogenic nematodes in Spain.- 17. Entomopathogenic nematodes in the Czech Republic: diversity, occurrence and habitat preferences.- 18. Entomopathgenic nematodes in Italy: occurrence and use in microbial control strategies.- 19. Entomopathogenic nematodes in iran: research and applied aspects.- 20. Entomopathogenic nematode exploitation: case-studies in laboratory and field applications from South Africa.- 21 Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita as a control agent for slugs