FOREWORD TO 1955 EDITION 



These lecture notes from the firct Plant Nematology Workshop, held at 

 Raleigh, North Carolina, Sept'ember 7 to 18, were prepared for the use 

 of the students at the Workshop and not for publication. 



Instructors at the V/orkshop were: E. J. Cairns, iMabama Polytechn.ic 

 Institute^ J. N. Sasser, North Carolina State College; and A. L, Ta.^lor, 

 Section of Nematology, Cf.S.D.A. 



This Workshop was a function of the Southern Regional Nematode Project 

 and was held to provide training in nematology for professional plant 

 pathologists. 



Facilities were furnished by the Division of Plant Pathology, North 

 Carolina State College. 



The services of Mr. A. L. Taylor were made possible through the co- 

 operation of Dr. G. Steiner of the Section of Nematology, U.S.D.A. 



Drawings of nematodes for these notes were made by Dr. Hedwig Hirsch"iann, 

 North Carolina State College. 



Reproduction of the notes was made possible through a grant from the 

 Rockefeller Foundation. 



J. N. Sasser, Chairman 

 Technical Committee (S-19) 



FOREWORD TO 1958 EDITION 



Requests for copies of these Plant Nematology Notes soon depleted the 

 first and second printings of it. Therefore, a final printing has 

 been prepared and at the same time, extra sets of the new and revised 

 portions have been made for distribution to owners of the earlier 

 edition. 



This manual was intended as a stopgap measure due to lack of up to 

 date and available texts j we hope it has served this purpose well. 

 Gratifying as the demand for the manual has been it is even better to 

 note that need for it should soon be over. A book dealing with the 

 plant-parasitic nematodes, the diseases they cause, and their control 

 is soon to be released by Dr. J. R. Christie. A text, which is to be 

 more taxonomic in its approach, is being written by Mr. G, Thorne. 

 The out of print book. Plant Parasitic Nematodes, by T. Goodey is to 

 revised by J. B. Goodey. Soil and Freshwater Nematodes , also by 

 T. Goodey and out of print, is to be reissued. In addition, the 



