The book in question consists of a total of 11 chapters, several of which focus on the thrusts caused by phytonematodes and their management in various crops such as cereals, forage, pulses, seed spices, horticultural, and plantation crops. Additionally, some of these chapters also discuss the protective cultivation and interactions between nematodes and phytopathogens.

The book has been compiled with recent literature on related topics by subject matter experts. It is anticipated that this book will serve as a valuable reference for researchers and scientists in the field.

1. Cereal cyst nematode, Heterodera avenae, a menace causing phytonematode in cereals in light soils/G.L. Sharma, P. Sharma and V.L. Majumdar. 2. Heterodera and Anguina - a persistent threat to wheat cultivation in India/A.K. Singh. 3. Phytonematode: a thrust in pulse crops/Rashid Pervez and S.S. Ali. 4. The nematode pests of horticultural crops with special reference to the north eastern region/A.K. Sinha, B. Mahanta and P.P. Neog. 5. Maize cyst nematode, Heterodera Zeae - a potential threat to maize production/A.N. Srivastava, Gautam Chawla and R.K. Jaiswal. 6. Phytonematodes: a constraint to rice production and their management/A.N. Srivastava, R.K. Jaiswal and G. Chawla. 7. Nematode problems of seed spice crops and their management/I.J. Paruthi. 8. Phytosanitary measures to check dispersal of nematodes through banana suckers/Rajan. 9. Nematodes infestation in plantation crops and their management/Sudershan Ganguly and Pankaj. 10. Protected cultivation: nematode problems and their management/R.K. Walia and K.K. Walia. 11. Interactions between nematode phytopathogens and VA-Mycorrhizae/R.K. Chugh and Hari Chand. 12. Nematodes of plantation crops and their management/M.S. Sheela.