Pablo Castillo

Etiology and diagnosis of plant diseases caused by nematodes. Pathogenicity and host-parasite relationships of plant-parasitic nematode diseases. Interaction between plant-parasitic nematodes and soilborne fungi in plants. Control of plant-parasitic nematodes by soil solarization and use of organic amendments. Molecular diagnosis and phylogenetic relationships of plant-parasitic nematodes (Meloidogyne spp., Pratylenchus spp., Heterodera spp., Xiphinema spp., Longidorus spp., Trichodorus spp.)