Acknowledgments
It is our immense pleasure to express our respectful deep sense of heartfelt gratitude to
Distinguished Professor, Emeritus Dr. Harry K. Kaya for his kind consideration, timely
valuable suggestions, review, and feedback, and for his wishes in our endeavor that has
helped us to give a form and life to this book; and to him we lovingly dedicate our book.
We thank all the nematologists and the scientists for their contributions which served as
a basement for our book.
Dr. S.S. extends his sincere appreciation to his student, Dr. R. Karthik Raja for his
diligence, loving assistance, and cooperation in this project and at all times.
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