Prologue; P.C. Sijmons. Introduction. Root Parasitic Nematodes: An Overview; U. Wyss. A: Cellular and Molecular Aspects of the Interaction. Root Anatomy and Development, The Basis for Nematode Parasitism; B. Scheres, et al. Plant Signals in Nematode Hatching and Attraction; R.N. Perry. Invasion and Migration Behaviour of Sedentary Nematodes; N. von Mende. The Biology of Giant Cells; T. Bleve-Zacheo, M.T. Melillo. The Structure of Syncytia; W. Golinowski, et al. Nematode Secretions; J.T. Jones, W.M. Robertson. Physiology of Nematode Feeding and Feeding Sites; F.M.W. Grundler, A. Böckenhoff. Cell Cycle Regulation in Nematode Feeding Sites; G. Gheysen, et al. Regulation of Gene Expression in Feeding Sites; C. Fenoll, et al. B: Natural Resistance. Natural Resistance: The Assessment of Variation in Virulence in Biological And Molecular Terms; C. Zijlstra, et al. Genetic and Molecular Strategies for the Cloning of (A)Virulence Genes in Sedentary Plant-Parasitic Nematodes; P. Castagnone-Sereno, et al. Breeding for Nematode Resistance in Sugarbeet: A Molecular Approach; M. Kleine, et al. Resistance to Root-Knot Nematodes in Tomato; T.B. Liharska, V.M. Williamson. Biochemistry of Plant Defence Responses to Nematode Infection; G. Zacheo, et al. C: Engineered Resistance. Engineering Resistance Against Plant Parasitic Nematodes Using Anti-Nematode Genes; P.R. Burrows, D. de Waele. Engineering Plant Nematode Resistance by Antifeedants; M.J. McPherson, et al. Anti-Feeding Structure Approaches to Nematode Resistance; S.A. Ohl, et al. Towards Plantibody-Mediated Resistance Against Nematodes; W.J. Stiekema, et al. Epilogue; P.R.Burrows.