Abstract
Areas for future research in culturing, nutrition, and physiology of parasitism of plantparasitic nematodes are discussed. Culturing nematodes monoxenically on plant tissue cultures has been successful with several species, but the ultimate aim is propagation on nonliving media. Only when in vitro cultivation is accomplished will it be possible to investigate thoroughly their nutritional requirements. These realizations would also greatly augment studies on the physiology of parasitism of plant nematodes. My particular subject is the biology of plantparasitic nematodes. Time does not permit discussion of all the topics that are included in the definition of the word biology. Therefore, I am taking the liberty of limiting my presentation to certain subjects with which I am most familiar, namely culturing, nutrition, and physiology of parasitism, as applying to plant nematodes. The entire area of endeavor under discussion has been, and is being, inadequately studied. Knowledge concerning the nematode parasites of higher animals is much further advanced than that of plant parasites. But even in this
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