Axenizing and culturing endomigratory plant-parasitic nematodes using pluronic F127, including its effects on population dynamics of Pratylenchus penetrans 1

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-123

  Ko, M P ^a   Schmitt, D P ^a   Sipes, B S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Aseptic culture; Axenizing technique; Meloidogyne; Nematode; Pluronic F127; Population dynamics; Pratylenchus agilis; Pratylenchus brachyurus; Pratylenchus penetrans; Pratylenchus scribneri; Radopholus; Rotylenchulus; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030552213     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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