Description of Rhabditis (Caenorhabditis) drosophilae n. sp. and R. (C.) sonorae n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditida) from saguaro cactus rot in Arizona

Fundamental and Applied Nematology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 305-315

  Kiontke, Karin ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arizona; Nematodes; Rhabditis (Caenorhabditis); Saguaro cactus; SEM; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; CAENORHABDITIS; CARNEGIEA GIGANTEA; DROSOPHILA NIGROSPIRACULA; NEMATODA; RHABDITIDA; RHABDITIS; RHABDITIS DROSOPHILAE;

EID: 0030839935     PISSN: 11645571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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