A fast PCR assay to identify meloidogyne hapla, M. chitwoodi, and M. fallax, and to sensitively differentiate them from each other and from M. incognita in mixtures

Fundamental and Applied Nematology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 505-511

  Zijlstra, Carolien ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnostics; ITS; Meloidogyne; Multiplex PCR; Ribosomal DNA; Root knot nematodes

Indexed keywords

FALLAX; MELOIDOGYNE CHITWOODI; MELOIDOGYNE FALLAX; MELOIDOGYNE HAPLA; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030883243     PISSN: 11645571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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