Control of the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne javanica by the parasite Pasteuria penetrans as influenced by the initial nematode population densities

Nematologica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 369-379

  Gowen, S R ^a   Tzortzakakis, E A ^b   Channer, A G D R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biological control; Nematode management; Population dynamics; Pot experiment; Tomato

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; INOCULATION; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; SENESCENCE; TOMATO;

BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; NEMATODE; PARASITE; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT;

MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA; PASTEURIA PENETRANS;

EID: 0031715714     PISSN: 00282596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/005525998X00043     Document Type: Article

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