Soil nematode fauna of a subarctic heath: Potential nematicidal action of plant leaf extracts

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 111-124

  Ruess, Liliane ^a   Michelsen, Anders ^b   Schmidt, Inger K ^b   Jonasson, Sven ^b   Dighton, John ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Arctic; Nematodes; Nutrients; Soil; Tundra

Indexed keywords

LEAF EXTRACT; NEMATODE COMMUNITY; SOIL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TOXICITY; TUNDRA;

BETULA PUBESCENS TORTUOSA; BETULACEAE; CAREX BIGELOWII; CASSIOPE TETRAGONA; CYPERACEAE; EMPETRACEAE; EMPETRUM HERMAPHRODITUM; FESTUCA VIVIPARA; NEMATODA; POACEAE;

EID: 0031863826     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(97)00042-5     Document Type: Article

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