The cumulative build-up of Pasteuria penetrans spores in root-knot nematode infested soil and the effect of soil applied fungicides on its infectivity

Fundamental and Applied Nematology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 679-683

  Melki, Khalil C ^a,b   Giannakou, Ioannis O ^a   Pembroke, Barbara ^a   Gowen, Simon R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Unifert   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Bacterial parasite; Biological control; Meloidogyne incognita; Meloidogyne javanica; Root knot nematodes

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ROOT KNOT NEMATODE; VIRULENCE;

PASTEURIA PENETRANS;

EID: 0032213632     PISSN: 11645571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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