Are the reductions in nematode attack on plants treated with seaweed extracts the result of stimulation of the formaldehyde cycle?

Acta Biologica Hungarica

Volumn 49, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 421-427

  Jenkins, T ^a   Blunden, G ^a   Wu, Yue ^a   Hankins, S D ^b   Gabrielsen, B O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Maxicrop International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c STATOIL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Betaines; Formaldehyde cycle; Meloidogyne species; Root knot nematode; Seaweed extract

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SEAWEED; TOMATO;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; FORMALDEHYDE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEMATODA; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEAWEED;

EID: 0032323417     PISSN: 02365383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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