Review of Pasteuria penetrans: Biology, ecology, and biological control potential

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-340

  Chen, Z X ^b   Dickson, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Bacterium; Belonolaimus longicaudatus; Biological control; Biology; Cyst nematode; Dagger nematode; Ecology; Endospore; Heterodera spp.; Meloidogyne spp.; Nematode; Pasteuria penetrans; Review; Root knot nematode; Sting nematode; Xiphinema diversica

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032339023     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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