Quantification of the slug parasitic nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita from soil samples using real time qPCR

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 1453-1461

  MacMillan, Keith ^a   Blok, Vivian ^b   Young, Iain ^c   Crawford, John ^c   Wilson, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita; Real time PCR; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DNA; HERMAPHRODITE; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; PEST CONTROL; SLUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; ECOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, HELMINTH; ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDITOIDEA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SOIL;

GASTROPODA; NEMATODA; PHASMARHABDITIS; PHASMARHABDITIS HERMAPHRODITA;

EID: 33751239117     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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