Host suitability of vetiver grass to Meloidogyne incognita and M. javanica

Nematology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-52

  Fourie, Hendrika ^a   Leswifi, Caroline ^b   Mc Donald, Alex H ^a,c   De Waele, Dirk ^c,d  

^a ARC GRAIN CROPS INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b National Department of Agriculture   (South Africa)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chrysopogon zizianioides; Meloidogyne spp.; Nematode management; Reproduction; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CROP PLANT; GRASS; HOST QUALITY; HOST SPECIFICITY; INOCULATION; NEMATODE; PATHOGEN; PEST CONTROL; PEST RESISTANCE; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL;

NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CHRYSOPOGON; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; VETIVERIA;

EID: 33947140941     PISSN: 13885545     EISSN: 13885545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854107779969736     Document Type: Article

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