Coiling is not essential to anhydrobiosis by Aphelenchus avenae on agar amended with sucrose

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-45

  Otsubo, R ^a   Yoshiga, T ^a   Kondo, E ^a   Ishibashi, N ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anhydrobiosis; Aphelenchus avenue; Coiling; Desiccation survival; Osmobiosis

Indexed keywords

APHELENCHUS; APHELENCHUS AVENAE; NEMATODA;

EID: 34248397187     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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