Real-time PCR to monitor and assess the efficacy of two types of inoculum of the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia var. catenulata against root-knot nematode populations in the field

Biotecnologia Aplicada

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 261-266

  Peteira, Belkis ^a   Puertas, Ana ^a,b   Hidalgo Díaz, Leopoldo ^a   Hirsch, Penny ^c   Kerry, Brian ^c   Atkins, Simon ^c,d  

^a CENSA   (Cuba)

^b Granma University   (Cuba)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological control agent; Pochonia; Real time PCR; Root knot nematodes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447618204     PISSN: 08644551     EISSN: 10272852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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