Fungal chitinases and their biological role in the antagonism onto nematode eggs. A review

Mycological Progress

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 221-238

  Gortari, Maria Cecilia ^a   Hours, Roque Alberto ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biological control; Fungal chitinases; Nematode eggs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; NEMATODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 53849100305     PISSN: 1617416X     EISSN: 18618952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11557-008-0571-3     Document Type: Review

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