Ecological relationships between Meloidogyne spartinae and salt marsh grasses in Connecticut

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-220

  LaMondia, J A ^a   Elmer, W H ^b  

^a IBM   (United States)

^b Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Distichlis spicata; Juncus gerardii; Meloidogyne spartinae; Root knot nematode; Salt marsh decline; Spartina alterniflora; Spartina cynosuroides; Spartina patens

Indexed keywords

DISTICHLIS SPICATA; HYMENACHNE; JUNCUS GERARDII; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; POACEAE; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA; SPARTINA CYNOSUROIDES; SPARTINA PATENS;

EID: 62549145397     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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