Emerging molecular knowledge on Radopholus similis, an important nematode pest of banana

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-323

  Haegeman, Annelies ^a   Elsen, Annemie ^b   De Waele, Dirk ^b   Gheysen, Godelieve ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BANANA; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

ANIMALS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MUSA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT DISEASES; TYLENCHOIDEA;

CHROMADOREA; CITRUS; EUKARYOTA; METAZOA; NEMATODA; PIPER NIGRUM; PRATYLENCHIDAE; RADOPHOLINAE; RADOPHOLUS; RADOPHOLUS SIMILIS; RHABDITIDA; TYLENCHINA; TYLENCHOIDEA;

EID: 77953057224     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00614.x     Document Type: Article

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