Chemotaxis can take plant-parasitic nematodes to the source of a chemo-attractant via the shortest possible routes

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 57, 2011, Pages 568-577

  Reynolds, Andy M ^a   Dutta, Tushar K ^a,b   Curtis, Rosane H C ^a   Powers, Stephen J ^a   Gaur, Hari S ^b   Kerry, Brian R ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Host plant location; Nematodes; Rhizosphere; Signalling

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; LOCATION; SOILS;

CHEMOTAXIS; HOST PLANT LOCATION; NEMATODES; RHIZOSPHERE; SIGNALLING;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CHEMOATTRACTANT;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTOMETER; PLANT ROOT;

MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE GRAMINICOLA; MELOIDOGYNE INCOGNITA; NEMATODA;

EID: 79952211189     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2010.0417     Document Type: Article

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