Greater coverage of the phylum Nematoda in SSU rDNA studies

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 333-339

  Donn, Suzanne ^a,b   Neilson, Roy ^a   Griffiths, Bryan S ^a,c   Daniell, Tim J ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Assemblage analysis; Biomass; Nematodes; SSU rDNA

Indexed keywords

ARABLE LAND; BIOMASS; GENE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; PHYLOGENETICS;

APHELENCHIDA; NEMATODA;

EID: 79952573612     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-010-0534-0     Document Type: Article

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