Morphological and molecular diagnostics for plant-parasitic nematodes: Working together to get the identification done

Tropical Plant Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 65-73

  de Oliveira, Claudio Marcelo Gonçalves ^a   Monteiro, Ailton Rocha ^b   Blok, Vivian C ^c  

^a INSTITUTO BIOLÓGICO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tools; Nematoda; PCR; Phylogenetic systematics; Plant pathogens; Quarantine measure; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

NEMATODA;

EID: 79959676686     PISSN: 19825676     EISSN: 19832052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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