Invasion, feeding and development

Root-knot Nematodes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 163-181

  Abad, Pierre ^a   Castagnone Sereno, Philippe ^a   Rosso, Marie Noëlle ^a   de Almeida Engler, Janice ^a   Favery, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

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