Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.), a growing problem in French vegetable crops

EPPO Bulletin

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-137

  Djian Caporalino, C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PACA; DITYLENCHUS; GLOBODERA; HETERODERA; MELOIDOGYNE; MELOIDOGYNE JAVANICA; NEMATODA; PRATYLENCHUS;

EID: 84859970645     PISSN: 02508052     EISSN: 13652338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2338.2012.02530.x     Document Type: Editorial

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