On the track of transfer cell formation by specialized plant-parasitic nematodes

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Rodiuc, Natalia ^a   Vieira, Paulo ^b   Banora, Mohamed Youssef ^c   de Almeida Engler, Janice ^a,d  

^a EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cyst nematodes; Galls; Nematode feeding sites; Root knot nematodes; Syncytia; Transfer cells; Wall ingrowths

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901023262     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00160     Document Type: Review

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