Host genetic resistance to root-knot nematodes, Meloidogyne spp., in Solanaceae: From genes to the field

Pest Management Science

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1591-1598

  Barbary, Arnaud ^a,b   Djian Caporalino, Caroline ^a,b   Palloix, Alain ^c   Castagnone Sereno, Philippe ^a,b  

^a Institut Sophia Agrobiotech   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^c Researches Center of Avignon   (France)

Author keywords

Cropping system; Genetic background; Plant resistance; Pyramiding; Quantitative trait loci; Solanaceous crops

Indexed keywords

CROPPING PRACTICE; DICOTYLEDON; EMERGENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; INTROGRESSION; NEMATODE; PEST CONTROL; PEST RESISTANCE; VIRULENCE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MELOIDOGYNE; SOLANACEAE;

ANIMAL; CROP; GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; SOLANACEAE; TYLENCHOIDEA;

ANIMALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GENES, PLANT; PLANT DISEASES; SOLANACEAE; TYLENCHOIDEA;

EID: 84945489501     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.4091     Document Type: Short Survey

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