Root-knot nematodes exhibit strain-specific clumping behavior that is inherited as a simple genetic trait.

Root-knot nematodes are obligate parasites of a wide range of plant species and can feed only on the cytoplasm of living plant cells. In the absence of a suitable plant host, infective juveniles of strain VW9 of the Northern root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne hapla, when dispersed in Pluronic F-127 gel...

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Main Authors: Congli Wang, Steven Lower, Varghese P Thomas, Valerie M Williamson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3000325?pdf=render