Underground mystery: Interactions between plant roots and parasitic nematodes
Plant parasitic nematodes (PPN) are microscopic roundworms that mostly develop an obligate parasitic relationship with hosts. Once PPN reach root surfaces, they slowly insert a stylet, needle-like structure, into and feed cytosolic nutrients from roots, which cause cell and tissue mortality (Fosu-Ny...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Current Plant Biology |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214662818301579 |