Use of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus intraradices as biological control agent of the nematode Nacobbus aberrans parasitizing tomato

The plant-parasitic nematode Nacobbus aberrans is an endoparasite that induces gall formation in the roots and causes severe losses to diverse crops. Some populations of this nematode show preference for certain hosts, revealing the existence of "races/groups" with different behaviour and...

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Main Authors: Nicolás Marro, Paola Lax, Marta Cabello, Marcelo Edmundo Doucet, Alejandra Gabriela Becerra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2014-10-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132014000500668&lng=en&tlng=en