chapter fifteen

PLANT DISEASES CAUSED

BY NEMATODES

INTRODUCTION
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CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANT PATHOGENIC NEMATODES

827

PROPERTIES OF NEMATODES – SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY NEMATODES – HOW NEMATODES AFFECT PLANTS –

INTERRELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN NEMATODES AND OTHER PLANT PATHOGENS – CONTROL OF NEMATODES
831

ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES: MELOIDOGYNE SPP.

838

CYST NEMATODES: HETERODERA AND GLOBODERA

842

THE CITRUS NEMATODE: TYLENCHULUS SEMIPENETRANS

848

LESION NEMATODES: PRATYLENCHUS

849

THE BURROWING NEMATODE: RADOPHOLUS

853

STEM AND BULB NEMATODE: DITYLENCHUS

858

STING NEMATODE: BELONOLAIMUS

860

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