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High and Low Throughput Screens with Root-knot Nematodes Meloidogyne spp.
Published on: March 12, 2012
Effects of Root-knot Nematodes on Areca catechu
Journal of Nematology
|March 17, 2009
Abstract:
No root galling or egg mass formation was noted on betel palm (Areca catechu) 3 or 9 months after inoculation with Meloidogyne arenaria, M. hapla, M. incognita races 1 and 3, or M. javanica. Compared with uninoculated controls, a reduction (P = 0.05) in fresh root weight was noted after 3 months with M. incognita race 1 but not with other species or races, No differences (P = 0.05) in root weight between controls and inoculated plants were observed at 9 months, nor were any differences found in top weight at 3 or 9 months.

