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Plant-parasitic nematodes in maine agricultural soils

W N Huettel, L J Francl, A Henn

    Journal of Nematology
    |March 17, 2009
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    Aphelenchoides sp.Criconemella curvatumHelicotylenchus digonicusHelicotylenchus pseudorobustusHeterodera trifoliiMeloidogyne haplaParatylenchus projectusPratylenchus crenatusPratylenchus penetransTrichodorus sp.Tylenchorhynchus maximusXiphinema americanumsurvey

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