Meanings
nounphytonematode (plural phytonematodes)
plural phytonematodes
- biologyAny nematode that lives on a plant
Recent genomic and transcriptional analyses have extended parasitism identification to phytonematode species including some migratory plant parasites [58 –60 ].
2015 October 31, “RNA-Seq Based Identification of Candidate Parasitism Genes of Cereal Cyst Nematode ( Heterodera avenae ) during Incompatible Infection to Aegilops variabilis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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