phytonematode

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

phyto- +‎ nematode

Noun[edit]

phytonematode (plural phytonematodes)

  1. (biology) Any nematode that lives on a plant
    • 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[1], →DOI:
      Recent genomic and transcriptional analyses have extended parasitism identification to phytonematode species including some migratory plant parasites [58 –60 ].