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An Ecological Study of Ditylenchus Dipsaci (Kuhn) Filipjev. in a Field of Alfalfa

Ditylenchus Dipsaci (Kuhn) Filipjev. is one of the most destructive nematodes to crop plants. It attacks and damages more than 300 species of cultivated and uncultivated plants. The nematode can be differentiated into many races, each of them having a preference for a group or even a single plant species.
Alfalfa stem nematode is one of the races in this species which attacks the above ground portion of alfalfa but does not infest the roots. Larvae of this nematode may migrate from the plant tissue to soil in moist conditions. These nematodes migrate actively to nearby plants or are carried by agricultural tools or wind to reach plants at some distance away, causing a new infection.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UTAHS/oai:digitalcommons.usu.edu:etd-3863
Date01 May 1966
CreatorsTseng, Shu-Ten
PublisherDigitalCommons@USU
Source SetsUtah State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceAll Graduate Theses and Dissertations
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