The Root-Knot Nematode and Infected Plants (IMAGE)

Kumamoto University

The Root-Knot Nematode and Infected Plants

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Top: Meloidogyne incognita (aka the southern root-knot nematode) used in the discovery of nematode manipulation of plant stem cells. Bottom left: Dying cucumber plants due to root-knot nematode infection. Bottom right: Galls on the infected root caused by nematodes.

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Professor Shinichiro Sawa

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