phytonematode

English

Etymology

phyto- +‎ nematode

Noun

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, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0141095:
      Recent genomic and transcriptional analyses have extended parasitism identification to phytonematode species including some migratory plant parasites [58 –60 ].
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