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Use of Critical Nontarget Plants by the Russian Knapweed Nematode, (Subanguina picridis)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

Sara S. Rosenthal
Affiliation:
USDA-ARS—Rangeland Weed Lab., Mont. State Univ., Bozeman, MT 59717
Eric M. Coombs
Affiliation:
Oregon Dep. of Agric, 635 Capitol Street, N.E., Salem, OR 97310
Bill Haglan
Affiliation:
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge, Lewistown, MT 59457
Gary L. Piper
Affiliation:
Dep. Entomol., Wash. State Univ., Pullman, WA 99164

Abstract

During field experiments the Russian knapweed nematode formed no galls on artichoke, one sterile gall on American basketflower, and few nematodes in numerous small galls on southwestern basket flower in comparison with much higher nematode production per gall on Russian knapweed.

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Copyright © 1993 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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