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THE rhubarb, when cultivated as a field crop, is subject to a wasting disease, which, attacking the root-stock and causing it to decay, occasions considerable loss to the grower. The diseased tissue, when examined, is frequently found to be infested with the stem eelworm, Tylenchus devastatrix, Kuhn, and, in districts where this disease is prevalent, a supply of Tylenchus material is at hand which, since the rhubarb is a perennial plant, is available not only in summer but during winter also.
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LEBOUR, M., TAYLOR, T. Means of Collecting Eelworms. Nature 93, 242 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/093242a0
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