Abstract
DALMATIAN pyrethrum (Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium) (Trev.) Vis. is widely attacked in Kenya and Tanganyika by species of the nematode genus Meloidogyne Goeldi (root-knot nematodes), in particular Meloidogyne hapla Chitwood, 1949, which is a new host record.
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WHITEHEAD, A. Nematoses of Pyrethrum in East Africa. Nature 182, 542 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/182542a0
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