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Soil teachings and the hatching of larvae of the potato‐root eelworm, Heterodera rostochiensis Wollenweber
Author(s) -
ELLENBY C.,
SMITH L.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1967.tb04437.x
Subject(s) - hatching , biology , heterodera , larva , agronomy , horticulture , botany , zoology , ecology , nematode
SUMMARY Leachings were taken from fallow soil brought in from an outside plot at monthly intervals throughout a year, and tested for their ability to stimulate hatching of the potato‐root eelworm. Some of the leachings showed stimulatory action, the results indicating a seasonal pattern of activity with a peak in August. As noted previously, this suggests that soil organisms produce substances able to stimulate hatching and that these are probably responsible for the so‐called ‘spontaneous’ hatching.