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^[1], →DOI:

     Recent genomic and transcriptional analyses have extended parasitism identification to phytonematode species including some migratory plant parasites [58 –60 ].