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- URN to cite this document:
- urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-287801
- DOI to cite this document:
- 10.5283/epub.28780
Abstract
Sedentary plant parasitic nematodes such as root-knot nematodes and cyst nematodes induce giant cells or syncytia, respectively, in their host plant's roots. These highly specialized structures serve as feeding sites from which exclusively the nematodes withdraw nutrients. While giant cells are symplastically isolated and obtain assimilates by transporter-mediated processes syncytia are massively ...

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