root-knot nematode
noun
: any of several small plant-parasitic nematodes (genus Meloidogyne) that cause root knot
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Can adding fresh soil help a bed where tomatoes were attacked last year by root-knot nematode?
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Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2022
Parasitic Nematodes Don't confuse these beneficial nematodes with destructive root-knot nematodes.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2022
Parasitic Nematodes Don't confuse these beneficial nematodes with destructive root-knot nematodes.
—The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
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