ROOT-KNOT NEMATODES AND PROCESS OF AGING IN PLANTS

  • 1 January 1978
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 10  (2) , 107-109
Abstract
Infection of plants by root-knot nematodes [Meloidogyne hapla, M. incognita] is often accompanied by physiological changes characteristic of ageing. Ultra-low tissue luminescence of infected plants indicated oxidation of cell membrane lipids. Cells with membranes subjected to oxidation lose some of their capacity for water retention. Treating tomato and radish with lidocaine hydrochloride, an inhibitor of lipid oxidation, retarded above ground symptoms of root knot nematode infection and of ageing.

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