Resistance Breaking in Root-knot Nematodes Carries a Fitness Cost Associated with Defective Feeding Site Development
Alison Coomer Blundell, Emma Shigekane-Kraft, Sławomir Janakowski, Mirosław Sobczak, Dadong Dai, Yali Zhang, Pallavi Shakya, Ching‐Jung Lin, Valerie Moroz Williamson, Shahid Siddique
This study compares two Meloidogyne javanica strains, showing that a resistance-breaking strain has reduced egg production and impaired feeding site development on susceptible hosts.
PLoS Pathogens · Sep 11, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology