Definition of potato cyst nematode in English:
potato cyst nematode
noun
Either of the nematodes Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis (formerly believed to be a single species), which damage the green parts of potato and tomato plants, and can be seen (as small egg-filled cysts) on their roots; also called potato root eelworm.
Origin
1960s.
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