Beneath the surface of soybean fields, an invisible threat is costing farmers billions. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri are uncovering how nature itself may hold the key to fighting ...

Agricultural scientists are rethinking their battle plans against plant parasites that cause billions of dollars in annual ...

Few pests eat away at farm profitability as much as soybean cyst nematode. Causing at least $1.5 billion in yield losses ...

In natural ecosystems, bacterial communities play an important role in nutrient cycling, primary production and decomposition 1. Bacteria are also heavily consumed by bacterivorous nematodes that are ...

UC Davis nematologists, including Valerie Williamson, professor emerita in the Department of Plant Pathology, and associate professor Shahid Siddique, Department of Entomology and Nematology, have ...

Ok, well a “penis” in male nematodes is actually a hard copulatory spine called a genital spicule–males physically pry open the female’s vulva–but you get the idea. What better way to open a blog post ...

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Guava root-knot nematode has been detected for the first time in Australia in the Northern Territory — leaving farmers with questions about what to do next. Guava root-knot nematode has arrived in ...

Scientists have discovered a worm that managed to stretch its short life expectancy — by tens of thousands of years. A tiny roundworm was revived after it was frozen in Siberian permafrost 46,000 ...