Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to infect plant roots could be a powerful ...

Nematodes are among the planet's most ubiquitous life forms. Scientists had known that some could survive long periods of suspended animation in subzero environments. One Antarctic species spent ...

Nematodes are microscopic roundworms found in the soil. They usually feed on bacteria and are microscopic. Sommer’s team researched the nematode Allodiplogaster sudhausi. A new study reveals a ...

This huge loss has been attributed to both direct and indirect damage that plant parasitic nematodes cause. For example, damage to yam by root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) and the yam nematode ...

New research shows that parasitic nematodes, responsible for infecting more than a billion people globally, carry viruses that may solve the puzzle of why some cause serious diseases. The findings ...

By studying a slender, leaping parasite thinner than a human hair, engineers at Georgia Tech developed a soft robot capable ...

The agronomy education lead with Beck’s Hybrids says Midwestern corn growers may be losing yield to corn nematodes. Matt ...