Pexels Most gardeners and growers have heard the word “nematode” and assumed the worst. That reaction is understandable but ...

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 ...

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 ...

UC Riverside scientists have discovered a tiny worm species that infects and kills insects. These worms, called nematodes, could control crop pests in warm, humid places where other beneficial ...

Scientists urge use of nematode-free seedlings, soil solarisation and organic amendments; tomato, cucumber, capsicum and ...

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 ...

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Genome analysis shows new nematode species shares molecular toolkit for survival with C. elegans A soil nematode reanimated from Siberian permafrost had laid dormant for approximately 46,000 years, ...

Scientists have purified and identified an attractant for crop-infecting root-knot nematodes from flaxseeds. Their experiments revealed that rhamnogalacturonan-I (RG-I), a flaxseed cell wall component ...