Experts explain why soybean cyst nematode lab reports vary and outline management strategies for different nematode ...

When you’re the size of a human, you worry about lions and tigers and bears. But if you’re a bacterium, a tiny nematode worm, just a millimetre long, can be a vicious predator. Nematodes are among the ...

At first glance, it’s a wonder that jumping parasitic nematodes exist at all. To reproduce, these minuscule creatures—roughly the size of a pinpoint—hurl themselves up to 25 times their body length to ...

Hong Kong Polytechnic University scientists report that multigenerational exposure to microplastic-contaminated prey reverses natural food preferences in nematodes, revealing a learned attraction to ...

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If you’re the outdoorsy type, you may have occasionally stumbled upon a colony of ants assembling itself into a tower-like structure to avoid being swept away by incoming rainfall. This type of ...

Unexplained crop yield reduction could be due to plant parasitic nematode infection. Plant Parasitic Nematodes (PPN) are pests of economic importance that attack and infect a wide range of ...

Every year, cotton growers in Texas and Oklahoma battle an unforeseen enemy—cotton nematodes. Unless you have a microscope, it is literally the invisible purveyor of death and destruction to cotton ...

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 are ...

One of the most perplexing mysteries in evolutionary biology is the development of complex traits that often results in morphological diversity. Ralf Sommer, Director of the Department of Integrative ...

Plant parasitic nematodes are microscopic soil-dwelling creatures that damage crops by feeding on their roots. Scientists have now developed a greener and more efficient means of eradicating them, ...