Nematode taxonomy has long relied on traditional morphological criteria; however, the advent of molecular techniques has revolutionised species identification and phylogenetic analysis. Integrative ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A soybean nematode. (Image courtesy of Jon Eisenback) Few pests eat away at farm profitability as much as soybean cyst nematode.

Tsukuba, Japan—Nematodes, a diverse group of invertebrates, are believed to rival or even surpass insects in species count that have over a million known species. Phylum Nematoda includes harmful ...

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

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have developed the first soybean cyst nematode pangenome, an important tool in fighting the most economically damaging pest of soybean.

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 ...

Tiny soil worms called nematodes usually feast on bacteria or algae, and have tiny mouths to suit their diet. But give a baby nematode some fungus and its mouth can as much as double in size – giving ...

A new study opens new avenues for combating soybean cyst nematodes, the most damaging pest for U.S. soybean crops. Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to ...

If you're questioning whether nematodes in your soil will damage or benefit your plants and lawn, the answer is a resounding: "It depends." Both things can be true. Most nematodes are actually ...