Scared of sushi? The Anisakis worm is a parasite that can cause nasty infections in humans who enjoy eating raw fish. It is 2 cm long and is sometimes coughed up after ingesting it in raw or ...

Nematodes can jump up to 20 times their body length - AdobeStock The device, made up of a silicone rod with a carbon-fibre spine, was made after watching high-speed video of nematodes pressing ...

While no parasiticide can eliminate all parasites, a single dose of moxidectin effectively treats adult small strongyles, encysted small strongyles larvae, adult large strongyles, migrating large ...

“We have seedling diseases, nematodes, and, in some cases, cotton leafroll dwarf virus,” says Bob Kemerait, University of Georgia Extension Plant Pathologist. “I know growers get tired of hearing me ...

THE following is an outline of a method of obtaining large numbers of the larvæ of nematodes parasitic in sheep in media the composition of which can be much more accurately controlled than any ...

Nematodes produce hundreds of distinct effectors, providing redundancy and a capacity for rapid adaptation. "You take one effector away and a nematode laughs and says, 'I've got 10 more,'" he said.

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 ...

A photo of a cyst nematode's head viewed through a high-power microscope shows its esophageal glands, which produce effectors it uses to infect host plants. The image was digitally edited to highlight ...

Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P. R. China ...

Introduction: Soil transmitted nematodes are impediments to human health and agricultural production. Poor anthelmintic efficiencies, the emergence of resistant strains, and the persistence of ...