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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nematodirus infection results from the ingestion of large numbers of infective worm larvae present on contaminated pasture. Lambs grazing the same pasture in the previous year were the source of ...

Fortunately, there is an organic, effective, and environmentally friendly way to control pests—beneficial nematodes. These microscopic roundworms are natural predators of many garden pests, providing ...

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 ...

Once they reach eight or nine weeks of age, this immunity will be working to protect them. Conversely, there are reports of high counts of strongyle species in hoggets ( Sheep aged one to two years) ...

“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 ...

What's so important about soil? Only everything. Soil supports all life. It provides the foundation for plant growth for food production, livestock grazing, infrastructure development, and human ...