Silent threats come in many forms. In fruit and vegetable production, damage to plants from above-ground pests can be readily ...

Today marks the third National Nematode Day, a day that’s especially exciting for the winners of The SCN Coalition’s $250 ...

Plant parasitic nematodes are microscopic worm-like organisms that require water to survive and are sensitive to high temperature. Only living nematodes can be extracted from roots. Through the years ...

Nematodes are known for targeting both garden pests and beneficial pollinators. Does this make them friend or foe when it comes to your flowers?

Root-knot nematodes (RKNs) are worm-like parasites of the genus Meloidogyne that are found in many parts of the world. They ...

The genome of Pristionchus pacificus and the evolution of parasitism / Ralf J. Sommer and Akira Ogawa -- Life-history plasticity and responses to host defence / Mark Viney -- The complex armory of ...

The nematode worms that cause the world's most devastating crop losses have given up on sexual reproduction and instead rely on their large, duplicated genomes to thrive in new environments, report ...

Richard Huey and Norman O. Dronen, Jr. Paradilepis diminuta sp. n. (Cestoda: Dilepididae) is described from the roseate spoonbill Ajaia ajaja (Allen 1942) from the Texas Gulf coast. Paradilepis ...

Six species of the family Heligmonellidae (Nematoda: Trichostrongyloidea), including 3 new species, are recorded from rodents of the subfamily Murinae in the Ryukyu Archipelago and Taiwan.

A worm invading the roots of a tomato plant may not be nearly as disturbing an image as a worm invading your intestines, but that doesn’t mean that the plant-feeder isn’t harmful. According to this ...