The annotated genome of one of the most destructive nematodes -- Meloidogyne incognita -- the southern root-knot nematode, has just been published in the journal Nature Biotechnology. There are ...

DEAR GARDEN COACH: My tomatoes plants did well the first two months of their life and then went downhill fast. I fertilized, mulched and watered with care, all to no avail. I pulled them up and ...

Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to infect plant roots could be a powerful method for reducing the damage the parasitic worms cause in crops such as ...

Megalaima incognita induces transcriptome reprograming in an infection stage-dependent manner. A: Venn diagram showing overlapping and uniquely differentially expressed genes (DEGs) between galls and ...

UC Davis nematologists, including Valerie Williamson, professor emerita in the Department of Plant Pathology, and associate professor Shahid Siddique, Department of Entomology and Nematology, have ...

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, ...

Jerry asks: I have had problems with root knot nematodes in the past. Currently, one of my tomato plants looks like it is dying. Could that be the cause? Is there anything I can do to save the plant?

Plant and Soil, Vol. 232, No. 1/2, PROCEEDING OF THE MILLENNIUM CONFERENCE ON RHIZOSPHERE INTERACTIONS (May 2001), pp. 155-165 (11 pages) We analysed data from descriptive and experimental studies on ...

PORT ANGELES — Veteran Master Gardener Muriel Nesbitt will discuss how to recognize and combat nematode damage to garden plants and how to use beneficial nematodes to control insect damage in the ...