Corn parasitic nematodes, microscopic, thread-like round worms that feed on roots, damage corn in several ways. However, because it is difficult to precisely identify nematode injury in corn, nematode ...

Agronomists share effective strategies for combating soybean cyst nematodes including crop rotation, resistant varieties and weed control.

Corn nematodes may be the most neglected pest in your fields—and they could be capping your yields. “Very few farmers tell me they have a corn nematode problem,” says Farm Journal Associate Field ...

Q: The kumquats I planted in the ground suffered from something, the same as the ones I planted in containers. Is this damage because of nematodes? I can’t figure it out. I grew bananas in the same ...

Nematologists have long wondered how the the Northern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne hapla) is able to infect such a wide ...

UC Davis nematologists, including Valerie Williamson, professor emerita in the Department of Plant Pathology, and associate ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Plant-parasitic nematodes are microscopic organisms found in soil that feed on the roots of plants. Because they are notoriously difficult for farmers to ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Soil conditions have been perfect for needle nematode activity this spring, said a Purdue University nematologist. Also known as corn nematode, needle nematode activity usually ...

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 ...

Four important parasitic nematodes were found associated with roots of 26 crops sampled from four locations in E Nigeria. Commercial agriculture will result in further establishment of nematodes as ...

Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 65, No. 1 (2014), pp. 131-141 (11 pages) Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) crops can be severely damaged due to parasitism by the root-knot nematode (RKN) Meloidogyne ...

USDA Forest Service plant pathologists have discovered a new threat to loblolly pine seedlings grown in the South -- needle nematodes. In the July 2002 issue of Plant Disease, pathologists Stephen ...