If left unchecked, the pale cyst nematode burrows into potato roots to feed, obstructing nutrients and causing stunted growth, wilted leaves and other symptoms that can eventually kill the plant. Now USDA and cooperating ...

Biology - Ecology

Mar 18, 2013 not rated yet 0

A new plant-parasitic nematode worm (Meloidoderita salina) was found in a tidal salt marsh at Mont Saint Michel Bay (MSMB) in France, where its abbey is a world-famous historical heritage. The species name ' ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Dec 07, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org)—A new University of Maryland study of worms that reproduce without a mate shows that not only have these creatures lost their mojo in the dating game of evolution, they've lost thousands of genes ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Nov 06, 2012 5 / 5 (3) 1 |

Formosan subterranean termites could be in for a real headache. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have identified species of roundworms, or "nematodes," that invade the termite brains and offer a potential ...

Biology - Ecology

Aug 22, 2012 not rated yet 0

Most of the world's species are still unknown to science although many researchers grappled to address the question of how many species there are on Earth over the recent decades. Estimates of non-microbial diversity on Earth ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 19, 2012 not rated yet 0

Caenorhabditis are usually thought of as soil nematodes, happily living in compost heaps. The famous (scientifically speaking) Caenorhabditis elegans has provided a wealth of information about developmental processes and ce ...

Biology - Evolution

Nov 21, 2011 not rated yet 0

After digging holes in the Earth's crust for nearly two decades, Princeton University geoscientist Tullis Onstott is now making headlines for unearthing "worms from hell."

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

Jul 12, 2011 5 / 5 (11) 7 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a study published this week in Nature, researchers Gaetan Borgonie from Ghent University in Belgium and Tullis Onstott from Princeton University announced the discovery of new nematode specie ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Jun 02, 2011 5 / 5 (11) 0 |

After 21 years of work, Cornell researchers are spreading the word about an on-farm biocontrol method to solve the problems caused by the destructive invasive species alfalfa snout beetle (ASB).

Biology - Ecology

Nov 29, 2010 5 / 5 (1) 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Beltsville, Md., manage a most unusual sort of insurance: 43,000 slides and vials containing all manner of wormlike organisms called nematodes, ...

Biology - Other

Jan 05, 2010 not rated yet 0

Scientists from Wageningen University and Research Centre have published the largest nematode Phylogenetic Tree to date in cooperation with the Dutch Plant Protection Service (PD) and the University of California ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Oct 27, 2009 not rated yet 0