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

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

Scientists were able to reanimate a nematode that had laid dormant in Siberian permafrost for approximately 46,000 years, according to a study published Thursday in the journal PLOS Genetics—adding to ...

Syngenta technical product lead Dale Ireland discusses a new nematode, SDS and Red Crown Rot solution available for 2026.

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

Q. We were advised against growing tomatoes because of the root nematode problem in Orange County. Nevertheless, over the years, we persisted in attempting to grow tomatoes with little success. The ...

The ancient nematode has lain dormant in a fossilized squirrel burrow since the late Pleistocene, revealing that these worms can survive for tens of thousands of years longer than thought. When you ...

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 ...

Ok, well a “penis” in male nematodes is actually a hard copulatory spine called a genital spicule–males physically pry open the female’s vulva–but you get the idea. What better way to open a blog post ...