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 ...

U.S. soybean farmers face a $1 billion problem each year in the form of yield losses from soybean cyst nematode (SCN). 1 Yet rather than throw up your hands in defeat, get down in the soil and get ...

WOODLAND, CA, UNITED STATES, April 2, 2026 / EINPresswire.com / — Pheronym, an ag-biotech pest control company, announced today it has been awarded $378,000 in National Science Foundation (NSF) SBIR ...

As farmers and retailers battle soybean cyst nematode (SCN), the emphasis continues to be on using an integrated strategy including resistant soybean varieties, crop rotation with non-host crops, and ...

After a decade-long quest to fill a major gap in basic biology, UChicago scientists have built a complete map of how cells ...

When the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans gets caught by its fungal predator Arthrobotrys oligospora, it doesn't just wriggle endlessly—it suddenly "freezes," stopping all movement and feeding as ...

Even with BASF’s new Nemasphere soybean technology still targeted for a future launch, company officials say growers should already be taking steps to understand how much soybean cyst nematode may ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ficus species provide the foundation for complex ecological communities, most notably through their enclosed inflorescences (syconia), which support a vast array of nematodes. These organisms have ...

Biologists developed a method for illuminating the intricate interactions of the synaptonemal complex in the nematode C. elegans. The authors identified a trio of protein segments that guide ...