Journal of Experimental Botany, Vol. 60, No. 1 (2009), pp. 315-324 (10 pages) Cyst nematodes are highly evolved sedentary plant endoparasites that use parasitism proteins injected through the stylet ...

The soybean cyst nematode undergoes several stages of juvenile development, including one in which it completely loses mobility. Males regain mobility at a later stage. Research from the University of ...

Dutch plant ecologists have investigated how the potato cyst nematode can be controlled using Solanum sisymbriifolium, a member of the potato family. The plant produces a hatching agent which causes ...

The soybean cyst nematode, one of the crop's most destructive pests, isn't like most of its wormy relatives. Whereas the vast majority of nematodes look like the microscopic worms they are, the female ...

A photo of a cyst nematode's head viewed through a high-power microscope shows its esophageal glands, which produce effectors it uses to infect host plants. The image was digitally edited to highlight ...

The mega-threat of the microscopic soybean cyst nematode (SCN) looms large over U.S. soybean fields. SCN’s insatiable appetite for soybean roots makes it the No. 1 yield-reducing soybean pest ...

The soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) is the most significant nematode pest affecting soybeans on Delmarva and in the United States. First detected in Delaware in the fall of 1979, the ...

Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is the most damaging pest in U.S. soybean production. It affects more than 200,000 growers, and annual soybean cyst nematode yield loss costs growers an estimated $1.5 ...

Purdue University researchers have identified several soybean varieties that grow well in areas of the Midwest like southern Indiana and are resistant to root-knot nematodes, a plant-destroying ...