While most of the thousands of nematode species on Earth are not harmful, some cause diseases in humans and other animals or attack and feed on living plants. Luckily, there are ways to deter these ...

LAS VEGAS — Some species of parasitic roundworms can catapult themselves high into the air to latch onto fruit flies and other insects. Experiments now reveal that leaping Steinernema carpocapsae ...

If you're questioning whether nematodes in your soil will damage or benefit your plants and lawn, the answer is a resounding: "It depends." Both things can be true. Most nematodes are actually ...

A natural approach to pest control and soil health. Creating a beautiful lawn or a garden filled with food and flowers can be significantly hindered by harmful pests, such as grubs. These tiny larvae ...

In the 1970s, William Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura discovered a class of drugs called avermectins that have helped to control two of the world’s most debilitating tropical diseases: lymphatic filariasis ...

Do plants wilt during the heat of the day, not respond to fertilizer applications and appear to be stunted? Nematodes may be lurking beneath the soil affecting the root system. Nematodes thrive in ...

The western corn rootworm, one of the world's most damaging maize pests, can use plant defense compounds to defend itself against its own natural enemies, so-called entomopathogenic nematodes. However ...

Whether you're a gardener growing food for your household, a small scale farmer or a commercial producer, soil matters. You cannot really tell the difference between healthy and unhealthy soil just by ...

“People have been imaging worms for the last couple of decades. Our goal is to extract all of this biological information and put it to use.” Reimagine lab tests by re-examining old worms. This ...

It's just like the old saying goes: One nematode's trash is its offspring's inheritance. That's according to new research that finds plastic nanoparticles eaten by nematodes can make their way into ...