If your plants wither and die without apparent cause, however, consider the possibility of an infestation of root-eating nematodes and order a nematode assay from a soil testing lab. One option is ...

But another larva, this time from the vine weevil, might be to blame for wilted plants right now – especially houseplants, strawberry ... likely to be hit with an infestation.

Before farmers are even aware of the belowground infestation, the soybean cyst nematode silently begins to wreak havoc on soybean yield. Fortunately, breeders have identified soybean varieties ...

Though the protein – a transcription factor that binds to genes, turning them on or off – is likely one of several that regulate effector production, researchers found that without it the nematode ...

The paper is titled "Differential Transcriptome Reprogramming Induced by the Soybean Cyst Nematode Type 0 and Type 1.2.5.7 During Resistant and Susceptible Interactions." ...