Around nine kilometres south of the city of Jaén (Spain), Spanish scientists have found a new species of nematode in the compost at a vegetable garden. The specimens found are extremely small, with ...

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 ...

Have you ever pulled up vegetable plants such as tomatoes or peppers at the end of the growing season and noticed bumps along the underground portion of the stem or on the roots? Did you wonder what ...

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 ...

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Microscopic nematodes play important roles in soil ecosystem and often serve as bioindicators of soil health. The identification of soil nematodes is often difficult due to their limited diagnostic ...

Scientists have published the largest nematode phylogenetic tree up until now. It contains over 1,200 species and is entirely based on the analysis of DNA sequence data. Scientists from Wageningen ...

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Nematodes have simple genomes and a short lifespan. Chernobyl is a dangerous place to be due to high levels of radiation still present in the area following the 1986 nuclear disaster, one of the worst ...