Nematodes are microscopic regionalUpdateContent pests of golf course turfgrasses. Nematode feeding habits weaken the turfgrass plant and compromise the playing surfaces on a golf course. To combat ...

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 ...

Iowa State University nematologist Greg Tylka is receiving the 2026 Iowa Master Farmer Exceptional Service to Agriculture Award.

TAHOKA - Jack Scott calls it "green manure." The Lynn County farmer has received his share of surprised reactions to his description of turning over his rye-covered topsoil. The phrase refers, though, ...

Every year, cotton growers in Texas and Oklahoma battle an unforeseen enemy—cotton nematodes. Unless you have a microscope, it is literally the invisible purveyor of death and destruction to cotton ...

Researchers at the University of Illinois and partner institutions created the first soybean cyst nematode pangenome. The post Scientists map soybean cyst nematode pangenome to fight $1.5B pest ...

A newly published study from the University of Guam sheds light on a tiny but powerful ally in the soil and how it could help Guam farmers and growers protect ...

The use of nematophagous fungi in the biological control of nematodes offers a sustainable alternative to chemical interventions in both agricultural and veterinary settings. These fungi, which ...

It’s a familiar complaint and one not without foundation: the business of keeping on top of garden pests is increasingly fraught. Pesticides vanish off the shelves with no warning to be replaced by ...