The Phylum Nematoda consists of the species commonly known as roundworms. There are approximately 12,000 described species, but the actual number could be many times higher. Nematode worms are extremely abundant; often, several hundred species, and as...

Also called ascaris, this disease is caused by a large intestinal roundworm. The ova can remain viable in the soil for a long time and control of the disease is by careful control of sewage and sewage...

(from Greek, nema, thread, eidos: form) A class (see TAXONOMY) of worms, including threadworms and roundworms. In neuroscience, undoubtedly the most famous type of nematode is CAENORHABDITIS...

Any worm of the class Nematoda or unsegmented worms. The group includes both free-living and parasitic...

Adenophorea    Subclass Enoplia    Subclass Chromadoria Secernentea    Subclass Rhabditia    Subclass Spiruria    Subclass Diplogasteria    Subclass...

The golden nematode Globodera rostochiensis poses a major threat to the US potato industry. The worms, whose voracious appetite for potato plant roots can lead to the wipeout of an entire crop, can lie dormant in the soil for years, then cause destruction when...

Byline: Pam Henderson No matter what the seed label says, most soybean cyst nematode (SCN)- resistant soybean varieties are not resistant to the pest. "At least not to the SCN populations we have in Illinois," says Terry Niblack, University of Illinois nematologist....

Scientists are using DNA comparisons to try to find out how a microscopic wormlike pest that attacks potato plants made its way into this country _ an infestation that last year closed some foreign markets to U.S. growers.The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Nematology Laboratory in...

An eighth field in Idaho has been found to be infected with a microscopic wormlike pest that attacks potato plants, though officials don't expect the same fallout U.S. growers suffered last year.The latest southeastern field infected with the potato cyst nematode is adjacent to two...