Agronomists share effective strategies for combating soybean cyst nematodes including crop rotation, resistant varieties and weed control.

Soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is the most damaging pest in U.S. soybean production. It affects more than 200,000 growers, and annual soybean cyst nematode yield loss costs growers an estimated $1.5 ...

Soybean cyst nematodes have found their way to all soybean-producing states, but the depth of their spread is unclear since ...

The soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) is the most significant nematode pest affecting soybeans on Delmarva and in the United States. First detected in Delaware in the fall of 1979, the ...

A new study opens new avenues for combating soybean cyst nematodes, the most damaging pest for U.S. soybean crops. Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to ...

The root-knot nematode (RKN), specifically the southern root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita), is a yield-limiting nematode present in many Delaware fields. It is particularly damaging to soybean ...

A growing body of evidence indicates that epigenetic modifications can provide efficient, dynamic, and reversible cellular responses to a wide range of environmental stimuli. However, the significance ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Soil conditions have been perfect for needle nematode activity this spring, said a Purdue University nematologist. Also known as corn nematode, needle nematode activity usually ...

J. Earl Creech, Jared S. Webb, Bryan G. Young, Jason P. Bond, S. Kent Harrison, Virginia R. Ferris, Jamal Faghihi, Andreas Westphal and William G. Johnson A survey of seven production fields in ...

A photo of a cyst nematode's head viewed through a high-power microscope shows its esophageal glands, which produce effectors it uses to infect host plants. The image was digitally edited to highlight ...