Discovery paves way for more resistant #soybeans to combat $1.5 billion #crop loss from #nematode #infection.
#agriculture #CPR1 #GmBCAT1 #pathology
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-discovery-paves-resistant-soybeans-combat.html
Do or die: How #soybeans tackle #nematode invaders.
#agriculture #transcriptome #RNA
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-die-soybeans-tackle-nematode-invaders.html
23-Jan-2025
Rooting for resistance: How #soybeans tackle #nematode invaders is no secret anymore
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1071550 #science #ecology #plants #pathogens
`A baby tardigrade riding a nematode`
The #pine #wilt disease caused by the #nematode #Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and transmitted by longhorn beetles from the genus #Monochamus is believed to have originated in North America and spread to eastern Asia and to Europe, threatening pine #forests in these regions. Review in the journal Plant Pathology by Matthew A. Back and others - https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13875
Study finds wild #nematode worms learn to avoid harmful #bacteria—and their offspring #inherit this knowledge.
#Pseudomonas #C_elegans #RNA #Pv1
https://phys.org/news/2024-03-wild-nematode-worms-bacteria-offspring.html
Single degenerated #primer significantly improves #COX1 #barcoding performance in #soil #nematode profiling.
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-degenerated-primer-significantly-cox1-barcoding.html
In #nematode worms, sensory neurons guide the decision to abandon a piece of food during a highly active foraging state. https://elifesciences.org/digests/88657/to-leave-or-not-to-leave?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic
Scientists question cancer tests that use microscopic nematode worms
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03733-9 #nematode #cancerfree #tested #positive # Japanese #startup #NーNOSE #PET
Starvation turns some #fungi into #nematode-eating #predators. Study by @fungi_worms &co reveals increased DNA replication, translation & secretion as worm traps develop; DUF3129 proteins on trap surfaces are involved in worm #adhesion #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/40ShdiM
Interdomain horizontal gene transfer: Dengke Ma, Matthew Daugherty and coworkers find that key rml-3 gene conferring #nematode #exoskeleton resilience against environmental toxins appears to stem from the #bacterial kingdom
Ars Technica: Worm that jumps from rats to slugs to human brains has invaded Southeast US https://arstechnica.com/?p=1970550 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #Infectiousdisease #Angiostrongylus #ratlungworm #nematode #parasite #Science #Atlanta #Health #brains #Hawaii #spain #rats #worm
How does the brain consider an animal's current actions when responding to its environment? @AndrewLeifer &co use high-throughput #optogenetic perturbations to show how motor-related signals influence a #nematode’s response to #TouchSensation. #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/455hWOh
"Each pulse’s timing, amplitude, and duration are dictated by the phased expression of these NHRs and the C. #elegans Period ortholog, LIN-42, that binds to and represses NHR-85. Therefore, during #nematode temporal patterning, an #evolutionary rewiring of #circadian clock components couples the timing of #gene expression to the control of transcriptional dosage."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1534580723004021?via%3Dihub
.@Dardiry_mo &co show that synergy between multiple cis-reg elements at a core dev gene controls switch-rate of mouth-form plasticity in the #nematode Pristionchus, suggesting how #plasticity is genetically controlled in natural populations #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3DZKLRd