Research by the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen reveals how nematodes can rapidly change to predatory behaviour through long-term environmental exposure. Over 101 generations, dietary ...
When the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans gets caught by its fungal predator Arthrobotrys oligospora, it doesn't just wriggle endlessly—it suddenly "freezes," stopping all movement and feeding as ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract ABSTRACT: Many nematode species are candidate predators of other nematodes. However, the impact of predation on prey population dynamics and ...
DEAR GARDEN COACH: A recent column mentioning nematodes leaves me and possible other readers confused. You make no distinction between harmful and beneficial nematodes, if there is such a thing.
Ching-Ting Yang, Guillermo Vidal-Diez de Ulzurrun, A. Pedro Gonçalves, Hung-Che Lin, Ching-Wen Chang, Tsung-Yu Huang, Sheng-An Chen, Cheng-Kuo Lai, Isheng J. Tsai, Frank C. Schroeder, Jason E. Stajich ...
These predatory worms have figured out meal delivery. Called entomopathogenic (for insect-killing) nematodes, they infect and feed on an insect, then multiply within its carcass. While feeding, the ...
Gardeners commonly use nematodes to naturally get rid of harmful soil-dwelling insects. A new study published today in the journal Functional Ecology revealed that these insect-killing nematodes also ...
We all know that true friends cannot be bought with money — but there’s one instance where they can. Suzanne Wainwright Evans, aka Buglady Consulting, is a horticultural entomologist specializing in ...
DEAR GARDEN COACH: A recent column mentioning nematodes leaves me and possible other readers confused. You make no distinction between harmful and beneficial nematodes, if there is such a thing.