Fungi and nematodes are among the most abundant organisms in soil habitats. They
provide essential ecosystem services and play crucial roles for maintaining the stability of …

Plant pathogens have evolved a variety of different strategies that allow them to successfully
infect their hosts. Plant-parasitic nematodes secrete numerous proteins into their hosts …

Fundamentals of Soil Ecology, 3rd Edition, offers a holistic approach to soil biology and
ecosystem function, providing students and ecosystem researchers with a greater …

Lateral gene transfer from prokaryotes to animals is poorly understood, and the scarce
documented examples generally concern genes of uncharacterized role in the receiver …

The biodiversity of soil animals (fauna) is large, and fauna critically affect soil processes by
feeding and fragmenting plant materials and organic substrates. Soil fauna exist in food …

The origin of plant parasitism within the phylum Nematoda is intriguing. The ability to
parasitize plants has originated independently at least three times during nematode …

Plant‐parasitic nematodes of the genus Pratylenchus are among the top three most
significant nematode pests of crop and horticultural plants worldwide. There are more than …

Root lesion nematodes (RLNs) are one of the most economically important groups of plant
nematodes. As migratory endoparasites, their presence in roots is less obvious than …

To study interactions between plants and plant-parasitic nematodes, several omics studies
have nowadays become extremely useful. Since most data available so far is derived from …

Within the species-rich and trophically diverse phylum Nematoda, at least four independent
major lineages of plant parasites have evolved, and in at least one of these major lineages …