Root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.) a threat to agriculture in Mexico: biology, current control strategies, and perspectives

I Tapia-Vázquez, AC Montoya-Martínez… - World Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Root-knot nematodes (RKN) are sedentary parasites of the roots of plants and are
considered some of the most damaging pests in agriculture. Since RKN target the root …

Root-Knot Nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.): Biology, Plant-Nematode Interactions and Their Environmentally Benign Management Strategies

A Khan, A Khan, A Ali, S Fatima, MA Siddiqui - Gesunde Pflanzen, 2023 - Springer
Root-knot nematodes pose a significant threat to agricultural production all over the world.
They are ubiquitous, polyphagous, sedentary endoparasites and belong to genus …

Copy number variation introduced by a massive mobile element facilitates global thermal adaptation in a fungal wheat pathogen

SM Tralamazza, E Gluck-Thaler, A Feurtey… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Copy number variation (CNV) can drive rapid evolution in changing environments. In
microbial pathogens, such adaptation is a key factor underpinning epidemics and …

Unzipped chromosome-level genomes reveal allopolyploid nematode origin pattern as unreduced gamete hybridization

D Dai, C Xie, Y Zhou, D Bo, S Zhang, S Mao… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The formation and consequences of polyploidization in animals with clonal reproduction
remain largely unknown. Clade I root-knot nematodes (RKNs), characterized by …

Genome assembly and annotation of Meloidogyne enterolobii, an emerging parthenogenetic root-knot nematode

GD Koutsovoulos, M Poullet, A Elashry, DKL Kozlowski… - Scientific Data, 2020 - nature.com
Root-knot nematodes (genus Meloidogyne) are plant parasites causing huge economic loss
in the agricultural industry and affecting severely numerous developing countries. Control …

Advances in Plant−Nematode Interactions with Emphasis on the Notorious Nematode Genus Meloidogyne

I Kaloshian, M Teixeira - Phytopathology, 2019 - Am Phytopath Society
Plant infections by plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) continue to be one of the major
limitations in agricultural systems. Root-knot nematodes (RKNs), belonging to the genus …

Biotechnological tools to elucidate the mechanism of plant and nematode interactions

A Khan, S Chen, S Fatima, L Ahamad, MA Siddiqui - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) pose a threat to global food security in both the
developed and developing worlds. PPNs cause crop losses worth a total of more than USD …

Protective role of native root-associated bacterial consortium against root-knot nematode infection in susceptible plants

S La, J Li, S Ma, X Liu, L Gao, Y Tian - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Root-knot nematodes (RKNs) are a global menace to agricultural crop production. The role
of root-associated microbes (RAMs) in plant protection against RKN infection remains …

Duplication and diversification of trehalase confers evolutionary advantages on lepidopteran insects

Y Zhou, X Li, S Katsuma, Y Xu, L Shi… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Gene duplication provides a major source of new genes for evolutionary novelty and
ecological adaptation. However, the maintenance of duplicated genes and their relevance to …

Recent advances in population genomics of plant-parasitic nematodes

J Montarry, B Mimee, EGJ Danchin… - …, 2021 - Am Phytopath Society
Plant-parasitic nematodes are a costly burden of crop production. Ubiquitous in nature,
phytoparasitic nematodes are associated with nearly every important agricultural crop and …