A wide range of abiotic and biotic stresses adversely affect plant's growth and production.
Under stress, one of the main responses of plants is the modulation of exudates excreted in …

Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) are among the most notorious and underrated threats to
food security and plant health worldwide, compromising crop yields and causing billions of …

Plant-parasitic nematodes are costly burdens of crop production. Ubiquitous in nature,
phytoparasitic nematodes are associated with nearly every important agricultural crop and …

Cereal cyst nematodes (CCNs) are among the most important nematode pests that limit
production of small grain cereals like wheat and barley. These nematodes alone are …

Nematodes are key components of soil biodiversity and represent valuable bio-indicators of
soil food webs. Numerous community indices have been developed in order to track …

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 …

Plant parasitic nematodes must be able to locate and feed from their host in order to survive.
Here we show that Pratylenchus coffeae regulates the expression of selected cell-wall …

One of the greatest challenges in soil ecology is to understand the mechanisms underlying
the composition of complex soil communities. The members of these communities are not …

Small grain cereals have served as the basis for staple foods, beverages, and animal feed
for thousands of years. Wheat, barley, oats, rye, triticale, rice, and others are rich in calories …

Early maturing varieties of soybean have a high yield potential in Europe, where the main
biotic threat to soybean cultivation are root lesion nematodes (Pratylenchus spp.). Nitrogen …