As part of a successful agronomic strategy, adequate nutrient management of the potato
crop is essential throughout the whole growth period. In this review, the importance of …

Highlights•Plant-parasitic nematode (PPN) effectors are often involved host defense
suppression.•Secreted effector proteins may be found in large, diverse gene …

The goal of many genome sequencing projects is to provide a complete representation of a
target genome (or genomes) as underpinning data for further analyses. However, it can be …

Genome annotation is the process of identifying the location and function of a genome's
encoded features. Improving the biological accuracy of annotation is a complex and iterative …

In plants, nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat (NLR)-containing proteins can
form receptor networks to confer hypersensitive cell death and innate immunity. One class of …

Abstract WormBase (http://www. wormbase. org) is an important knowledge resource for
biomedical researchers worldwide. To accommodate the ever increasing amount and …

Root-knot nematodes (RKNs; Meloidogyne spp.) engage in complex parasitic interactions
with many different host plants around the world, initiating elaborate feeding sites and …

Plant-parasitic nematodes (PPNs) interact with plants in different ways, for example, through
subtle feeding behavior, migrating destructively through infected tissues, or acting as virus …

Sedentary endoparasitic nematodes, such as root-knot nematodes (RKN; Meloidogyne spp.)
and cyst nematodes (CN; Heterodera spp. and Globodera spp.) cause considerable …

Highlights•Cyst and root-knot nematodes establish neoplastic feeding sites in roots of their
host plants.•Plant hormones and small RNAs play a role in feeding site formation and …