Molecular phylogenetics has transformed our understanding of nematode evolution and taxonomy, revealing the relationships among free-living, marine, soil-dwelling and parasitic lineages across the ...

Soil nematodes represent a major component of soil communities in terrestrial ecosystems, and play an important role in regulating nutrient cycling and soil health. High-throughput sequencing ...

UC Riverside scientists have discovered a tiny worm species that infects and kills insects. These worms, called nematodes, could control crop pests in warm, humid places where other beneficial ...