People love the taste of sugar beets' primary byproduct: white sugar. Soilborne cyst nematodes—parasitic, microscopic ...

At a special meeting on the prevention and control of pine wilt nematode disease, the administration mentioned that in recent ...

"These findings not only enhance our understanding of the plant-parasite interaction but also open up new avenues for developing innovative strategies." Scientists battle pest capable of wiping out ...

Researchers agree that work needs to be done to understand the impact of changing growing systems on this key soil-borne ...

Helminthic infections are associated with severe morbidity particularly in young children who often harbor the highest burden of disease. While each helminth species completes a distinct life cycle ...

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources is urging caution after invasive snail species in the state were found to harbor ...

Leading pine wilt disease experts from 19 research institutes and universities in China have reached the Xiangshan Consensus on the future development of the field in the next five to 10 years, the ...

Registration is open for the 16th annual trail race at Southern Adventist University, a collaboration between the ...

Drug-resistant infections occur when pathogens change in ways that render antimicrobial drugs ineffective. As a result, the pathogens survive and continue to spread. When infections are treatable with ...

Gene silencing is a negative feedback mechanism that regulates gene expression to define cell fate and also regulates metabolism and gene expression throughout the life of an organism. In plants, gene ...