Sentences with phrase «nematodes feed»

Parasitic nematodes feed on a wide range of crops, including corn, wheat, coffee, soybeans, potatoes and a host of fruit trees.

If the nematodes feed on the fungal cells, they ingest the toxic protein.

«Technology is changing all the time, we're gaining new tools constantly, so you never know when something new is going to allow us to do something specific at the site of nematode feeding that will lead to a breakthrough.»

Subsequently, during the nematode feeding stage, the fungus increases plant defences regulated by jasmonic acid, leading to reduced nematode development and reproduction.

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Description: Nematodes are microscopic worms that feed on the plant roots.

POISONED BY MOM A C. elegans nematode that inherits a gene for the antidote to a maternal toxin grows a normal feeding tube (shown first).

That's how many lab C. elegans nematodes grow a normal body (left) with a wide, inner feeding tube (partly visible toward worm top).

Microscopic roundworms (nematodes) live like maggots in bacon: They penetrate into the roots of beets, potatoes or soybeans and feed on plant cells, which are full of energy.

About 15 years ago, Mitchum and colleagues unlocked clues into how nematodes use small chains of amino acids, or peptides, to feed on soybean roots.

Understanding the molecular basis of interactions between plants and nematodes could lead to the development of new strategies to control these major agricultural pests and help feed a growing global population.

When they took away the ability of the nematode to secrete cytokinin certain cell cycle genes were not activated at the feeding site and the nematodes did not develop.

This «molecular mimicry» helps nematodes produce the feeding sites from which they drain plant nutrients.»

All three cytokinin receptor genes were activated where the nematode was feeding.

«Nematodes use the spit to transform the host cell into a nutrient sink from which they feed on during their entire life cycle.

Scientists at the University of Bonn together with an international team discovered that nematodes produce a plant hormone to stimulate the growth of specific feeding cells in the roots.

They then fed these bacteria to nematodes, who took up the heavy isotope into their own tissues.

The team meticulously isolated individual worms, which they first characterized under a microscope (nematodes have traditionally been classified into four «feeding groups» based on their mouthparts) and then by DNA analysis.

This induces the fungi, which normally feed on dissolved organic matter, to eat the nearby nematodes.

Gerhold and Jessup argue that the feeding stations commonly used by colony caregivers attract raccoons, which «harbour an intestinal nematode parasite, Baylisascaris procyonis (i.e., raccoon roundworm), that has caused morbidity and mortality in humans, especially children.»

To prevent this disease, have your pet's stool checked yearly for parasites and feed a monthly heartworm preventative that also kills nematodes.