A new study opens new avenues for combating soybean cyst nematodes, the most damaging pest for U.S. soybean crops.

Researchers at the Salk Institute have discovered a way to make soil fungus work harder, delivering more nutrients to plants.

Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to infect plant roots could be a powerful ...

When analyzing the alpha diversity of plants and parasites specifically, we found no notable differences in species diversity between groups. A possible explanation is that, despite differences in ...

Growing a vegetable garden is plenty of work on its own without worrying that your efforts will be ruined by hungry pests.

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or ...

Veridi is automating the process of soil biodiversity diagnostics to make it faster, cheaper, and accessible to anyone.

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Planting a diversity of crops can prove beneficial during extreme weather events. Some plants are better able to stand up to ...

Growing your own basil lets you always have the fragrant herb on hand. But before you embark on your basil-growing journey, ...

In botanical terms, plant parasites are classified a bit differently than the aforementioned parasitic animals. Botanists ...

Among plants, the parasitic mistletoe uses a specialized ... that the paper “does the field a service” by cataloguing examples of toxin delivery across a wide range of non-animal organisms.