U.S. soybean farmers face a $1 billion problem each year in the form of yield losses from soybean cyst nematode (SCN). 1 Yet rather than throw up your hands in defeat, get down in the soil and get ...

To top it off, weed control is doubly important for fields at risk for soybean cyst nematode (SCN), as many common winter annual weeds host SCN. Learn how to get ahead of winter annual weeds (and ...

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

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The soybean farmer's biggest enemy – a tiny parasitic worm known as the soybean cyst nematode – will soon not be a worry, thanks to Purdue University scientists and Midwestern ...

AMES, Iowa – Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use to infect plant roots could be a powerful method for reducing the damage the parasitic worms cause in ...

Soybean cyst nematodes are a growing problem for soybean producers. Iowa State University researchers continue to study this tiny worm that causes up to $1.2 billion worth of damage to soybeans ...

The soybean cyst nematode or SCN is being tracked in a survey throughout the United States and Canada every few years. SCN Coalition co-leader and Iowa State University Extension plant pathologist ...

More information: Mst Shamira Sultana et al, Differential Transcriptome Reprogramming Induced by the Soybean Cyst Nematode Type 0 and Type 1.2.5.7 During Resistant and Susceptible Interactions ...

Soybean cyst nematodes are microscopic roundworms, or Heterodera glycines, that infect the roots of soybeans and other plants, especially legumes and some weed species. Their egg packets ...

A new study opens new avenues for combating soybean cyst nematodes, the most damaging pest for U.S. soybean crops. Targeting a newly discovered vulnerability in the signals that cyst nematodes use ...

Cyst nematodes produce their effectors in their esophageal glands. In prior research, Baum’s lab sequenced both the whole genome of the soybean cyst nematode and the transcriptome of its gland ...