Discovery paves way for more resistant #soybeans to combat $1.5 billion #crop loss from #nematode #infection.
#agriculture #CPR1 #GmBCAT1 #pathology
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-discovery-paves-resistant-soybeans-combat.html
Do or die: How #soybeans tackle #nematode invaders.
#agriculture #transcriptome #RNA
https://phys.org/news/2025-01-die-soybeans-tackle-nematode-invaders.html
23-Jan-2025
Rooting for resistance: How #soybeans tackle #nematode invaders is no secret anymore
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1071550 #science #ecology #plants #pathogens
New publication: On the diversity of nematode antagonists in an agricultural #soil, and their steerability by root-knot #nematode density and cover #crops. #parasiticnematodes #agriculture
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2024.109693
The #pine #wilt disease caused by the #nematode #Bursaphelenchus xylophilus and transmitted by longhorn beetles from the genus #Monochamus is believed to have originated in North America and spread to eastern Asia and to Europe, threatening pine #forests in these regions. Review in the journal Plant Pathology by Matthew A. Back and others - https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13875
In #nematode worms, sensory neurons guide the decision to abandon a piece of food during a highly active foraging state. https://elifesciences.org/digests/88657/to-leave-or-not-to-leave?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=organic
Scientists question cancer tests that use microscopic nematode worms
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03733-9 #nematode #cancerfree #tested #positive # Japanese #startup #NーNOSE #PET
Starvation turns some #fungi into #nematode-eating #predators. Study by @fungi_worms &co reveals increased DNA replication, translation & secretion as worm traps develop; DUF3129 proteins on trap surfaces are involved in worm #adhesion #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/40ShdiM
Interdomain horizontal gene transfer: Dengke Ma, Matthew Daugherty and coworkers find that key rml-3 gene conferring #nematode #exoskeleton resilience against environmental toxins appears to stem from the #bacterial kingdom
How does the brain consider an animal's current actions when responding to its environment? @AndrewLeifer &co use high-throughput #optogenetic perturbations to show how motor-related signals influence a #nematode’s response to #TouchSensation. #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/455hWOh
.@Dardiry_mo &co show that synergy between multiple cis-reg elements at a core dev gene controls switch-rate of mouth-form plasticity in the #nematode Pristionchus, suggesting how #plasticity is genetically controlled in natural populations #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/3DZKLRd
Worms Revived After 46,000 Years Frozen in Siberian Permafrost
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/science/roundworm-nematodes-siberia-permafrost.html
* tardigrades, rotifers & nematodes survive harsh conditions by entering dormant state: cryptobiosis
* 2 roundworm (nematode) species buried ~130 ft. in Siberian Permafrost radiocarbon dated 46,000 years
* revived by simply putting them in water
Paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1010798
"Scientists woke up a 46,000-year-old roundworm from Siberian permafrost
A female microscopic roundworm that spent the last 46,000 years in suspended animation deep in the Siberian permafrost was revived and started having babies in a laboratory dish."
Fadenwurm überlebt 46.000 Jahre im Eis. Forschungsteam entschlüsselt Überlebenstricks der eiszeitlichen Permafrost-Nematoden. #Fadenwurm #Permafrost #Cryptobiose #Nematode #Tiere #Eis
https://www.scinexx.de/news/biowissen/fadenwurm-ueberlebt-46-000-jahre-im-eis/
Static electricity helps parasitic #nematodes land on victims
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/static-electricity-parasite-nematodes
The small electric charge generated by a moving #insect is enough to affect the trajectory of a parasitic #nematode’s leap so it lands right on its host.
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In Monday's talk, she will present new research "hyperTDA: higher order data analysis for biological systems". Join us on Monday to discover how persistent-homology #hypergraphs can shed light on the structure of #proteins, #chromatin, anomalous diffusion, #nematode tracks and immune cell trajectories in zebrafish!