We report on a novel method to disseminate an entomopathogenic nematode, Steinernema scapterisci Nguyen & Smart, planned to capitalize on the potential of the nematode as a classical, inoculative ...

Scientists at UC Riverside have unveiled a new weapon in the fight against crop pests: a tiny nematode species capable of infecting and eliminating insects. Named Steinernema adamsi after American ...

Steinernema adamsi being released from the body of a deceased host. Credit: Adler Dillman / UCR UC Riverside scientists have discovered a tiny worm species that infects and kills insects. These worms, ...

Scientists have discovered a tiny worm species that infects and kills insects. These worms, called nematodes, could control crop pests in warm, humid places where other beneficial nematodes are ...

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A tiny, jumping worm has a rather unusual sexual development when compared with other nematodes, and it could help give answers to evolution and genetics. Because of their abundance and simplicity, ...

New nematode species Steinernema adamsi close up under a microscope.

Steinernema adamsi being released from the body of a deceased host.

Researchers have identified a microscopic worm species that infects and kills insects.These worms, known as nematodes, have the potential to manage crop pests in warm, humid environments where other ...