Disrupting ‘communication’ with plants could limit soybean cyst nematode infections - Scientific Inquirer

Disrupting ‘communication’ with plants could limit soybean cyst nematode infections - Scientific Inquirer

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 crops such as soybeans, according to a study co-authored by an Iowa State University professor. Researchers identified a single protein in cyst nematodes that triggers dozens of the chemical signals called effectors that the microscopic roundworms release inside ro…