A key to soybean cyst nematode growth identified

Sunday, March 31, 2019 - 16:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The soybean cyst nematode, one of the crop's most destructive pests, isn't like most of its wormy relatives. Whereas the vast majority of nematodes look like the microscopic worms they are, the female soybean cyst nematode shape-shifts into a tiny lemon after feeding on soybean roots.

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