News tagged with soybean cyst nematode


Computers aid in cracking deception in plants

Computers aid in cracking deception in plants

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If the growing presence of computer 'geeks' on television crime shows is any indicator, computers are increasingly becoming essential tools for detecting and combating skullduggery. However, television detectives ...





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Soybean varieties viable in southern Indiana, resistant to root-knot nematode

Soybean varieties viable in southern Indiana, resistant to root-knot nematode

Biology /

created Mar 20, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Purdue University researchers have identified several soybean varieties that grow well in areas of the Midwest like southern Indiana and are resistant to root-knot nematodes, a plant-destroying parasite with ...


Outwitting pesky parasites

Biology /

created Jul 15, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Across the southern United States, an invisible, yet deadly parasite known as the root-knot nematode is crippling soybean crops. While plant breeders are racing to develop cultivars resistant to the root-knot nematode, they ...


Plant soybean early to increase yield

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Over the past decade, two-thirds of Indiana growers have shifted to planting their soybean crop earlier because they believe that earlier planting increases yield. Planting date is probably one of the most important yet least ...


Researchers find dual-use sexual attraction and population-control chemicals in nematodes

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created Jul 31, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Organisms ranging from humans to plants to the lowliest bacterium use molecules to communicate. Some chemicals trigger the various stages of an organism's development, and still others are used to attract members of the opposite ...


Unusually quiet year for soybean aphids, but don't stop scouting

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Entomologists across the Midwest expected to see soybean aphid outbreaks this year, but aphids have been slow in coming out, according to a Purdue University field crops entomologist.


Computer Modeling Can Contribute to Thai Soybean Production

Computer Modeling Can Contribute to Thai Soybean Production

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are testing the soybean model GLYCIM to improve its performance under a range of conditions around the world. In the process, they’ve been able ...


Researchers Discover Dual-Use Sexual Attraction and Population-Control Chemicals in Nematodes

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created Aug 01, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Organisms ranging from humans to plants to the lowliest bacterium use molecules to communicate. Some chemicals trigger the various stages of an organism's development, and still others are used to attract ...


Indiana U scientists uncover potential key to better drugs to fight toxoplasmosis parasite

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Jun 18, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Discoveries by Indiana University School of Medicine scientists have opened a promising door to new drugs for toxoplasmosis and other parasites that now can evade treatments by turning dormant in the body.


Laparoscopic approach to retrorectal cyst

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 01, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Retrorectal cystic hamartoma (hindgut cyst) is a rare developmental lesion arising from the vestiges of the embryonic hind gut. Other developmental cysts can occur in retrorectal space. Anal gland cysts can develop near the ...


Scientists Find Ozone Levels Already Affecting Soybean Yields

Scientists Find Ozone Levels Already Affecting Soybean Yields

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Current atmospheric ozone levels are already suppressing soybean yields, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and university cooperators studying the effect of global ...



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