News of the Laboratory of Nematology
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Project Wise with Worms: 'First egg has been laid'
April 2, 2024 - As spring has come to a start, it is expected that Dutch cattle will soon be able to go outside again. However, grazing also brings eggs of... -
Aska Goverse en Hans Helder bij Omroep Gelderland
March 26, 2024 - Op 20 maart heeft Omroep Gelderland een interview gehad met Aska Goverse en Hans Helder. Per 1 maart is een groot project, gefinancieerd door de EU,... -
106th WUR Dies Natalis:Alejandro Berlinches de Gea talked about microbiomes
March 15, 2024 - Alejandro is a PhD at Nematology. He was selected as one of the three young researchers to give a talk in the Dies Natalis. -
Zooming in on microbiomes: meet the tiny predators that are vital for ecosystems
March 2, 2024 - Microbes in the soil are constantly on the move, hunting, feeding, and releasing nutrients to plants. PhD student Alejandro Berlinches de Gea studies... -
Transcription factor WOX11 modulates tolerance to cyst nematodes via adventitious lateral root formation
February 21, 2024 - Plants display intraspecific variation in tolerance limits for root-feeding nematodes. Although disease tolerance has been recognized as a distinct... -
Video: Plant parasitic nematode infects Arabidopsis
February 19, 2024 - The root lesion nematode Pratylenchus penetrans infecting the roots of Arabidopsis thaliana. -
Testimonial Ruben Mc Carthy
January 29, 2024 - Ruben has completed his thesis at Nematology. -
Plant-parasitic nematodes on the rise: WUR launches major research project
January 9, 2024 - Climate change and genetic selection have brought root-knot nematodes further north in Europe and made cyst nematodes more difficult to control. These... -
A full-length SSU rRNA-based workflow for high-resolution monitoring of nematode communities reveals direct and indirect responses to plant-based manipulations
December 14, 2023 - Nematodes are considered an informative taxonomic group to assess soil health, but their routine use in soil assessments requires a method that... -
Nematodes in WUR Image Collections
December 6, 2023 - In the course of their work, researchers from WUR's Laboratory of Nematology took high-resolution pictures of hundreds of nematode (roundworm)...