Nematodes

Word NEMATODES
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Definitions and meanings of "Nematodes"

What do we mean by nematodes?

A worm of the large phylum Nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm.

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The word "nematodes" in example sentences

In India, where marigolds are traditionally planted among other crops, African marigolds (Tagetes erecta) intercropped with tomatoes or okra, were found to be effective for reducing six kinds of nematodes including the root knot nematode, and for increasing the quality and quantity of crop yields. 57 There appear to be several ways in which marigolds affect nematodes: substances exuded from marigold roots are nematocidal, the nematodes’ life cycle is interrupted because nematode larvae have difficulty penetrating marigold roots, and nematodes are unable to develop once inside the roots. ❋ Unknown (1991)

His response was "As far as I know, all attempts to show learning in nematodes have failed," but that I was free to choose my research project when I arrived. ❋ Unknown (2003)

He had set out a few years before in search of new varieties of minuscule but ubiquitous and extraordinarily hardy roundworms—which aren’t really worms at all but rather are called nematodes. ❋ Marc Kaufman (2011)

DBCP, short for dibromochloropropane, was widely used around the world in the 1960s and 1970s to control microscopic worms called nematodes that attack roots and destroy crops. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The IQ gap between our descendants and us, one essayist estimates, will be greater than the gap between us and tiny worms called nematodes, which can't even balance a checkbook. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Soil life forms increase in complexity to microscopic round worms called nematodes, various kinds of mollusks like snails and slugs (many so tiny the gardener has no idea they are populating the soil), thousands of almost microscopic soil-dwelling members of the spider family that zoologists call arthropods, the insects in all their profusion and complexity, and, of course, certain larger soil animals most of us are familiar with such as moles. ❋ Steve Solomon (N/A)

Tiny, wormlike organisms called nematodes can be friend or foe to farmers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One is to grow tiny worms called nematodes that naturally attack the beetle. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The researchers then unleashed roundworms, also called nematodes, on the plots.

The symptoms that you described could be the result of a root problem, but the cause could be the pathogen that causes EBD, the microscopic ell worms called nematodes, and / or extended drought. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The guy with multiple PH. D's sees the alien bugs and says "some kind of nematodes". ❋ Unknown (2009)

Animals such as nematodes, fruit flies and mice share many of the same genes as humans and are often used as models to understand human genetics. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Seed treatments protect seeds from pests such as nematodes, diseases and insects, and can help plants manage stress conditions, thus helping to maximize yield potential. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"We can take these soil maps and using what we know about nematodes make an accurate prediction of both how many and what kind of nematodes we have in a very small area of a field. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Basic science: Humans and nematodes worms are 70 percent genetically similar, but shared DNA does not equate to functional similarity. ❋ Jon Entine (2011)

In the U.S. and elsewhere a similar shortage exists for specialists of certain types of black flies, beetles, nematodes, mites, spiders, centipedes, millipedes, clams and parasitic wasps. ❋ Gautam Naik (2011)

The nematodes bring grubs to an organic but grisly end. ❋ Dan Pearson (2010)

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