Parasites

New research provides valuable insight for understanding and preventing the transmission of disease within and between animal species 

This most damaging soybean pathogen was first found in the US in 1954 and most recent estimates show that it results in $1.5 billion in annual yield losses

Nearly half a million dollars will fund a Canadian research chair to ensure food safety and quality when it comes to using natural products to control pathogens

Scientists say there is a high risk that relocations of endangered species are accidentally spreading diseases and parasites

Scientists find natural decline of cyst nematodes in California crops is likely due to a diverse population of fungi killing these pests

Gliding movements to invade host cells

Princeton researchers find the key to multi-generational pathogen avoidance: a small RNA called P11 

Researchers have been experimenting with a thin mesh covering, called exclusion netting, around berry crops as a means to prevent spotted wing drosophila infestation

New sensor technology improves poultry welfare

In a study of ethnically diverse people from Cameroon, the presence of a parasite infection was closely linked to the makeup of the gastrointestinal microbiome