INTRODUCTION TO PLANT PARASITIC NEMATODES: 1. WHAT ARE NEMATODES?

This is the first of a series of short articles describing nematodes that affect plants. What are nematodes? Nematodes are worms. As a group (classified as Nematoidea) nematodes are one of the most numerous of all animals and are aquatic organisms, requiring moisture, fluids, and water in order to be active and to move. Nematodes […]

TRICAL DIAGNOSTICS EXPANDS SERVICES

TriCal Diagnostics has hired two specialists to expand the services offered by our lab. Senior Researcher and Nematologist Dr. Kristi Sanchez received her Ph. D. in Plant Pathology, specializing in Nematology, from the University of California, Davis. She has over a decade of combined research and field experience while working at UC Davis, the agrichemical […]