David Pires

🌱🦠 New preprint! What if soil is not just a passive background for plant diseases, but an active battlefield? Our review explores how soil structure & microbiomes shape the emergence & persistence of plant pathogens: doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.… Feedback & discussion welcome.

Depending on its accuracy, this approach represents a major advance in the rapid detection of the pinewood #nematode. asiae.co.kr/en/article/202…

New Research: Genome-wide association study reveals genomic regions associated with Pinus pinaster response to pinewood nematode frontiersin.org/articles/10.33… #FrontiersIn #PlantScience

📖Published Trait-based responses of soil nematode communities to land use and climate change🌍 By linking nematode traits to soil moisture and pore structure, we find that the effect of future climate on nematode body traits is land-use dependent🪱 🔎 buff.ly/XnazV1f

🎧 Listen to the full episode to hear how Vive’s technology is helping bring new nematode management solutions to soybean growers: open.spotify.com/episode/7zWH8L…

NEW H. H. Flor Distinguished Review: All pathogens must sense that they have arrived at their host. This is a necessary part of infection in order to effect the changes in pathogen biology required to progress through their life cycle. Rachel Hammond et al. review recent literature and provide speculation as to how this might happen, by analogy to the five human senses. Read “The Five Senses: How Do Plant Pathogens Know They Found Their Host?” to learn more: doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-1… @Seb_EvdA

Excited to share our PNAS commentary, “A nematode-built conduit for cross-kingdom biotrophic interaction,” on a fascinating recent discovery in root-knot nematode biology from @MitchumLab . Please take a look : lnkd.in/g-EYB89C

Make sure you don't miss the latest episode of I See Dead Plants: sites.libsyn.com/416264/s5e3-si… I interviewed Dr Sam Markell of @NDSUExtension. We discussed @TheSCNCoalition and the work they are doing to combat the soybean cyst nematode. Photo shows Sam Markell (Far left) and @GregTylkaISU (third from left) representing the SCN coalition and Max Wenck (second from left) and Julianne Johnston (Far right) of Morgan Myers receiving an award called the silver anvil from @PRSA @CropNetwork @ncipmc @UnitedSoy @isuExtNews @DylanMangel @UMNExt @ISUExtension @UNLExtension @MUExtension @kstateextension @PurdueExtension @wisconsinext @MSUExtension @CFAES_OSU @okstate_ag @UKExtension @utextension @AR_Extension @LSUAgCenter @MSUExtService @ACESedu @UGAExtension @UF_IFAS @CUESNews @NCExtension @ccecornell @VACoopExt @alabamaED @travisfaske @SDSUExtension

New findings from Chuntao Yin and Nathan Lahr demonstrate that soybeans recruit beneficial soil microbes to defend against the devastating soybean cyst #nematode. Read the press release to learn more: apsnet.org/members/commun… Read the original article: doi.org/10.1094/PBIOME…

Prof @DannyCoyne6 and Dr John Jones spent a week assessing potato fields for Potato Cyst Nematodes (PCN). Special thanks to Malawi’s Department of Agricultural Research Services (DARS), @Luanarofficial, @CipotatoRW, @univofstandrews, @JamesHuttonInst and @IITA_CGIAR.

We are excited to announce our next Trends in Nematology Webinar on Nematode Systematics!🪱 When: 16th April, 2026 Time: 16:00-17:15 CEST Register here or using the QR code below -> forms.gle/qh5ZmA9MgqUbWH…📷 Looking forward to seeing you there!!!

Root-knot nematode genomics: what is coming soon? dlvr.it/TR89Ms

“Soybean Cyst Nematode Reproduction and Soybean Biomass: The Legacy of Soil Cropping Histories,” by @Melanie_MedinaL, Soledad Benitez Ponce, and Horacio D. Lopez-Nicora. Learn more: doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOF… @OSUPlantPath

Root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita uses secondary-metabolite-mediated soil microbiome shifts to locate host plants. Nat. Plants 12, 337–355 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s41477…

🚨My opinion paper on the near future of genomics in root-knot nematodes was just published in @TrendsParasitol 📜 Of course, the future is, by nature, unpredictable, so unexpected findings will also probably emerge, aided by technological advances. ⤵️ authors.elsevier.com/a/1mg9T5Eb1xQw…

🌱We are proud to showcase the #networking efforts of #NEMEMERGE. These partnerships support shared goals in preventing and managing emerging risks to #PlantHealth across #Europe & beyond🌍 🔸 @patafest_eu 🔸 PAPAS 🔸 PCN ACTION SCOTLAND 🔸 CROP SAFE ℹ️nem-emerge.eu/project/networ…

Remembering Dr. Elaine Ingham — Microbiologist, Founder of the Soil Food Web School, and a fearless voice for life in soil. Through her lifelong, pioneering work on the Soil Food Web, she touched farmers, scientists, land stewards’, and citizens across the globe, transforming our understanding and relationship to soil as a living ecosystem that sustains all life above it. Save Soil & Cauvery Calling will dedicate & nurture 74 saplings in memory of Elaine and her care & concern for the Future of our planet. Our hearts go out to her family, friends, and colleagues, and we cherish and celebrate the incredible work she has left behind. To the dedicated team at the Soil Food Web School, who will carry forward her legacy - we are with you in this. With deep respect, Save Soil Volunteers

🌱🦠 New preprint! What if soil is not just a passive background for plant diseases, but an active battlefield? Our review explores how soil structure & microbiomes shape the emergence & persistence of plant pathogens: doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.… Feedback & discussion welcome.

Transferred resistance – interspecific transfer of plant defence against soilborne pathogens nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/np… #Commentary by Costa and Mathesius highlighting the recent work by Hama et al. nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/2JZ2PXRX…

NEMATODE MONDAY: 2nd-stage juveniles are the infective stage of root-knot nematodes. Hatching from eggs in soil & migrating to invade root tips. These microscopic worms penetrate roots, establish feeding sites & become sedentary causing galls on roots @CropNetwork @SON_nemaweb