How to Use nematode in a Sentence

nematode

noun
  • The nematodes feast on the buds and leaves of beech trees.
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • And how have the nematodes spread so far so quickly in the U.S.?
    — Rich Schapiro, NBC News, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Root knot nematodes live in the soil and feed on fig roots.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Feb. 2025
  • One of the tricks is to find an area in full sun that has not had root knot nematodes.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Have the soil tested for nematodes, and if present, remove an inch or two of the topsoil with the old sod.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Nov. 2019
  • The team found that the Mono Lake nematodes are quite unusual.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 Oct. 2019
  • The loss of his nematodes is the second death that is introduced in the opening pages.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2020
  • There are many species of round worms (nematodes) that can infest fish.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 27 May 2020
  • Researchers thaw the soil, taking care to not warm it too quickly to avoid cooking the nematodes.
    — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
  • The southern root-knot and reniform nematodes are the two species that give gardeners the most problems.
    — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 13 May 2017
  • The nematode genome has long been sequenced and this species was the first to have its nervous system mapped entirely.
    — The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Other pests and diseases include certain kinds of nematodes, root rot and blight, as well as slugs and snails.
    — C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 17 July 2017
  • These ranged from fungi and lichens, through herbaceous and woody plants to nematodes, insects, bats and passerine birds.
    — John Healey, John Halley and Kalliopi Stara, Smithsonian, 17 May 2018
  • Fungi kill nematodes and insects in the soil that might attack roots, for instance.
    — NOLA.com, 29 July 2017
  • Thoroughly cover the area with the nematodes, then water them in.
    — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Soil from the landscape and top soils may contain insects, diseases, nematodes and weeds.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2 June 2018
  • When a nematode wriggles around a petri dish, what’s going on inside a tiny roundworm’s even tinier brain?
    — Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2023
  • The threat to beech trees comes from a slithering, worm-like nematode that originated in Japan.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 1 Apr. 2022
  • On one farm the faecal nematode-egg count per animal dropped by a quarter.
    — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
  • However, in their free time, some members of the lab search out nematodes in unusual places.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Another way to avoid nematodes is to grow figs in a container.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 23 Mar. 2018
  • One surprising result is that the number of genes required to encode a tiny nematode worm, a fish and a human being is about the same.
    — Christian Edwards, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
  • The disease is caused by nematodes, or microscopic roundworms, that are present in buds over the winter.
    — Alysa Guffey, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Try planting marigolds, which have a potent scent that repels nematodes, aphids and whiteflies.
    — Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 7 Aug. 2024
  • When it was tested on nematode worms infected with the bacteria, the researchers found the same results.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 6 July 2018
  • Try to find a spot for new okra plantings where root knot nematodes have not affected previous crops.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 June 2017
  • As such, there are recommended remedies for the problem and one is the use of predatory nematodes.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 13 July 2018
  • The beige, half-a-millimeter-long nematode worm hardly looks like a parasitic threat.
    — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 25 July 2017
  • There is a large body of evidence that, properly applied in dry or liquid form, worm castings deter not only insect pests but pathogenic fungi and nematodes as well.
    — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Worm castings owe their pest control capacity to chitinase, an enzyme that breaks down chitin, an integral constituent of insect exoskeletons, fungus cell walls, and nematode eggshells.
    — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 8 Mar. 2025

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