title: 'Worms' that transmit viruses.
abstract: Plant-parasitic nematodes transmit viruses that hit hard on global agriculture. Both the nematodes and the viruses they carry persist in the soil for a long time with the only remedy being highly toxic chemicals. Fundamental new research may offer the hope of developing safer control strategies.
authors.affiliation: Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, UK.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: MacFarlane
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious; D004199:Disease Vectors; D009348:Nematoda / Q000821:virology*; D017860:Nepovirus / Q000472:pathogenicity; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D010942:Plant Viruses / Q000472:pathogenicity; D010944:Plants / Q000469:parasitology / Q000821:virology