COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Beneficial nematodes protect plants, and a Texas A&M AgriLife Research project aims to provide a better understanding of these biological bodyguards. AgriLife Research and Texas A&M Department of Entomology scientist Anjel Helms, Ph.D., is investigating the relationship between plants and tiny worms called entomopathogenic nematodes, or EPNs, that kill insect pests in the soil. … Continue reading Beneficial nematodes could be key to plant defenses