/ Agricultural pests Content for UC Davis en /blog/how-does-parasitic-nematode-infect-wide-variety-plants <p>Nematologists at the University of California, Davis, <span>including </span><a href="https://nemaplex.ucdavis.edu/General/Biographies/VMWilliamson.htm"><span>Valerie Williamson</span></a><span>, professor emerita in the Department of Plant Pathology&nbsp;and associate professor </span><a href="https://entomology.ucdavis.edu/people/shahid-siddique"><span>Shahid Siddique</span></a><span>, Department of Entomology and Nematology,&nbsp;</span>have long wondered how the <span>the Northern root-knot nematode (</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_root-knot_nematode"><em><span>Me</span></em></a></p> November 19, 2025 - 10:54am Andy Fell /blog/how-does-parasitic-nematode-infect-wide-variety-plants