Chemical compounds from Dictyostelium discoideum repel a plant-parasitic nematode and can protect roots.
Slime mold species in the genus Dictyostelium are considered to have a close relationship with non-parasitic nematodes; they are sympatric in soils and can exhibit interspecific competition for read more food.We investigated whether this relationship extends to a plant-parasitic nematode that is active in the rhizosphere and has broad host specific