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Specimen #34142

Specimen record details
Entry Number 34142
Nematode Genus No Nematodes
Host Genus Pinus
Host Species sp.
Common Name Pine wood pallets
Country USA
State Texas
City/Locale Dupont - SRW, FM 1006, Orange, TX 77630 (Kirk Booker)
Collector Samih F. Rafeedie (Dupont, Orange, TX) via Mike Huddleston (Texas Department of Agriculture, Steppenville, TX)
Date Collected 2004 Jun 30
Date Received 2004 Jul 08
Determined By Zafar A. Handoo
Disposition of Sample Records only; material discarded
Nematodes In Wood
Total Samples 3 pieces of wood
Remarks Checking for pinewood nematode, none found. The KD-19 lumber is heat treated at 170F (77C) for 5 hours, which is more stringent than the international requirements for lumber heat treatment of 56C for 30 minutes to control the nematode pest. The wood pallets were used to transport plastic resin to China.