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Specimen #10253

Specimen record details
Entry Number 10253
Nematode Genus Tylenchus
Nematode Species costatus
Host Genus Poa
Host Species pratensis
Common Name Bluegrass (Common Kentucky)*
Country USA
State District of Columbia
City/Locale Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, White House, Washington, D.C.
Collector via H. V. Wester
Date Received 1966 May 04
Determined By A. Morgan Golden
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (General)
Nematodes In Soil
Other Nematodes Tylenchorhynchus claytoni, Tylenchorhynchus sp. (close to ewingi but possibly undescribed*) & Dorylaims
Sample Number Sample 1
Total Samples 1 of 5
Vial Number G-631g
Remarks *Other Host: Poa sp. (Merion bluegrass). Note: Moderate population. *T. sp. close to ewingi Hopper, 1959, but differs by having buttonlike head as T. claytoni & absence of males.