Skip to main content

Specimen #10255

Specimen record details
Entry Number 10255
Nematode Genus Helicotylenchus
Nematode Species microlobus
Host Genus Poa
Host Species pratensis
Common Name Bluegrass (Common Kentucky)*
Country USA
State District of Columbia
City/Locale Middle of South lawn, 50' north of sewer cover, 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 Cephalobs, Dorylaims, Rhabdititds, Tylenchorhynchus dubius & Tylenchus costatus
Sample Number Sample 2
Total Samples 1 of 5
Vial Number G-636g
Remarks *Other Host: Poa sp. (Merion bluegrass). Note: Moderate population, but mostly saprophytes.