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Specimen #10640

Specimen record details
Entry Number 10640
Nematode Genus Meloidogyne
Nematode Species kikuyensis
Host Genus Pennisetum
Host Species clandestinum
Common Name Kikuyu grass
Country Kenya
City/Locale Kikuyu
Collector via A. De Grisse
Date Collected 1960 ?
Date Received 1964 Feb 14
Determined By A. Morgan Golden
Taxon Author A. De Grisse
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (General)
Nematodes In Root
Total Samples 1
Slide Number G-1103 & G-1104 (topotypes)
Vial Number G-503g & G-504g (topotypes)
Reference Nematologica (1960) 5: 303-308.
Remarks "Meloidogyne kikuyensis n. sp., a Parasite of Kikuyu Grass (Pennisetum clandestinum) in Kenya."