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Specimen #12493

Specimen record details
Entry Number 12493
Nematode Genus Unknown Nematode
Host Genus Zea
Host Species mays
Common Name Corn
Country USA
State Georgia
City/Locale Tift Co.
Collector via Ralph E. Motsinger
Date Received 1977 Jun 08
Determined By A. Morgan Golden
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (Mass)
Nematodes In Soil
Other Nematodes Note: Plant or soil nematode in very poor condition. More material requested but not received. Specimens evidently represent an undescribed taxon in tylench or aphelench group.*
Total Samples 1
Slide Number M-593
Remarks *Basal bulb, median bulb not seen. Vulva posterior as aphelench. Male without bursa. Head of both sexes swollen, with short heavily knobed stylet. Female tail fairly rounded almost like Aphelenchus avenae.