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Specimen #12522

Specimen record details
Entry Number 12522
Nematode Genus Heterodera
Nematode Species n. sp.
Host Genus Solanum
Host Species tuberosum
Common Name Potato
Country Costa Rica
City/Locale Intercepted with seed potatoes from Mexico
Collector via Hernan Fonseca Zamora (Administrator of Agriculture of Costa Rica)
Date Received 1980 Apr 07
Determined By A. Morgan Golden, William Friedman
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (Mass)
Nematodes In Soil
Total Samples 1
Slide Number M-545 (cyst), M-546 (larvae) & G-5865 (cyst)
Vial Number M-916g (larvae), G-2900g & G-2901f
Remarks Note: Essentially round cyst with button-like protruding vulva. Larvae stylet (21 um), 4 lines in lateral field. Other species of cysts received from same collection but placed in General Collection. Confirmed by W. Friedman (APHIS).