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Specimen #15993

Specimen record details
Entry Number 15993
Nematode Genus Heterodera
Nematode Species zeae (2 cysts)*
Host Genus Zea
Host Species mays
Common Name Corn
Country USA
State Maryland
City/Locale Beltsville, BARC-West, Richard Sayre's Lab. (Originally from University of Maryland's greenhouse culture.)
Collector via Audrey Carrell (Richard Sayre's Lab)
Date Received 1981 Oct 09
Determined By A. Morgan Golden
Disposition of Sample Records only; material discarded
Nematodes In Root/Soil
Total Samples 1
Remarks Note: Specimens sent back to Richard Sayre's Lab after identification. *Cysts were pink in color due to a fungus found in the cysts. Also several eggs observed to be pink & contained the fungus also.