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Specimen #21816

Specimen record details
Entry Number 21816
Nematode Genus Pratylenchus
Nematode Species agilis
Host Genus Crotalaria
Host Species juncea
Common Name Sunn hemp*
Country USA
State Texas
City/Locale Lower Rio Grande Valley, Weslaco (Intersection of 2 highways, Farm Rd & Market Rd, 1015, US Hwy 83)
Collector via Forest Robinson (College Station, Texas)
Date Collected 1999 Nov 03
Date Received 1999 Nov 08
Determined By Zafar A. Handoo
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (General)
Nematodes In Soil
Total Samples 1 vial
Slide Number G-11849 & G-11850
Remarks *Sunn hemp is a leguminous fiber crop that is highly resistant to root-knot & reniform nematodes. Note: Nematodes found on Crotalaria, but wheat also in the field. Field is an old cotton field.