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Specimen #284

Specimen record details
Entry Number 284
Nematode Genus Afrina
Nematode Species wevelli
Host Genus Eragrostis
Host Species tef
Common Name Teff
Country South Africa
Collector Ken Ball (APHIS) via Eric Johnson (Seattle, WA) or Gary Brown (Portland, OR)
Date Collected 1996 Jan 11
Date Received 1996 Jan 17
Determined By Zafar A. Handoo
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (General)
Nematodes In Seed
Sample Number Portland, OR 6343
Total Samples 1
Slide Number G-11226 to G-11228
Vial Number G-4832f, G-4833f
Remarks Identified on the basis of few males and juveniles. No females found in any seed/gall. Several hundred live juveniles were recovered from each seed gall, as well as 7 males total. Vial 4832: juveniles; 4833: seed galls filled with nemas.