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Specimen #43556

Specimen record details
Entry Number 43556
Nematode Genus Pratylenchus
Nematode Species vulnus
Host Genus Malus
Host Species sp
Common Name Apple
Country France
Collector Ayalew Assefa via Gayle Vande Kerckhove (APHIS)
Date Collected 03/21/2012
Date Received 03/22/2012
Determined By Zafar A. Handoo
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (General)
Nematodes In Stems and Roots
Sample Number APWWA120817097002 (PIS 1058b)
Total Samples 1
Vial Number G-7098g
Remarks 7 Females, 1 male, 1 Juvenile. Confirmed by Molecular Analysis by Andrea Skantar. Note: may be a possible mixture of P. penetrans as I did not see any oblong spermatheca and rudimentary ovary of the postvulval sac as is seen in P.vulnus and not that much of a subacute tail tip in any of the specimens. May be possibly a variation in this population of P. vulnus from France. In addition, there are clear morphological differences in the “a” value of this population because of the greater body width.