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Specimen #5010

Specimen record details
Entry Number 5010
Nematode Genus Heterodera
Nematode Species n. sp.*
Host Genus Solanum
Host Species tuberosum
Common Name Potato
Country Costa Rica
City/Locale (This was intercepted with seed Potatoes from Mexico)
Collector via Hernan Fonseca Zemora (Administrator of Agriculture of Costa Rica)
Date Received 1980 Apr 07
Determined By A. Morgan Golden, William Friedman
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (General)
Nematodes In Soil
Other Nematodes Cyst-like bodies, Heterodera schachtii group (1 cyst), Heterodera sp. & Punctodera chaloensis
Total Samples 2 (poor)
Slide Number G-5865, M-545 (cyst) & M-546 (larvae)
Vial Number G-2900g, G-2901f & M-916g
Remarks * Essentially round cysts with button-like protruding vulva. Note: Heterodera n. sp. cysts & larvae in Mass Collection also. Confirmed by W. Friedman (APHIS)