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Specimen #5575

Specimen record details
Entry Number 5575
Nematode Genus Rotylenchus
Nematode Species buxophilus
Host Genus Buxus
Host Species sp.
Common Name Boxwood
Country USA
State Maryland
City/Locale Rockville
Collector via Cheryl McKinlay (Four Season Landscape Management)
Date Collected 1978 Jun 15
Date Received 1978 Jun 16
Determined By A. Morgan Golden
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (General)
Nematodes In Root/Soil
Other Nematodes Pratylenchus vulnus (on separate slide: G-5518) & Xiphinema americanum (only in vial) plus dorylaimis & saprophytes
Total Samples 3
Slide Number G-5519
Vial Number G-2761g (roots) & G-2762g (soil)
Remarks Note: Heavy R. buxophilus in #1 soil sample & in blanded roots of #1 sample. No R. buxophilus found in samples #2 & #3 (plants had poorer root systems)
Confidential Crest of Wickford Apartments