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Specimen #7886

Specimen record details
Entry Number 7886
Nematode Genus Helicotylenchus
Nematode Species dihystera
Host Genus Ipomoea
Host Species batatas
Common Name Sweet Potato
Country USA
State Louisiana
City/Locale Baton Rouge
Collector Wray Birchfield
Date Received 1972 Feb 16
Determined By A. Morgan Golden
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (General)
Nematodes In Root
Sample Number Sample 1
Total Samples 1 of 2
Slide Number G-3631
Vial Number G-1659g
Remarks Note: Helicotylenchus dihystera causes lesions on sweet potato roots,1/4 body embedded in roots. Sample 1 originally on Gossypium sp. (cotton).