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Specimen #8687

Specimen record details
Entry Number 8687
Nematode Genus Meloidogyne
Nematode Species platani
Host Genus Platanus
Host Species occidentalis
Common Name Sycamore
Country USA
State District of Columbia
City/Locale Hains Point, Washington, D.C.
Collector via Gary Clemons
Date Received 1970 Aug 27
Determined By A. Morgan Golden
Disposition of Sample Specimens to USDANC (General)
Nematodes In Root
Sample Number C-77-9
Total Samples 1
Slide Number G-10992, G-10993
Vial Number G-1304f
Remarks M. platani originally recorded as n. sp. (incognita group). Culture (2 pots) in greenhouse 9/3/70 for obtaining specimens for further study. Culture # assigned 6/22/77. One tomato checked on 6/21/77, found positive for Sycamore RKN (on hand several years before it was actually described).