USDA Nematode Collection was established in June 1960 By A. Morgan Golden. It is currently directed and curated by Dr. Benjamin Waldo with technical support from Steve Rogers. It is one of the largest and most valuable nematode collections in existence with over 49,200 permanent slides and vials, and a total repository of nematode specimens reaching several million. It includes over 1900 type specimens, and the valuable and irreplaceable collections of Cobb-Steiner, Thorne, and others. Nematodes from worldwide and domestic sources are represented in the collection. The Collection and database provide important information for reference purposes and taxonomic research by U.S. and foreign scientists and a permanent repository for type and other specimens. This website provides a portal to search those specimens that have been cataloged to date and provides data on nematode hosts, occurrence, and distribution.
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Nematode
Boleodorus
sp.
Host
(Soil (Garden))
in/on Soil
Origin
USA
Pennsylvania
Berwick
Collector
via Lyle Forer (Chief Plant Pathologist) & Nancy Hill
Date Received
1980 Aug 14
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Ditylenchus
sp.
Host
(Soil (Garden))
in/on Soil
Origin
USA
Pennsylvania
Berwick
Collector
via Lyle Forer (Chief Plant Pathologist) & Nancy Hill
Date Received
1980 Aug 14
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Pratylenchus
sp.
Host
(Soil (Garden))
in/on Soil
Origin
USA
Pennsylvania
Berwick
Collector
via Lyle Forer (Chief Plant Pathologist) & Nancy Hill
Date Received
1980 Aug 14
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Tylenchus
sp.
Host
(Soil (Garden))
in/on Soil
Origin
USA
Pennsylvania
Berwick
Collector
via Lyle Forer (Chief Plant Pathologist) & Nancy Hill
Date Received
1980 Aug 14
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Aphelenchoides
sp. (3 juveniles)
Host
Prunus
persica
(Peach)
in/on Wood (Bark Canker)
Origin
USA
West Virginia
Hampshire Co.
Collector
via Larry Slana
Date Received
1980 Aug 28
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Tylenchorhynchus
brevicaudatus
Host
(Soil)
in/on Soil
Origin
USA
Colorado
Gulch campground
Collector
D. J. Raski via Mae Noffsinger
Date Collected
1964 Aug
Date Received
1980 Sep 03
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Aphelenchus
avenae
Host
Prunus
persica
(Peach)
in/on Root/Soil
Origin
USA
West Virginia
Rodger Young's Herbicide Test, Kearneysville
Collector
via Larry Slana
Date Received
1980 Sep 11
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Helicotylenchus
digonicus
Host
Prunus
persica
(Peach)
in/on Root/Soil
Origin
USA
West Virginia
Rodger Young's Herbicide Test, Kearneysville
Collector
via Larry Slana
Date Received
1980 Sep 11
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Heterodera
trifolii (1 cyst)
Host
Prunus
persica
(Peach)
in/on Root/Soil
Origin
USA
West Virginia
Rodger Young's Herbicide Test, Kearneysville
Collector
via Larry Slana
Date Received
1980 Sep 11
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Macroposthonia
ornata
Host
Prunus
persica
(Peach)
in/on Root/Soil
Origin
USA
West Virginia
Rodger Young's Herbicide Test, Kearneysville
Collector
via Larry Slana
Date Received
1980 Sep 11
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Paratylenchus
projectus
Host
Prunus
persica
(Peach)
in/on Root/Soil
Origin
USA
West Virginia
Rodger Young's Herbicide Test, Kearneysville
Collector
via Larry Slana
Date Received
1980 Sep 11
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Paratylenchus
projectus
Host
Prunus
persica
(Peach)
in/on Root/Soil
Origin
USA
West Virginia
Rodger Young's Herbicide Test, Kearneysville
Collector
via Larry Slana
Date Received
1980 Sep 11
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Tylenchus
sp.
Host
Prunus
persica
(Peach)
in/on Root/Soil
Origin
USA
West Virginia
Rodger Young's Herbicide Test, Kearneysville
Collector
via Larry Slana
Date Received
1980 Sep 11
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Cyst-like Body*
Host
(Soil)
in/on Soil
Origin
USA
Pennsylvania
Potter Co. (PA Golden Cyst Survey, State Department of Agriculture)
Collector
via Nancy Hill
Date Collected
1980 Sep 24
Date Received
1980 Oct 20
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Heterodera
betulae
Host
Betula
niger
(River Birch)
in/on Root/Soil
Origin
USA
Arkansas
Fayetteville, University of Arkansas
Collector
via R. D. Riggs
Date Received
1980 Oct 27
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Heterodera
n. sp.
Host
(Soil)
in/on Soil
Origin
Egypt
Giza
Collector
via Samia Massoud
Date Received
1980 Nov 10
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Meloidogyne
incognita (larvae)
Host
Phaseolus
sp.
(Bean (Snap Bean))
in/on Soil
Origin
USA
Georgia
Tifton, Gopher Ridge (Blocks H & J)
Collector
via A. W. Johnson
Date Received
1980 Nov 10
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Meloidogyne
n. sp.
Host
Lycopersicon
esculentum
(Tomato)
in/on Root
Origin
USA
Florida
Ft. Walton (originally)
Collector
via Patrick Mawhinney
Date Received
1980 Nov 13
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Cyst-like Body (round)
Host
(Soil)
in/on Soil
Origin
USA
Pennsylvania
Summerset Co. (PA Golden Cyst Survey)
Collector
via Nancy Hill
Date Received
1980 Dec 24
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Bursaphelenchus
xylophilus
Host
Larix
laricina
(Larch (Eastern))
in/on Wood (Trunk & Branches)
Origin
USA
Vermont
Burlington
Collector
via Dale Bergdahl (Department of Forestry, University of Vermont)
Date Received
1981 Jan 07
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Bursaphelenchus
xylophilus
Host
Pinus
sp.
(Pine)
in/on Wood (Trunk & Limbs)*
Origin
USA
Illinois
Urbana
Collector
via Dr. Malek
Date Received
1981 Jan 07
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Heleidomermis
sp.
Host
Culicoides
variipennis
(Fly)
in/on Insect
Origin
USA
Virginia
Blacksburg
Collector
via Robert H. Zimmerman
Date Received
1981 Jan 07
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Heterotylenchus
autumnalis
Host
Musca
autumnalis
(Face fly)
in/on Insect
Origin
Sweden
Department of Parasitology & Epizootiology, National Veterinary Institute
Collector
via Set Bornstein & Steen Bech-Nielsen
Date Collected
1979-1980
Date Received
1981 Jan 07
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Hexamermis (probably)
sp. (larval mermithid)
Host
Heliothis
sp.
in/on Insect
Origin
USA
Texas
Collector
via Lloyd Knutson
Date Received
1981 Jan 07
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Hexamermis (probably)
sp. (larval mermithid)
Host
Spodoptera
fugiperda
(Armyworms)
in/on Insect
Origin
Paraguay
Collector
via Dr. Buckingham (Bio-Control Lab, USDA, Gainesville, FL)
Date Received
1981 Jan 07
Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded