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Entry Number: 15993

Disposition of Sample
Records only; material discarded
Nematode
Heterodera zeae (2 cysts)*
Host
Zea mays (Corn) in/on Root/Soil
Origin
USA Maryland Beltsville, BARC-West, Richard Sayre's Lab. (Originally from University of Maryland's greenhouse culture.)
Collector
via Audrey Carrell (Richard Sayre's Lab)
Date Received
1981 Oct 09
Remarks
Note: Specimens sent back to Richard Sayre's Lab after identification. *Cysts were pink in color due to a fungus found in the cysts. Also several eggs observed to be pink & contained the fungus also.