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Nematode Collection Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Entry Number: 284

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (General)
Nematode
Afrina wevelli
Host
Eragrostis tef (Teff) in/on Seed
Origin
South Africa
Collector
Ken Ball (APHIS) via Eric Johnson (Seattle, WA) or Gary Brown (Portland, OR)
Date Collected
1996 Jan 11
Date Received
1996 Jan 17
Slides
G-11226 to G-11228
Vials
G-4832f, G-4833f
Remarks
Identified on the basis of few males and juveniles. No females found in any seed/gall. Several hundred live juveniles were recovered from each seed gall, as well as 7 males total. Vial 4832: juveniles; 4833: seed galls filled with nemas.