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Nematode Collection Database
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Entry Number: 44324

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (Type)
Nematode
Meloidogyne brevicauda
Host
Camellia sinensis (Tea (mature)) in/on Root
Origin
Ceylon Diyanila Kel (elevation approx. 6500') Nuwara Eliya
Collector
C.A. Loos, G. Thorne
Date Collected
1952 Jan 03
Date Received
1952 Jan 03
Slides
T-1831p, T-1832p, T-1833p, T-1834p, T-1835p, T-1836p (Paratypes)
Author
C.A. Loos (1953); A.L. Taylor, V.H. Dropkin, G.C. Martin (1955); A. G. Whitehead (1968)
Reference
Proc. Helm. Soc. Wash. 20(2): 83-91; Phytopathology 45(1): 26-34; Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 31: 263-401
Remarks
Original description: Loos (1953). Type designation: Whitehead (1968) for slides T-246t, T-1828p to T-1834p. Slides T-1835p, T-1836p: Taylor et al (1955). 8 slides transferred from Thorne Collection (8-8g) 10/14/75.