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Entry Number: 46084

Disposition of Sample
Specimens to USDANC (General)
Nematode
Globodera rostochiensis
Other Nematodes
Sample 2 contained 2 jueniles of Heterodera leuceilyma
Host
Solanum tuberosum (Potato)
Origin
Egypt El-Behera Egypt
Collector
I. K. A. Ibrahim
Date Received
22 Dec 2016
Slides
G-21950, G-21951, G-21957, G-21958, G-21959, G-21960, G-21961,G-22013
Remarks
New country record; The nematode was found in temperate flat zone with altitude about 18 meters (59 feet), south west of Alexandria City, Egypt, in the email is mentioned 32N (not sure what is this reffering too); 16 old cysts , few empty eggs, one juveniile in bad shape. Cysts morphometrics consistent with Globodera rostochiensis.