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Some Observations on the Nematode Hexatylus viviparus Goodey, 1926

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

T. Goodey
T. Goodey
Affiliation:
(Principal Research Assistant, Institute of Agricultural Parasitology, St. Albans.)
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Hexatylus viviparus, a spear-bearing nematode superficially resembling Aiiguillulina dipsaci, was originally described by the writer (1926) from a diseased potato tuber. In a second note published the same year (1926a), further details of its structure were given; the organisms in this case being obtained from a gladiolus corm affected with an internal soft rot.

Since the appearance of these papers the writer has encountered this species on several occasions both in potato tubers and gladiolus corms. The receipt of a gladiolus corm in February, 1937, the brown rotten centre of which contained numerous specimens of the worm, provided further material for detailed observations on the structure of the worms. Some of the decayed central tissues of the corm also served as an inoculum for the cultivation of the nematode, along with a fungus, on slope cultures of a malt extract agar. Subcultures from the original slopes have been made from time to time and on these the worms have been successfully maintained for more than twelve months.

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Research Article
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , May 1938 , pp. 109 - 116
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1938

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