Claim · model-written summary
Washington turfgrass diagnostic samples contained Anguina pacificae.
- Taxon
- Turfgrasst0
- Interactor
- A. pacificaeAnguina pacificaee0pest
- Outcome
- contained A. pacificaee0
- Setting
- Clark County, Washingtone0
Verbatim
e0“diagnostic samples submitted to the Oregon State University Turfgrass Diagnostic Clinic (Corvallis, OR) from a golf course tee box in Clark County, Washington contained A. pacificae .”
t0“Turfgrass”
Title
First Report of Anguina pacificae Parasitizing Turfgrass in Washington
Emily Braithwaite; Chas J. Schmid; Alec R. Kowalewski; et al. Journal of Nematology 2025. doi:10.2478/jofnem-2025-0053
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation The turf had chlorotic patches and dieback.
- Observation Turf crowns had swellings containing second-stage nematode juveniles.
- Observation Juvenile morphology and morphometrics were consistent with A. pacificae.
- Observation ITS and COX1 sequencing confirmed the nematode species identity.
- Observation The authors identify this as the first report of A. pacificae parasitizing turfgrass in Washington.