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Andropogon virginicus (name supplied), broomsedge. (C) 



Neal 1889 (176): No nematodes found where "broom-sedge grass" has 

 grown many years; it smothers other weeds. Florida. 



There is no report of infestation on this species; however, A. schoenanthus was 

 reported as heavily infested in Sumatra by Breda de Haan (24). 



Andropogon, see also Sorghum. 



Anethum graveolens, dill. (C) 



Bessey 1911 (16): Nematodes not abundant and no injury observed. 



Annona cherimola, cherimoya. (C) 



Clark 1925 (37): Roots entirely uninjured; trees remain vigorous and 

 healthy w T here other plants are badly infested. California. 



Antirrhinum majus, common snapdragon. (N, S) 



Barber 1901 (9): Snapdragons very badly attacked. India (Madras). 

 Bessey 1911 (16): Injury severe. 



Godfrey 1935: 15 Infestation heavy. California and Hawaii. 

 Goff 1936 (96): Rated as heavily infested; tolerant unless dry. Florida. 

 Gtjterman 1931: 16 Seedlings in pots stunted, leaves slightly distorted; little 



or no growth. New York. 

 Taubenhaus and Ezekiel 1933 (226) : May cause serious losses. Texas. 

 United States Bureau of Plant Industry 1919: 17 Destroyed all the 



plants in an Omaha greenhouse. Nebraska. 

 Watktns 1929 (248): Antirrhinum rated as "resistant." Florida. 



Apple, see Malus. 



Apricot, see Prunus. 



Arachis hypogaea, groundnut, peanut. (N) 



Bessey 1911 (16): No infestation found; appears to be free under most 



conditions. 

 - — and Byars 1915 (17) : Spanish peanut should be suitable for a control 



rotation. 

 California Nematode Committee 1925: 18 Infested but profitable. 

 Collins 1938 (41): Vars. Jumbo, "Masumbika," Valencia, and Virginia 



Bunch were not attacked (1 season). Rhodesia. 

 Fajardo and Palo 1933 (60) i: Rated as "resistant" (judged by growth); 15 



plants, all infested. Philippine Islands. 

 Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station 1938 (85) : Successful control 



for tobacco by two or more successive crops of Spanish peanuts, harvested; 



Var. Runner also is highly resistant. 

 Krishna Ayyar 1933 (132): Infestation "mild" in pot experiment. India 



(Madras). 

 McClintock 1922 (145): All commercial varieties of both bush and running 



types have show^n marked resistance. Georgia. 

 Meckstroth and Christie 1931 19 Generally considered rather resistant; 



a heavy infestation found on land w r here strawberry plants had died 



out the previous year; poor stand of peanuts, plants much stunted. 



North Carolina. 

 Neal 1889 (176): Masses of knotty roots, worst case of root knot ever seen. 



Florida. 

 North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station 1934 (181): Found 



highly resistant under a variety of conditions. 



15 Godfrey, G. H. herbaceous ornamentals heavily infested by heterodera marioni (cornu) 

 ooodey. U. S. Bur. Plant Indus., Plant Dis. Rptr. 19: 274. 1935. [Mimeographed.] 



>s Barrus, M. F., Boyd, O. C, and Wood, Jessie I. diseases of plants in the united states in 1930. 

 U. S. Bur. Plant Indus., Plant Dis. Rptr. Sup. 81, pp. 30-135. 1931. [Mimeographed.] See report of 

 C. Guterman, p. 129. 



17 Haskell, R. J., and Martin, G. H., Jr. summary of plant diseases in the united states in 1918. 

 V. diseases of fiber crops, sucar crops, forest trees, ornamental and miscellaneous plants. 

 U. S. Bur. Plant Indus., Plant Dis. Bui. Sup. 5, pp. 160-185. 1919. [Mimeographed.] See p. 183. 



•s See footnote 6, p. 8. 



19 U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry, root knot on peanut. U. S. Bur. Plant Indus., Plant Dis 

 Rptr. 15: 145. 1931. [Mimeographed.] (Reported by G. A. Meckstroth and J. R. Christie.) 



