EPPO Global Database

Heterodera zeae(HETDZE)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1981
From CABI Disease map 851 (2002): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2012/006) : first detected in 4 maize fields in Maryland (Kent county) in February 1981. Then also detected in Virginia (Cumberland county) in 1992 in a farm.
References
* Eisenback JD, Reaver DM, Stromberg EL (1993) First report of corn cyst nematode (Heterodera zeae) in Virginia. Plant Disease 77(6), p 647.

* Sardanelli S, Krusberg LR, Golden AM (1981) Corn cyst nematode, Heterodera zeae, in the United States. Plant Disease 65 (7), p 622.
------- First record in the USA.

* Windham, G. L. (1998) Plant and nematode interactions, Agronomy Series No. 36, 335-357. American Society of Agronomy, Madison, USA.

* USDA (1986) Pests not known to occur in the United States or of limited distribution. No. 79. Heterodera zeae. USDA APHIS-PPQ, Beltsville, USA.
------- Present, restricted distribution