Distribution and Dissemination of Punctodera punctata on Turfgrasses in New Jersey. Anthony D. Radice, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology, Cook College and New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. Philip M. Halisky, Turfgrass Pathologist and Professor, and Ronald F. Myers, Nematologist and Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, Cook College and New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903. Plant Dis. 68:256-257. Accepted for publication 16 November 1983. This article is in the public domain and not copyrightable. It may be freely reprinted with customary crediting of the source. The American Phytopathological Society, 1984. DOI: 10.1094/PD-68-256.

Punctodera punctata was recovered from seven counties in northern New Jersey. Average counts of 36–85 cysts per 250 cc soil were associated with Kentucky bluegrass, annual bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, and bentgrass turf mixtures. Canadian geese (Branata canadensis) excreta contained five to 12 cysts per 250 cc. This migratory waterfowl probably accounts for local and distant dissemination.