Brian Hudelson, Ann Joy, Joyce Wu, Tom Hinsenkamp, and Catherine Wendt,
Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic
The PDDC receives samples of many plant and soil samples from around the state. The following diseases/disorders have been identified at the PDDC from June 21, 2014 through June 27, 2014.
Plant/Sample Type, Disease/Disorder, Pathogen, County
FIELD CROPS,
Corn, Seedling Blight, Pythium sp., Fusarium spp., Barron
Soybean, Herbicide Damage, None, Adams
FRUIT CROPS,
Apple, Black Rot, Diplodia sp., Walworth
Apple, Phomopsis Canker, Phomopsis sp., Marathon
Apple, Valsa Canker, Valsa sp./Cytospora sp., Marathon
Apple, Winter Injury, None, Portage, Walworth
Grape, Anthracnose, Sphaceloma ampelinum, Columbia
Peach, Peach Leaf Curl, Taphrina deformans, Dane
Peach, Winter Injury, None, Dane
VEGETABLES,
Pepper, Bacterial Spot, Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria, Dane
Rhubarb, Ramularia Leaf Spot, Ramularia sp., Dane
Rhubarb, Slug Injury, None, Dane
Tomato, Herbicide Damage, None, Clark
SOIL,
Soybean Soil, Soybean Cyst Nematode, Heterodera glycines, Rock
For additional information on plant diseases and their control, visit the PDDC website at pddc.wisc.edu.