UW-Extension/Madison Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update

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 July 12, 2014 through July 18, 2014.

Plant/Sample Type, Disease/Disorder, Pathogen, County

FIELD CROPS,  

Corn, Chemical Burn, None, Sauk

Corn, Seedling Blight, Pythium sp., Marathon

Soybean, Cercospora Blight, Cercospora kikuchii, Iowa

FRUIT CROPS,

Apple, Fire Blight, Erwinia amylovora, Marinette

Apple, Sphaeropsis Canker, Sphaeropsis sp., Vernon

Apple, Winter Injury, None, Dane, Dunn, Vernon

Currant, Unidentified Viral Disease, Unidentified virus, Dane

Dogwood, Bacterial Leaf Spot, Pseudomonas syringae, Dane

Strawberry, Stem End Rot, Gnomonia sp., Waushara

VEGETABLES,

Basil, Downy Mildew, Peronospora belbahrii, Dane

Broccoli, Root/Crown Rot, Pythium sp., Vernon

Cucumber, Anthracnose, Colletotrichum orbiculare, Rock

Garlic, Fusarium Basal Plate Rot, Fusarium spp. Waukesha

Garlic, Soft Rot, Pectobacterium carotovorum, Waukesha

Garlic, Stem and Bulb/Bloat Nematode, Ditylenchus sp., Waukesha

Mustard Greens, Black Rot, Xanthomonas campestris, Racine

Mustard Greens, White Rust, Albugo candida, Racine

Squash, Phytophthora Crown/Root Rot, Phytophthora capsici, Green Lake

Tomato, Bacterial Canker, Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, Portage

For additional information on plant diseases and their control, visit the PDDC website at pddc.wisc.edu.