Brian Hudelson, Ann Joy, Erin DeWinter and Joyce Wu, 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 6, 2013 through July 12, 2013.
Plant/Sample Type, Disease/Disorder, Pathogen, County
FIELD CROPS,
Corn, Seedling Blight, Fusarium spp, Marinette
FORAGE CROPS,
Alfalfa, Aphanomyces Seedling Blight, Aphanomyces euteiches, Kewaunee
Alfalfa, Charcoal Rot, Macrophomina phaseolina, Jefferson
Alfalfa, Fusarium Wilt, Fusarium oxysporum, Jefferson
FRUIT CROPS,
Apple, Apple Scab, Venturia inaequalis, Monroe
Grape, Anthracnose, Sphaceloma ampelinum, Columbia
Grape, Herbicide Damage, None, Richland
Peach, Peach Leaf Curl, Taphrina deformans, Dane
VEGETABLES,
Cabbage, Black Rot, Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris, Outagamie, Walworth
Potato, Black Leg, Pectobacterium carotovorum, Sauk, Sherburne (MN)
Potato, Early Blight, Alternaria solani, Dane
SOIL,
Field Soil, Soybean Cyst Nematode, Heterodera glycines, Dunn, Rock
For additional information on plant diseases and their control, visit the PDDC website at pddc.wisc.edu.