Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update 3/22-3/28

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 March 22, 2014 through March 28, 2014.

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

FRUIT CROPS,

Plum, Plum Pockets, Taphrina communis, Walworth

VEGETABLES,

Beet, Southern Sclerotium Root Rot, Sclerotium rolfsii, Vernon

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