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 14, 2014 through June 20, 2014.
Plant/Sample Type, Disease/Disorder, Pathogen, County
FIELD CROPS,
Corn, Anthracnose, Colletotrichum graminicola, Green
Corn, Seedling Blight, Fusarium spp., Green
FORAGE CROPS,
Alfalfa, Root Rot, Pythium sp., Fusarium sp., Green Lake
FRUIT CROPS,
Apple, Fire Blight, Erwinia amylovora, Chippewa
Apple, Root Rot, Pythium sp., Fusarium sp., Chippewa
VEGETABLES,
Basil, Downy Mildew, Peronospora belbahrii, Dane
Garlic, Uncharacterized Viral Disease, Unidentified plant virus, Waukesha
Tomato, Bacterial Canker, Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, Monroe
For additional information on plant diseases and their control, visit the PDDC website at pddc.wisc.edu.