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 26, 2014 through August 1, 2014.

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

FIELD CROPS,

Corn, Anthracnose, Colletotrichum graminicola, Grant, Rock

Corn, Fusarium Root Rot, Fusarium sp., Rock

Corn, Yellow Leaf Blight, Phyllosticta maydis, Rock

Soybean, Alfalfa Mosaic, Alfalfa mosaic virus, Columbia, Grant

Soybean, Pythium Root Rot, Pythium sp., Grant

Soybean, Soybean Cyst Nematode, Heterodera glycines, Marathon

FORAGE CROPS,

Alfalfa, Aphanomyces Root Rot, Aphanomyces euteiches, Wood

Alfalfa, Phytophthora Root Rot, Phytophthora sp., Wood

Alfalfa, Root/Crown Rot, Fusarium oxysporum, Pythium sp., Wood

FRUIT CROPS,

Peach, Root/Crown Rot, Phytophthora sp., Pythium sp., Racine

Raspberry, Raspberry Leaf Spot, Cylindrosporium rubi, Winnebago

Raspberry, Root/Crown Rot, Pythium sp., Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium sp., Cylindrocarpon sp., Winnebago

NEEDLED WOODY ORNAMENTALS,

Fir (Balsam), Root/Crown Rot, Phytophthora sp., Chippewa

VEGETABLES,

Celery, Aster Yellows, Aster yellows phytoplasma, Richland

Celery, Blackheart, None, Richland

Collards, Black Rot, Xanthomonas campestris, Crawford

Horseradish, Root Rot, Rhizoctonia solani, Eau Claire

Horseradish, Verticillium Wilt, Verticillium sp., Eau Claire

Kale, Black Rot, Xanthomonas campestris, Crawford

Pepper, Bacterial Spot, Xanthomonas campestris, Walworth

Potato, Edema, None, Crawford

Pumpkin, Powdery Mildew, Oidium sp., Dane

Snap Bean, Ashy Stem Blight, Macrophomina phaseolina, Waushara

Snap Bean, Fusarium Root Rot, Fusarium spp., Waushara

Snap Bean, Fusarium Yellows, Fusarium oxysporum, Waushara

Snap Bean, Pythium Root Rot, Pythium spp, Waushara

Snap Bean, Rhizoctonia Root Rot, Rhizoctonia solani, Waushara

Tomato, Bacterial Canker, Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. Michiganensis, Dane

Tomato, Bacterial Spot, Xanthomonas sp., Dane

Tomato, Septoria Leaf Spot, Septoria lycopersici, Dane, Waukesha

Tomato, Walnut Toxicity, None, Dane, Waukesha

SOIL,

Soybean Soil, Soybean Cyst Nematode, Heterodera glycines, Columbia, Jefferson, Outagamie

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