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 August 2, 2014 through August 8, 2014.

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

FIELD CROPS,

Corn, Goss’ Wilt, Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis, Grant

Soybean, Charcoal Rot, Macrophomina phaseolina, Sauk

Soybean, Phytophthora Root Rot, Phytophthora sp., Columbia, Sauk, Jefferson

Soybean, Stem Canker, Phomopsis sp., Columbia, Jefferson

FRUIT CROPS,

Apple, Cedar-Apple Rust, Gymnosporangium sp., Grant

Apple, Fire Blight, Erwinia amylovora, Brown

Apple, Frogeye Leaf Spot, Botryosphaeria obtuse, Grant/Wood

Apple, Phomopsis Canker, Phomopsis sp., Wood

Apple, Sooty Mold, None, Brown

Blueberry, Powdery Mildew, Oidium sp., Eau Claire

VEGETABLES,

Cucumber, Root Rot, Pythium sp., Dane

Melon, Anthracnose, Colletotrichum orbiculare, Dane

Tomato, Septoria Leaf Spot, Septoria lycopersici, Dodge, Rock, Sauk

Tomato, Verticillium Wilt, Verticillium sp., Rock

SOIL,

Soybean Soil, Soybean Cyst Nematode, Heterodera glycines, Dane, Rock, Pierce, Sheboygan

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