Brian Hudelson, Sean Toporek, Ann Joy and Joyce Wu
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 13, 2015 through June 19, 2015.
Plant/Sample Type, Disease/Disorder, Pathogen, County
Field Crops
Corn, Seedling Blight, Fusarium sp., Sauk
Soybean, Seedling Blight/ Root Rot, Pythium sp., Rhizoctonia sp., Fusarium sp., Brown, Grant, Marathon
Wheat, Cephalosporium Stripe, Cephalosporium gramineum, Vernon
Forage Crops
Alfalfa, Crown Rot, Phomo sp., Fusarium sp., Jefferson
Fruit Crops
Blueberry, Sphaeropsis Canker, Sphaeropsis sp., Jefferson
Vegetables
Cucumber, Unspecified Potyvirus Disease, Unspecified potyvirus, Columbia
Onion, Seedling Blight, Pythium sp., Fusarium sp., Columbia
Onion, Stemphylium Leaf Blight, Stemphylium sp., Columbia
Tomato, Root Rot, Pythium sp., Fusarium sp., Dane
Tomato, Septoria Leaf Spot, Septoria lycopersici, Sauk
For additional information on plant diseases and their control, visit the PDDC website at pddc.wisc.edu