UW-Extension/Madison Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic (PDDC) Update

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 October 19, 2013 through October 25, 2013.

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

FORAGE CROPS,

Alfalfa, Aphanomyces Root Rot, Aphanomyces euteiches, Taylor

Alfalfa, Fusarium Root/Crown Rot, Fusarium sp.

Alfalfa, Rhizoctonia Root Rot, Rhizoctonia sp., Taylor

FRUIT CROPS,  

Apple, Bitter Pit, None, Monroe

Apple, Bitter Rot, Colletotrichum sp., Monroe

Apple, Flyspeck, Zygophiala jamaicensis, Jefferson, Monroe

Apple, Sooty Blotch, Peltaster fructicola, Geastrumia polystigmatis Leptodontium elatius, Jefferson

Pear, Flyspeck, Zygophiala jamaicensis, Jefferson

Pear, Sooty Blotch, Peltaster fructicola, Geastrumia polystigmatis Leptodontium elatius, Jefferson

Grape, Anthracnose/Bird’s-Eye Rot, Sphaceloma ampelinum, Jefferson

SOIL,

Soybean Soil, Soybean Cyst Nematode, Heterodera glycines, Grant

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