The following are highlights and updates about sample submissions for our different services (identification or Plant problem diagnosis from fruit, vegetables, and ornamentals), and questions recently received in the Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic. Visit the PIDC's Facebook page for updates and more pictures. For more information on a particular disease or insect problem listed, follow the article cited.
This table lists our most common diagnosis from May 14 to May 23, 2018
Plant Problem diagnosis
Lawn, turfgrass: flag smut
Blue Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce: Stigmina needle cast
Pear: Suspected abiotic condition leading to Decline
We accept digital images in order to assist in determining what type of sample is most appropriate to submit, check out our new video "Taking Good Photos For Plant Diagnosis"
Insect identification
Sitophilus sp. weevil
Lone star tick nymph
Dermestid beetles
Indianmeal moth
Plant Identification
Mushroom Identification
See our Facebook post on morels:
- Avoid moving invasive species while hunting for morels-post from 5/13
- What do you think of this specimen: true morel or false morel?- post from 5/14
- The answer to the challenge- post from 5/15
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