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Season greetings from the TPDDL
We at the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! The TPDDL will be closed from December 24, 2010. We will resume operations on January 3, 2011.
Crazy Texas temperatures
We experienced some crazy weather changes this past Thanksgiving Day. In the late morning, temperatures were in the high-70s (degree Farenheit). Yet as the afternoon wore on into evening, temperature dropped approximately 30 degrees in a span of 3-4 hours. Those kinds of drop cannot be good for plants. Within a week, the Plant Clinic were seeing queries about damaged with some cold tolerant plants such as mustards greens, broccoli and cauliflower. People wondered what happened their plants that are supposed to thrive in cooler temperature. Unfortunately, even… Read More →
Not just Plant Disease Diagnostics…
The Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab is a part of the Extension Plant Pathology program. As such, we participate in various educational activities by providing our expertise in plant disease issues. Both K. Ong (Director and Extension Specialist) and S. McBride (Diagnostician) have conducted lectures and workshops on general plant pathology topics as well as materials on specific plant diseases. The educational programs are an essential outreach for the Plant Clinic and Extension Plant Pathology to encourage awareness of plant diseases in general, and to educate various groups… Read More →
Sweet Orange Scab in Texas
The Plant Clinic is always abuzz with activity. Recently (late July 2010) Sweet Orange Scab (a disease caused by the fungus Elsinoe australis) was confirmed by USDA-APHIS from a sample in the greater Houston area in Texas. Since then, confirmed findings of the pathogen were recorded for various places in Texas and Louisiana. Most recent was the detection of this pathogen in the valley – where the Texas citrus production industry is concentrated. The first report of this disease was made in 1937 (Bittancourt & Jenkins) but it was… Read More →
Flooded lab
This morning, we were greeted by a flooded lab. This was due to a experiment run awry and not closely monitored by the folks upstairs. This resulted in a few waterfalls into the lab below (aka us). Thankfully – no major equipment was destroyed (at least the big one). We have still yet to check on a few pieces of the smaller equipment that were under the downpour. So currently the TPDDL is in non-operational status as we clean up the mess. Hopefully all will be fixed and… Read More →
