Rose rosette

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*FOR UPDATED ROSE ROSETTE INFORMATION – Please visit http://roserosette.org See how much we have gained in learning about this disease since this was posted in 2011, the pathogen that causes this disease and the vector that transmit this disease…and see how much we still do not know about this disease system* Recently there was quite a bit of “chatter” about rose rosette.  This year, we have heard of reports from parts of Texas, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Tennessee and some other states.  It seems that this disease is becoming… Read More →

First Detector Network News

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This is the friday before the 3-day July 4th weekend. To think about all the changes in food and plant security in the time that this country been in existence is a little overwhelming.  And think that a lot of that change occurred in the last 10 years or so.  The First Detector program is a volunteer based National Plant Diagnostic Network program that recruit folks who are curious about plant pest and pathogens AND are willing to help out by being additional eyes, ears and hands on… Read More →

Friday lite: Vivid slime mold colors

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Several weeks ago, a plantclinic website visitor who read the slime mold factsheet (https://plantclinic.tamu.edu/helpful-factsheets/slime-mold ) shot me an email with a bunch of photos and a comment that why are they not photos of slime mold with brighter colors in the factsheet.  He kindly sent several of the photos (shared on this blog post) of those he took in his neck-of-the-woods of some brightly colored slime mold.   Why the diversity?  There are many types of slime mold. A good site to see and learn more of the various… Read More →

Friday …..lite.

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We at the TPDDL have the privilege of seeing many different types of plants and getting the opportunity to figure out what the problem might be.  The quality of a diagnosis is highly dependent on the quality of the submitted sample.  In most cases, we encourage folks to send their sample by overnight or next-day delivery to reduce time that a particular sample would be exposed to the elements.  In some cases, we even request that samples be sent in a cooler or kept cool with ice-packs. Occasionally,… Read More →

Upcoming NEW fees schedule for diagnostic services

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In light of the current budget situation in Texas, some changes will be instituted at the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic lab in compliance with Texas AgriLife Extension Service partial cost recovery efforts (see former blog post).  The following changes will go into effect on JUNE 1, 2011: General plant disease diagnostic services and nematode detection assay fees will increase from $30  to $35. Specialized testing procedures will vary depending on the testing requested.  Please check out the fee schedule page on the plant clinic website. Typically the test… Read More →