On the 2nd day of 2012, things at the Plant Clinic are slowing getting back into a regular routine.  Today, we also added a new person to our staff.  Molly Giesbrecht came on board as our Extension Assistant with primary duties in coordinating the plant disease survey projects that we will be conducting this year.  In addition, she will be also helping out with the various project that we have going on in the Clinic. This time last year, we were working with Citrus specifically looking for sweet… Read More →

Happy Friday to all. A few days ago in our local newspaper was an insert magazine, the American Profile.  Smack on the cover was the chestnut tree with the tagline ” Rebirth of the Chestnut tree”. (here is the link to the article online: http://bit.ly/ttgJxC ) I thought this is great as folks will read a little bit about how the disease commonly known as Chestnus blight, caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, came to America and cause much damage in the early 1900s. This article concentrated on current progress… Read More →

This is the time of the year when sample load for the clinic start to trail off.  At the same time, personnel at the Plant Clinic are responding to request to do educational programs such as Master Gardener trainings,talks to professional and homeowner groups and continuing education programs  for Pesticide License Applicators.   This is also a crazy time for us to get as much as we can in the Plant Clinic to prepare for the coming Christmas Holidays (closing follow the Texas A&M University on-campus holiday schedule:… Read More →