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My favorite cases this year were redbud and peach trees, both had signs of winter injury, and two fungal pathogens were tagging along...
It's here! Take a look at our August-September 2018 Newsletter.
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Congratulations to Dr. Mark Gleason, elected as incoming Vice-Presisdent, and Dr. Katherine Stevenson, elected as Councillor-at-large. These new officers will take their positions at the end of ICPP2018 in Boston.
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.
Farmers preparing for spring planting would do well to renew their commitment to managing soybean cyst nematodes, according to an Iowa State University plant pathologist, Dr. Greg Tylka.
A soybean rust video produced under the scientific and editorial guidance of Thomas Baum, Daren Mueller and Steven Whitham, plant pathology and microbiology, has been selected by the international World Media Festival jury to receive an Intermedia-Globe Silver Award.
The following are highlights and updates about samples and questions recently received in the Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic.
As you read this the specialists and staff in the ISU Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic are packing their microscopes, reference books, Sharpie markers and assorted diagnostic supplies for the grand move to their new location.
Please join us in celebrating all that Dr. Forrest Nutter has done for our great Department and ISU
Congratulations to Justin Walley for being named PSI Faculty Scholar! He will join Allen Miller and Steve Whitham as another PLPM faculty in this highly selective group of scientists
Thomas Harrington, a professor of plant pathology and microbiology, and Doug McNew, a mycologist and his longtime lab technician, identified three new species of a fungus called Tubakia.
The following are highlights and updates about samples and questions recently received in the Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic
The entire PLPM family condoles with the family of an alumnus and former faculty, Dr. Abraham H. Epstein, who passed on the 2nd of June, 2017 at the age of 91. Click here to read more
Here is a review of all the newsletter series for the 2017 Fall Semester. Enjoy it!
We are moving! The PIDC will move to the newly built Advanced Research and Teaching Building (ATRB) here on campus in March, 2018. This new space will allow us increase the quality of service we provide and we are very excited for this change.
The PIDC staff processed a total of 2581 samples in 2017. The bulk of our samples originate in the state of Iowa (2556), while 29 samples (~1%) originated from other states in the US, mainly from the Midwest.
Plant Pathology & Microbiology Professor Allen Miller was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for “distinguished contributions to the field of plant virology, particularly in the areas of genome organizations, RNA translation, replication and movement mechanisms, and vector interactions.”
The November edition of the PLPM monthly newsletter is here. Enjoy reading!
The Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory at Iowa State University has announced that the lab will close effective December 31, 2017 after 35 years of soil, water and environmental testing services. The last day to submit samples is December 15. Updates regarding the laboratory will be posted on their website.
This was a year of spruce! Our most common diagnoses for spruce in 2017 were Stigmina needle blight, Rhizosphaera needle cast, Sudden needle drop, Spruce spider mite, Spruce bud scale and suspected environmental stress.
Resolve to sign up for the full roster of APS webinars on offer in 2018! APS has worked with plant pathology experts to bring to you timely and useful information that you may put into practice in the field, lab, or classroom.
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