PDIC Holiday Closings 2021
The NC State University Plant Disease and Insect Clinic will be closed from Friday, December 24, 2021, through Sunday, …
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Mum Growers, Beware of Pythium
July is the month when mum producers start seeing wilting plants due to Pythium root rot, with more cases …
Downy Mildew on Coreopsis and Related Plants
The downy mildew pathogen Plasmopara halstedii was found causing leaf spotting and leaf death on a sample of coreopsis …
Powdery Mildew on Calibrachoa (Million Bells)
A calibrachoa (million bells) with dried, brown lower leaves was submitted this week to the NCSU Plant Disease and …
Dickeya Dianthicola in the Production of Herbaceous Ornamentals
During March 2017 the NCSU Plant Disease and Insect Clinic confirmed the presence of the bacterium Dickeya dianthicola on …
Black Root Rot on Pericallis
Last week the NCSU Plant Disease and Insect Clinic received three greenhouse samples of Pericallis x hybrida (florist’s cinerea) infected …
Boxwood Blight on Holiday Greenery
The public should be aware of the possibility of introducing boxwood blight into home landscapes not only on infected …
Hosta Virus X: Multiple Detections in NC
After a long winter’s nap, Hosta virus X (HVX) has emerged again. We usually see only one or two …
Boxwood Blight Update
Several recent boxwood blight confirmations by the NCSU Plant Disease and Insect Clinic highlight the continuing problem this disease …
Bacterial Blight Confirmed on Geranium
Bacterial blight, caused by Xanthomonas hortorum pv. pelargonii, was confirmed on a geranium sample from a North Carolina greenhouse …
Rose Woes
This week the Plant Disease and Insect Clinic at NCSU received a container rose with both downy mildew Botrytis …