Farm or Commercial Plant Disease Identification Request
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DATE ________________________

Name _____________________________________________Telephone __________________

Address _______________________________________________________________________

County ________________________________ Extension Agent _________________________

Control recommendation? _____Yes_____No   Identification only? ______ Yes

Describe the problem and complete the following section: Circle all that apply

Farm or commercial crop __________________________________________
Variety _________________________ Year established ____________________
Approx. age and size _____________________________ Acreage __________________________
Soil type _____________________ Cropping or planting history ______________________________
Plant part injured: Stems or canes Leaves Roots Fruit  
Limbs or twigs Lower Trunk Entire plant  
General appearance: Wilted Bleached Leaf mottle Deposit or excretion Plant part gone
Holes Stunted Dead areas Leaf spot or blight Abnormal growth
Bronzed Yellowed Insect presence Curled or distorted Other
Insects observed on average single plant _____________ Estimated count _________________
What is the watering schedule? ________________ When were symptoms first noticed? _____________________
Diseased or injured plant distribution: Scattered plants On slopes Groups of plants
Low areas (bottomland) Upland area Most of field
Environment: % Moisture ___________________ Temperature _________________
Full Sun ___ Partical Sun ___
Shade ____		 Relation of injury to exposure to wind and sun ______________
What were the weather conditions of the previous week? _________________________________________________________
What were the weather conditions at the time of outbreak of symptoms? __________________________________________________________
Chemicals applied, rates and dates: Fertilizers _______________________________ Fungicides ______________
Herbicides _______________________________ Insecticides _____________
Other ____________________ Possible drift? Yes ____ No _____

Print this form and mail it and the disease specimens to WVU Extension Pest ID Lab, 414 Brooks Hall, P.O. Box 6057, Morgantown, WV 26506-6057, or to the Plant Industries Division, West Virginia Department of Agriculture, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. East, Charleston, WV 25305-019.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PACKING AND SHIPPING SPECIMENS

  • Plant specimens should be placed in a plastic bag (sealed or zip-locked) and shipped immediately in a mailing tube or strong carton. Do not add moist paper or toweling in the plastic bag.
  • Collect the whole diseased plant, plus healthy plant, if possible, including roots. Collect more than one plant if they show various stages of decline.
  • For plant identification, collect the whole plant, if possible, including flowers and fruit.