Plant Diagnostic Laboratory

The Mississippi State University Extension Service Plant Diagnostic Laboratory (MPDL) provides rapid and accurate plant disease and nematode diagnostic services, which include detailed cultural and chemical management strategies based on current science and tailored specifically to each individual situation.

Let us help you:

• Improve plant vigor
• Prevent or manage disease problems
• Be a good steward of the environment

Clients we serve:

• Residential (general public)
• Commercial
• Research and government regulatory agencies

The MPDL is a member of the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN), an internationally respected consortium of plant diagnostic laboratories supported by USDA-NIFA, and shares the NPDN mission of protecting the health and productivity of U.S. agriculture through rapid detection and communication of new and emerging plant problems.

Diagnostic services

• Plant disease diagnosis
• Plant parasitic nematode quantification and

• identification (to genus level)
• Acremonium endophyte screening
• Digitally assisted diagnostics through digital photo
• submission
• Case-specific management recommendations
• Electronic plant diagnostic reports and invoicing

How to submit samples

Sample submission forms, instructions for sample collection and shipping, as well as a list of fees are available from your county Extension office and at http://extension.msstate.edu/lab

Nematode:

See http://extension.msstate.edu/lab for specialized nematode services and their fees, or call
(662) 325-2146 to discuss your needs.

¹Fees are subject to change. Check the lab website for the most current fees.

²General plant disease includes anything that is not turf from a golf course.

Mississippi Plant Diagnostic Lab

190 Bost North, Rm. 09
Box9612
Mississippi State, MS 39762

(662) 325-2146

(662) 325-8336 (fax)

http://extension.msstate.edu/lab

@MSUextPlantLab

M1230 (POD-03-19)

By Clarissa Balbalian, Diagnostic Lab Manager, MSU Extension Plant Diagnostic Laboratory.

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Produced by Agricultural Communications.

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Extension Service of Mississippi State University, cooperating with U.S. Department of Agriculture. Published in furtherance of Acts of Congress, May 8 and June 30, 1914. GARY B. JACKSON, Director