About

About the Clinic

The Oregon State University Plant Clinic is a diagnostic facility associated with and based in the Department of Botany and Plant Pathology. We offer plant disease diagnostic services and specialized identification services.

OSU Plant Clinic

The Plant Clinic is part of the National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN), and is recognized as an expert laboratory for the Western Region of the NPDN. As such the Plant Clinic serves as a resource lab and conducts specialized tests for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska.

Our mission

Our core mission is educational. We help our clients recognize the nature of their plant problems (diagnosis) and by helping them, to manage the disease or disorder using proper control methods, including cultural, biological, and chemical measures. Our emphasis is on prevention of problems by proper management.

Who we serve

We are a fee for service facility serving individual growers, field representatives of chemical and fertilizer companies, food processors, Extension faculty, and employees of State and Federal organizations.

History

The Plant Clinic has been operational since 1954. In 2003 the Plant Clinic became part of the newly established National Plant Diagnostic Network (NPDN), and shortly thereafter it was designated an expert laboratory for the Western Region of the NPDN. That same year, the Plant Clinic also joined forces with OSU’s Insect Identification Service. Now all insect, arthropod, mollusk, and plant samples come to one location.