Identification and control of diseases impacting vegetable and seed crops; understanding impacts to soilborne pathogens following fumigation; diseases caused by Phytophthora sp.; Identification and control of Potato diseases.
Faculty Research Assistants/Associates
Biological Aid
Program Manager: Philip Hamm
Laboratory Manager: Robert Cating
The plant clinic in Hermiston provides disease diagnosis and recommendations for disease prevention and control to county extension agents, growers, agricultural consultants, agricultural companies, and home owners in North central & Northeast Oregon and elsewhere. The clinic also provides a fee testing service for many virus diseases and soilborne fungi. Call for details: 541-567-8321