Bulletin No 3768 - Submitting plants for disease identification

Authors

M D. Marcley, Western Australian Department of Agriculture

Files

Publication Date

2-1971

Series Number

Bulletin 3768

Abstract

THERE are several important points to remember when submitting plant material for disease identification by the Department of Agriculture's Plant Pathology Branch.

Firstly it is very important to collect a suitable sample because it is very difficult to determine the cause of a plant disease by looking at a completely dead plant. The sample should include the entire plant (before it is completely dead) including roots and soil. Then all the effects of the disease can be seen. For example leaf yellowing, dead areas of the stem, collar rot, root rot, eelworm damage, and disease of the water and food conducting systems of the plant.

Number of Pages

4

Publisher

Western Australian Department of Agriculture

City

Perth

Keywords

Plants, Disease identification, Western Australia

Disciplines

Agricultural Education | Agricultural Science | Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Diseases | Medicine and Health Sciences | Plant Biology | Plant Pathology

Comments

Reprinted from "THE JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA" VOLUME 11 (Fourth Series) No. 11 -- - - - - NOVEMBER, 1970

Recommended Citation

Marcley, M D. (1971), Bulletin No 3768 - Submitting plants for disease identification. Western Australian Department of Agriculture, Perth. Bulletin Bulletin 3768.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bulletins3/17

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