Fungicides and Plant Pathogen Sampling

Instructors: Alan Henn, Clarissa Balbalian

This course provides the learner with a few basics necessary for effective management of turf and ornamentals. Understanding how to properly collect specimens for accurate analysis by a lab will save time and money. Understanding how a fungus infects a plant and which fungicide will treat that fungus effectively will provide quick treatment that can limit the damage done to the plant. Plant appearance, the status of the infections, what to include in your sample, and fungicide mechanism of action are discussed to provide a framework from which to formulate treatment strategies.

After completing this course participants will be able to:

• Gain an understanding of how fungicides penetrate the structures of a targeted plant.
• Tailor a management strategy that addresses the prevention, identification, and treatment of fungal infections in plants.
• Identify the proper part of the plant to send to the diagnostic lab for analysis.
• Execute proper packaging and shipping of each sample to the diagnostic lab.