Compiled by Brian Hudelson and Dante Tauscheck
The following diseases/disorders were identified at the Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic from April 19, 2025 through April 25, 2025.
Broad-Leafed Woody Ornamentals
No New Diseases
Field Crops
No New Diseases
Forage Crops
No New Diseases
Fruit Crops
Plant: Blueberry
Disease/Disorder: Cold Injury (Suspected)
Pathogen: None
County: Vernon
Plant: Blueberry
Disease/Disorder: Lichens
Pathogen: None
County: Vernon
Herbaceous Ornamentals
Plant: Astilbe
Disease/Disorder: Tobacco Rattle
Pathogen: Tobacco rattle virus
County: Jefferson
Plant: Pachysandra
Disease/Disorder: Volutella Blight
Pathogen: Volutella pachysandricola
County: Waukesha
Plant: Pachysandra
Disease/Disorder: Winter Burn
Pathogen: None
County: Waukesha
Plant: Tradescantia
Disease/Disorder: Tobacco Rattle
Pathogen: Tobacco rattle virus
County: Jefferson
Houseplants
Plant: Hibiscus
Disease/Disorder: Fertility Issues (Suspected)
Pathogen: None
County: Waukesha
Needled Woody Ornamentals
Plant: Arborvitae
Disease/Disorder: Root Rot
Pathogen: Phytophthora sp.
County: Waukesha
Plant: Pine (Japanese White)
Disease/Disorder: Artillery fungus
Pathogen: None
County: Dane
Plant: Spruce (Norway)
Disease/Disorder: Hail Damage
Pathogen: None
County: Dane
Plant: Spruce (Norway)
Disease/Disorder: Spruce Needle Drop
Pathogen: Setomelanomma holmii
County: Racine
Plant: Spruce (Unspecified)
Disease/Disorder: Rhizosphaera Needle Cast
Pathogen: Rhizosphaera kalkhoffii
County: Waukesha
Plant: Spruce (Unspecified)
Disease/Disorder: Water Stress (Suspected)
Pathogen: None
County: Waukesha
Vegetable Crops
No New Diseases
Specialty Crops
No New Diseases
Miscellaneous
No New Reports