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Montana State University and Cooperative Extension Service provide plant pest identification through the Schutter Diagnostic Lab. Services provided by the clinic include identification of: plant diseases, insect, weeds and other plants, abiotic problems and mushrooms.
Also, we aid in the diagnosis of cultural problems and management recommendations for agricultural producers and homeowners and gardeners. We utilize a wide range of techniques for diagnosis including visual identification, pathogen culture, microscopic identification, and biochemical detection. Early diagnosis of problems facilitate implementation of management strategies resulting in savings to producers. Our specialists have expertise in providing specific recommendations for control, and interface with agronomists and cropping systems specialists to supply information on the best agronomic practices and plant varieties to produce healthy, productive crops.
Our Goals:
- Aid growers in identifying insect/plant problems and their solutions
- Provide information on environmental and cultural conditions that cause problems
- Recommend cultural and management techniques to control and prevent future pest outbreaks
- Predict and monitor outbreaks based on samples from different areas in the state
- Alert county agents and citizens to these outbreaks
2011 Disease and Insect Diagnostic Lab Report
2011 Plant ID Report
Schutter Diagnostic Lab History
Supported in part by:
Great Plains Diagnostic Network, National Plant Diagnostic Network, Montana State University (College of Agriculture, Extension Service, and the Departments of Animal & Range Sciences, Land Resources & Environmental Sciences, and Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology, and the MSU Entomology Group)
