Plant & Pest Diagnostics

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  Winter injury on shrubs following combined environmental stresses

  Published on June 24, 2022
  MSU Plant & Pest Diagnostics and MSU Extension have seen an uptick in the number of winter injury cases in spring 2022.

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  Blueberry pest? Don’t guess—test: Mummy berry

  Published on May 13, 2022
  Spring is a great time to be scouting for mummy berry in your blueberry fields.

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  Spring blooming lawn and garden weeds: A focus on winter annual identification and management

  Published on April 13, 2022
  Understand your spring blooming lawn and garden weeds for better control.

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  Plant identification? There’s an app for that—actually several!

  Published on April 1, 2022
  2022 update! Plant identification apps for smart phones have seen significant improvements over the past several years, offering the opportunity to take a photo and get an instant identification in many cases.

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  Avoid significant yield loss in soybeans by sampling for soybean cyst nematode

  Published on October 20, 2021
  Fall is the time to collect soil samples for soybean cyst nematodes to plan for 2022.