Senior Biological Scientist

University of Florida

Cooperative Extension Service

Plant Pathology Department

Plant Disease Clinic

Richard coordinates the day-to-day operations of the Florida Extension Plant Disease Clinic in Gainesville. The primary role of the Plant Disease Clinic is to determine if a plant problem involves an infectious causal agent(s). Typically, parasitic plant diseases are caused by fungi, bacteria, or viruses. Diagnostic results are based on identifying plant pathogens associated with plant disorders and correlating them with know plant disease. Plant disease samples submitted to the clinic generally originate in Florida, unless they are accompanied by the appropriate plant importation permits. Anyone is welcome to submit samples to this clinic for plant disease diagnosis. Please contact the clinic for details or just follow the submission guidelines.

Clinic forms as PDF files: Plant Disease Diagnostic Form
Sample Submission and Diagnosis Guidelines

To preserve the original formatting, these files are in Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format. PDF files can be viewed and printed only with an Acrobat reader. If your computer does not already have the appropriate Acrobat reader, you can download it FREE of charge from Adobe at http://www.adobe.com/Acrobat/.

Hot Links

The Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book
MycologyMycology Virtual Library
Fun Facts About Fungi

If you have comments or suggestions, email me at recullen@ifas.ufl.edu