Welcome to the Virtual PPDL

Important Announcements

• Road Construction and Getting to the Lab
• Purdue Tree Doctor iOS app for iPhone, iPad and other Apple products
  Developed by experts at Purdue University to help people better identify and manage tree problems

Featured Links:

Agronomic

• Toxicology Services - Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory

Trees, Ornamentals, Fruits and Vegetables

• Impatiens Downy Mildew Greenhouse Alert
• Xanthomonas Bacterial Blight of Geranium and Look-A-Likes (pdf) - Cornell e-GRO Alert
• Midwest Vegetable Production Guide for Commercial Growers 2013 (ID-56)
• Frost a Bit Late but Little Harm Done
  by: Rosie Lerner, Extension Consumer Horticulturist
• What do Pachysandra and Boxwood Have in Common?
• Imprelis Herbicide Injury on Trees
  • Imprelis® Update: 2012 Field Notes on Injury and Recovery (pdf file)
  • Tree damage from Imprelis: One year later - Michigan State University
• Conifer Dieback (pdf file)
• Thousand Cankers Disease
• Vegetable Tips - Resources for easy gardening

Entomological

• Horse, Auto, and Cockroach Races
  by: Tom Turpin, Extension Entomologist
• Emerald Ash Borer - Purdue Extension

Miscellaneous

• A Guide to Poisonous and Non-Poisonous Plants in Indiana (pdf file)
• Online Educational Opportunities
• Purdue Green Industry Working Group
• District Foresters in Your Area
• Wildlife Conflicts Information Website

Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory
Purdue University
915 West State Street
West Lafayette IN 47907-2054

Voice: 765-494-7071
FAX: 765-494-3958

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Picture(s) of the Week

What's Hot: Drought of 2012 - The Aftermath

What's Hot: Maple Petiole Borer

What's Hot: A New Invasive, Lesser Celandine

Indiana Department of Natural Resources

NPDN Training and Education