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The University
of Illinois Plant Clinic serves homeowners and grain exporters.
Operating from May to September, the clinic offers plant problem
diagnostic services to the public, including disease identification,
insect and insect injury identification, visual assessment of herbicide
injury on field crops, plant identification, nematode analyses,
and nutritional and cultural problem assessment.
The Illinois Department
of Agriculture phytosanitary inspection program requires field
inspections before grain can be exported. An important function
of the clinic is to assess the plant samples collected by field
scouts for diseases, and to evaluate field crops for potential exportation.
In 1998, the Plant Clinic conducted over 1,000 of these inspections
for the Illinois Department of Agriculture.
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Disease identification is one of many services provided by the U
of I Plant Clinic.
Two pathologists discuss possible diseases while examining a pine
tree sample.
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