2025 UW Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic sponsors monthly Zoom talks to discuss plant disease-related topics

Check out the PDDC website for more information and registration. If you have questions about the talks, feel free to contact Brian Hudelson at pddc@wisc.edu or 608-262-2863. Below is a list of the 2025 scheduled talks. All talks are on zoom from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

  • May 28 – The Science (and Art) of Plant Disease Diagnosis – Learn about the fascinating and complex process involved in identifying plant diseases. Learn about how to visually assess for plant disease symptoms, as well as about the range of lab tests that are often needed to confirm the identity of plant diseases.
  • June 25 – Vegetable Diseases – Learn about common diseases that can adversely affect the plants in your home vegetable garden. This presentation will include information on how to identify these diseases, as well as information on how to manage them.
  • July 23 – Diseases of Herbaceous Ornamentals – Learn about common diseases that can adversely affect the herbaceous plants in your home garden. This presentation will include information on how to identify these diseases, as well as information on how to manage them.
  • August 27 – Deciduous Tree and Shrub Diseases – Learn about common diseases that can adversely affect the deciduous trees and shrubs around your home. This presentation will include information on how to identify these diseases, as well as information on how to manage them.
  • September 24 – The Bad and the Ugly: Ten Plant Diseases Not to Compost – Certain plant diseases are so horrible or so deadly that composting is not an appropriate way to get rid of affected plants. Learn about some of these diseases and their proper management.
  • October 22 – Diseases of Houseplants – As gardening moves indoors for the winter, growing houseplants can prove challenging. Learn about common houseplant diseases that adversely affect your indoor gardening efforts. This presentation will include information on how to identify these diseases, as well as information on how to manage them.
  • November 19 – Diseases of Evergreens – Learn about common diseases that can adversely affect the evergreens around your home. This presentation will include information on how to identify these diseases, as well as information on how to manage them.
  • December 17 – Ten Cool Diseases You Can Learn to Love (and identify by eye) – Learn about ten fascinating plant diseases with such distinctive signs and symptoms that you can identify them by eye. This presentation will cover the biology of the organisms that cause these diseases and tidbits of disease control information as well.