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Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Stripe rust in a field

June 4, 2021

Wheat Disease Update: Stripe Rust, Leaf Rust, and Fusarium Head Blight

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Rhizoctonia root rot of soybeans

July 1, 2021

Disease Reports from the UNL Diagnostic Clinic — June 30

By Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

SDS foliar symptoms

August 26, 2021

Triazole Phytotoxicity in Soybeans

By Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Crown rot in stem

August 26, 2021

Crown and Stalk Rot Sampling Tips

By Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Example of stunting and yellowing in soybeans

September 28, 2021

Sample for Soybean Cyst Nematode This Fall

By Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Tar spot on corn

October 21, 2021

Tar Spot Disease of Corn Confirmed in Several Nebraska Counties

By Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Alfalfa field

April 6, 2022

Alfalfa Seed Selection to Help Manage Diseases

By Melissa Bartels - Former Extension Educator, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Ben Beckman - Extension Educator

Corn plant with large, swollen galls caused by common smut, forming along the stalk and leaf midrib with dark fungal spores beginning to emerge.

Published: July 7, 2022 | Updated: July 10, 2025

Disease Development Associated with Early-Season Hail Damage in Corn

By Amy Timmerman - Extension Educator, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Tamra Jackson-Ziems - Extension Plant Pathologist

Stunted soybean plant

July 21, 2022

Phytophthora Root and Stem Rot is Appearing in Nebraska Soybean Fields

By Dylan Mangel - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

SCN nematodes

Published: September 29, 2022 | Updated: October 25, 2024

Sample for Soybean Cyst Nematode This Fall

By Dylan Mangel - Extension Plant Pathologist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

Stripe rust

June 16, 2023

Update on Rust Diseases of Wheat – June 16, 2023

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic, Samantha Daniel - Extension Educator

Stripe rust on wheat leaf

May 1, 2024

Wheat Disease Update for May 3, 2024

By Stephen Wegulo - Extension Plant Pathologist, Nathan Mueller - USDA NRCS, State Soil Health Specialist, Kyle Broderick - Extension Educator and Coordinator of the UNL Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic