Panhandle Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab

sclerotinia root and stem rot on soybean

Panhandle Plant Diagnostic Clinic

Robert Harveson, Plant Pathologist
Panhandle Research & Extension Center
4502 Ave. I
Scottsbluff, NE  69361-4939
(308) 632-1230

Located at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center at Scottsbluff, this lab focuses only on plant disease identification. Most of its samples are of sugar beets or soil samples from sugar beet fields. However, diagnostic services are provided for any plant disease encountered in the Panhandle.

Contact:

Bob Harveson

Plant Pathologist

Focus: Dry Bean, Sugarbeet and Sunflower 
(308) 632-1239
rharveson2@unl.edu
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Contact:

Tamra Jackson-Ziems

Extension Plant Pathologist

Focus: Corn, Sorghum and Soybean
(402) 472-2559
tjackson3@unl.edu
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Contact:

Stephen Wegulo

Extension Plant Pathologist

Focus: Wheat
(402) 472-8735
swegulo2@unl.edu
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Contact:

Dylan Mangel

Extension Plant Pathologist

Focus: Soybean
(402) 472-2559
dylan.mangel@unl.edu
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