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Plant Disease

Bob Harveson

August 28, 2019

Harveson Receives APS Distinguished Service Award for Region

By Bob Harveson - Extension Plant Pathologist, Panhandle Research and Extension Center David Ostdiek - Former Communications Specialist, Panhandle REC

southern rust and grey leaf spot on corn

July 30, 2020

Disease Reports from the UNL Diagnostic Clinic – July 31

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

Plant disease photo collage

Published: April 22, 2021 | Updated: May 22, 2025

Sample Testing Underway at Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic

By 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

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

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

Cercospora leaf spot

March 29, 2023

A Plant Disease Changes Sugarbeet Production in Nebraska

By Bob Harveson - Extension Plant Pathologist, Panhandle Research and Extension Center

FarmBits episode banner

March 31, 2023

FarmBits Podcast: Predicting Spores

phytophthora symptoms on soybean plant

July 20, 2023

Field Conditions Shift to Favor Soybean Phytophthora Stem and Root Rot

By Dylan Mangel - Extension Plant Pathologist

July 27, 2023

This Week on N Field: Disease Concerns After Hail Damage