Experts across MU Extension and the College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources contribute knowledge and research to the Plant Diagnostic Clinic.
Clinic staff
Peng Tian
Lab director and plant diagnostician
Lili Zhang
Lab manager
Additional contacts
Mandy Bish
Identification and management recommendations for pathogens to field crops and forages
Kevin Bradley
Identification of plants, weeds and herbicide injury as well as weed control recommendations
Juan Cabrera-Garcia
Controlled environment agriculture, hydroponics, and water quality. Research focus is on understanding how microbial communities in hydroponics impact water quality and plant health.
David Trinklein
Management recommendations for cultural problems of greenhouse crops
Ivair Valmorbida
Insect pest identification of forages and field crops, IPM, management recommendations