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Plant Diagnostic Clinic

Services and fees

Services

Identification and control recommendations for:

Services not available - contact us for recommendations

  • Soil or tissue testing
  • Turfgrass disease diagnosis
  • Pesticide or herbicide residue testing
  • Water testing
  • Nematode soil counts
  • Mushroom ID for human consumption
  • Disease resistance testing
  • Indoor mold identification

Fees

Per Physical Sample handling fee: Includes routine isolations, microscope examination and diagnosis

  • From within Missouri: $15.00
  • Outside of Missouri: $25.00 (additional $10 out-of-state fee)

Per Digital Sample handling fee: Include reviewing and examining images submitted from the client and giving recommendations

  • From within Missouri: $10.00
  • Outside of Missouri: $20.00 (additional $10 out-of-state fee)

Additional fees:

  • Moist Chamber: $20
  • Culture for Pathogen Identification: $20
  • Rapid Test Strips (Viruses, Phytophthora, Bacteria): $20 each
  • Serological Analysis (ELISA): $20
  • Conventional PCR: $30
  • Real Time PCR: $50
    • Xylella fastidiosa
    • Bretziella fagacearum
    • Phytophthora spp.
    • Phytoplasma
    • Fusarium virguliforme (Sudden Death Syndrome)
    • Calonectria ilicicola (Red Crown Rot)
    • Rose Rosette Virus
    • Sequencing: $50 or higher if multiple genes are sequenced
  • Wheat Virus Testing: $75 (Multi-viruses test)
  • Soil baiting testing: $30
    • Phytophthora spp.
    • Pythium spp.
  • Rare Species Testing: $100

Invoices will be sent after sample reports are completed. We accept payment by money orders, check or credit cards.

If you send a check with your sample, please make it payable to MU Plant Diagnostic Clinic. Otherwise, please use online payment system.

Diagnostic responses are sent by email (or by US mail upon request).