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 To send samples through the mail, use USPS and email
plantclinic@illinois.edu the tracking number to the clinic.
Since UPS or FedEx are no longer delivering to campus, if you
must use their services, email the tracking number to the
clinic, says Diane Plewa, plant clinic director. Staff will pick
it up at the mailing location.
A drop off box is located at the south doors of Turner Hall on
the U of I campus in Urbana for local residents. A submission
form is available at the box and required for all samples.
All samples must include a
submission form.
For plant and insect samples, use the diagnostic sample form.
For soil samples, use the nematology form, and for herbicide
resistance and Palmer amaranth identification, use the molecular
services form, Plewa says.
One may call the clinic at 217-333-0519 and leave a message for
a follow-up call. Email correspondence is preferred.
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"The clinic is making every attempt to process samples in a timely
manner," Plewa says. "With the fluid situation, Illinois SCN type
and HG type assays are on hold. Samples can still be submitted and
will be stored until they can be processed."
The Plant Clinic does plant and insect identification, diagnosis of
disease, insect, weed and chemical injury (chemical injury on field
crops only), nematode assays, and help with nutrient related
problems, as well as recommendations involving these diagnoses.
[Richard Hentschel, Horticulture
Educator, University of Illinois Extension]
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