Plant Disease Diagnosis

$30 per plant sample

Routine diagnosis includes visual observation, microscopic examination and moist chamber incubation when needed.

$30 base fee plus $10+ for culturing per sample

Culturing may be needed to identify the fungi or bacteria from samples. Fees typically do not exceed $10 per sample.

$50 per sample

Available for:

For oak wilt analysis (molecular testing) of white and bur oak, please contact UMN Plant Disease Clinic.

$10 per test
$30 fee for routine diagnosis may apply

Available tests:

Please call us for availability of Immunostrip tests for pathogens not listed above.

Conventional PCR
$60 base fee - DNA extraction and PCR
$30 per additional sample

Quantitative PCR
$70 base fee - plant DNA extraction and qPCR
$80 base fee - RNA or soil extraction and RT-PCR/qPCR
$35-40 per additional sample

Available tests:

Please call us for availability of PCR tests for other pathogens.

$50 base fee / first sample
$10 per additional sample/test

Available tests:

Please call us for availability of ELISA tests for pathogens not listed above.

Please contact us for availability of analyses for soybean cyst nematodes and other nematodes.

$35 SCN counts

The ND Soybean Council (NDSC) covers up to 2,000 SCN samples for ND growers. For more information about SCN sampling program, contact Wade Webster.

How to Sample for SCN

Please contact us for availability.

Sequencing

$100 base fee - PCR and sequencing
$50 additional sample

*Fees for culturing still applies.

Nematode analysis of pulse seeds - $30

Bunt and smut detection of small grains - $90

For phytosanitary testing requests, please use our Testing Submission Form.

For other seed health testing services, please contact NDSSD Diagnostic Lab.