Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, Australia

 

Plant info




Plant Disease Diagnostic Service

Ensuring sustainable plant health …

The Plant Disease Diagnostic Unit provides a range of plant pest and disease identification services to industry, government and private customers.

Range of services

  • disease diagnosis
  • fungal isolation
  • advice and treatment recommendations

Benefits

  • better control of pests and diseases
  • healthier plants
  • reduced use of chemicals

We specialise in

  • isolation of soilborne diseases
  • diseases of trees and palms
  • isolation and identification of fungi that cause plant diseases

Plant Pathology staff

Manager

  • Edward Liew (Head of Plant Pathology Section) - disease diagnostics, pathogen populations, fungal phylogenetics, tropical crop diseases, Fusarium, Phytophthora

Staff


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Deliver specimens to

Plant Disease Diagnostic Unit
Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust
Mrs Macquaries Rd
Sydney NSW 2000

Click here to find out about collecting and packaging your samples

Click here for service costs

Other contact details

Telephone: (02) 9231 8186
Facsimile: (02) 9241 1135
Email: pddu@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au