All Maryland residents may submit samples to the lab.
Priority is placed on specimens from University of Maryland Extension educators, commercial growers and industry professionals.
Home gardeners should work with the Home and Garden Information Center to solve landscape problems;
Visit their website at: Home and Garden Information Center
What services are offered?
Plant problem diagnosis for all crops. Techniques include:
microscopic and visual examination of specimens
microbial isolation
serological tests for selected plant viruses
molecular assays
The University of Maryland no longer operates a Nematology Laboratory. However, other State labs have agreed to process samples for Maryland clients.
