The Plant Pathology Lab and Diagnostic Clinic will be doing our best to keep our collaborators and clients informed of any changes to operations at the HAREC lab.
As of March 25, in compliance with Governor Brown’s Stay at Home Mandate and OSU’s COVID-19 response, we have transitioned the lab to minimal function. We have determined that this is the safest way to keep our lab members and you, our community members, healthy. If you have previously submitted a soil sample or sample that required a long-term incubation, you will hear from Hannah at a later date when the assay is complete. If you have mailed in a sample, the mail will still be collected and samples will be stored, but for the time being, we will not be immediately processing samples. Please contact Hannah or Ken directly and let us know if you would like your sample dealt with at a later date.
For any Plant Clinic samples that have not yet been sent in, consider calling, texting or emailing with Hannah or Ken. Disease diagnoses can be initiated over phone or email, especially with corresponding photos. Find phone numbers and emails below.
Additionally, we will be doing our best to continue our research projects, since the agricultural research mission of OSU is an essential function of the University. We will continue to bring you scientifically vetted information on best disease management practices for potato production through extension and paper publications as much as we can during these times of less face-to-face contact. Please consider reaching out with questions or concerns.
Please stay safe and healthy and reach out for any support you may need. We will keep you informed on this website (blogs.oregonstate.edu/harecppath) and through email updates.
Thank you,
Plant Pathology Lab Staff
Ken Frost Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology Cellphone: 608-556-9637 Email: Kenneth.Frost@oregonstate.edu
Hannah Rivedal Plant Disease Diagnostician Cellphone: 414-207-1582 Email: rivedalh@oregonstate.edu