PLANT DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS AND SOIL TESTING LABS IN
The following is a list of laboratories, which were/are active in plant- and soil-testing as of April 2000. I suggest you call the laboratory prior to submitting samples. Quite often samples must be taken, packaged and sent in a particular manner in order to obtain the best possible diagnosis. The laboratory can provide you with these instructions. Finally, no laboratory has been intentionally omitted from this list. However, it is hard to keep track of everyone.
PLANT DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS AND SOIL TESTING LABS IN
Laboratory Name |
Phone |
Address |
Services Offered |
A&L Laboratory |
209/529-4080 |
plant, soils, compost nutrient testing; no diagnostics |
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ATS Laboratories (Ag Tech Serv) |
619/344-2532 |
soil, plant, water NPK tissue analyses |
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Agri Service (Mary Matava) |
619/727-5451 |
test citrus and avocado for Phytophthora |
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Associated Labs (Ed Behare) |
714/771-6900 |
806 N.Batavia, |
plant & soil tests, incl.NPK, heavy metals, ag. suitability |
619/263-6181 |
soil NPK testing |
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Crop Doctor Lab (Heather Vallier) |
805/962-0505or 805/927-7707 |
turf, ornamentals, trees, veg.crops diagnostics |
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Fallbrook Ag Lab Inc. (Carolyn Wells) |
619/728-4828 |
ornamental plant diagnostics |
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Fruit Growers Lab, Inc.-FGL |
805/659-0910 |
soil, tissue&compost testing; Phytophthora, nematodes |
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Gary King, Horticultural Consultant |
619/941-7409 |
agricultural&horticultural crop diagnostics |
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714/447-7100 |
Orange Cty.Dept.of Agriculture, |
plant disease diagnostics |
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PACE Turfgrass Research (Larry Stowell) |
619/272-9897 |
turf diagnostics |
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Pacific Plant Health (Don Ferrin) |
909/342-0224 |
plant disease diagnostics |
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Perry Laboratory |
408/722-7606 |
horticultural advising & testing |
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Plant Disease Diagnosis (Louellen Pierce) |
510/937-3841 |
turfgrass and plant disease diagnostics |
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Primus Group, Inc. |
805/922-0055 |
3130 Skyway Dr., Ste.308, Santa Maria, CA 93455 |
pesticide residues, microbes, plant tissues, soil and water |
909/387-2123 |
San Bernardino County Dept. of Ag., 777 E. Rialto Ave., San Bernardino, CA 92415 |
plant disease diagnostics |
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619/694-2753 |
San Diego County of Ag., 5555 Overland Ave., Bldg.#3, San Diego, CA 92123 |
plant disease diagnostics |
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Soil and Plant Laboratory, Inc. |
714/282-8777 |
diagnostics, soil, plant nutrient analyses |
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Tree Associates (John Lichter) |
916/795-1517 |
tree and landscape problem diagnostics (N. Sacr. Valley) |
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Wallace Laboratories |
800/473-3699 |
365 Coral Circle, El Segundo, CA 92045 |
plant, soil, compost analyses, no diagnostics |
Compiled by Marcella E. Grebus, Ph.D., Plant Pathology Specialist, UC Riverside.