County Agent Training & Support

Soybean

• Sampling for Soybean Cyst Nematode and the SCN Analysis Form
• Soybean Cyst Nematode Analysis Form, only
• 2012 Soybean Cyst Nematode Management Recommendations for Kentucky (pdf)
• SCN Distribution in KY, 2007 (pdf)
• SCN Distribution in KY, 2012 (pdf)
• Soybean Cyst Nematode: A Potential Problem for Nurseries
• Soybean Cyst Nematode Analysis Form for the Nursery Trade

Tree Fruit

• Fruit References List (pdf) - a listing of helpful book references.
• Commercial and Home Horticulture Fungicide Update (01/27/00) (pdf)

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Small Fruit

• Fruit References List (pdf) - a listing of helpful book references.
• Home Landscape, Lawn, and Garden Fungicides (01/27/00) (pdf)
• Commercial and Home Horticulture Fungicide Update (01/27/00) (pdf)

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Herbaceous

• Herbaceous Ornamentals References List (pdf) - a listing of helpful book references.
• Home Landscape, Lawn, and Garden Fungicides (01/27/00) (pdf)
• Commercial and Home Horticulture Fungicide Update (01/27/00) (pdf)
• SCN: A Potential Problem for Nurseries (pdf)

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Woody

• Nursery and Arborist References List (html) - a listing of helpful book references.
• Home Landscape, Lawn, and Garden Fungicides (01/27/00) (pdf)
• Commercial and Home Horticulture Fungicide Update (01/27/00) (pdf)
• SCN: A Potential Problem for Nurseries (pdf)

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Turfgrass

• Commercial and Home Horticulture Fungicide Update (01/27/00) (pdf)
• Biological control of dollar spot of golf courses using Pseudomonas aureofaciens TX-1 delivered via the BioJect (04/24/00) (pdf)

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Vegetables

• Vegetable References List (pdf) - a listing of helpful book references.
• Home Landscape, Lawn, and Garden Fungicides (01/27/00) (pdf)
• Commercial and Home Horticulture Fungicide Update (01/27/00) (pdf)

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General

• County Extension Office Procedures Manual: Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (pdf) (revised April 2012)
• List of Diseases/Disorders of crops and plants in Kentucky (pdf)
  [Note: right-click this link and select "Save Target As..." to download file]
• UK Diagnostic Images
• Plant Diseases (basics, from KY Master Gardener Manual) (pdf)
• Diagnosing Plant Problems (from KY Master Gardener Manual) (pdf)
• Enhancing Diagnostic Skills (2003 Extension Conference) (1.8MB download)
  [Note: right-click this link and select "Save Target As..." to download file]
• Plant Disease Diagnosis (APSnet Education Center)
• The Oomycete Experience This site is designed to help County Agents with a group of organisms called the "Oomycetes" (Pythium, Phytophthora, Downy mildews) and the diseases they cause.

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Digital Consulting System (DCS)

Link to DCS = https://warehouse.ca.uky.edu/DCS/
To access the Digital Consulting System,
provide your CATPAWS login id and password.

• DCS - How To Use (4.6 MB)
  [Note: Single-left click to open this up in PowerPoint® or
  right-click this link and select "Save Target As..."to download file]
• DCS - Taking good images (10.0 MB)
  [Note: Single-left click to open as an on-line presentation in html format
  but you can also right-click and select "Save target As..." to download it to your computer]
• DCS - An Overview (2.5 MB)
  [Note: Single-left click to open this up in PowerPoint® or
  right-click this link and select "Save Target As..."to download file]

NOTE: We are working on an iPhone/iPad App to replace the DCS system sometime in early 2013.

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