Contact: Your local Virginia Cooperative Extension agent. Knowing the quality of the forages you are selling or buying is economically wise as well. It is important to know the nutrient content of forages before feeding, especially dry matter, crude protein, fiber, and estimated energy. Your local Extension agent can provide forage sampling instructions, testing, and an interpretation of the results for your farm.
See Forage Testing for more information. Insect samples and insect damaged plant material from any structural, plant, or animal hosts are accepted. Insects are identified to the lowest taxonomic level needed for control decisions. Control recommendations accompany insect identification results, which are sent back electronically to each Virginia Cooperative Extension office.
Digital photos can also be used for identification. Many insects can be identified and control recommendations provided by your local Extension Office. See Insect Identification Lab for more information. Containers, sample forms, and instructions can be obtained from a local Extension office. Your local Extension agent or DCR nutrient management specialist should be consulted for interpretation of the results.
The success of the Nematode Advisory Program depends on the cooperation of the agricultural community, the Extension agents and the Nematode Assay Laboratory. Proper sampling, completion of appropriate forms, and careful laboratory analysis are all necessary to provide the grower with appropriate recommendations on nematode management.
The Nematode Advisory Program can help growers avoid costly yield loss due to plant parasitic nematodes. See Nematode Assay Clinic for more information. Plant samples with problems caused by pathogens, including fungi, bacteria, viruses, and nematodes, in addition to plant samples with environmental or other abiotic problems may be submitted to the Plant Disease Clinic. Diagnosis is provided for any type of plant.
Other services provided by the Plant Disease Clinic include mushroom identification and identification of non-weedy plants. Digital photos can also be identified. The mission of the NPDN is to enhance national agricultural security by quickly detecting introduced pests and pathogens. Many plant diseases can be identified and recommendations provided by your local Extension office. See Plant Disease Clinic for more information. The Virginia Tech Toxicology Laboratory provides analyses for heavy metals, minerals deficiencies and poisonings , Vitamins A and E, pesticides, rodenticides, mycotoxins, nitrate, and cyanide.
The majority of samples submitted to the laboratory deal with forage and feed analyses for mycotoxins, nitrate, and cyanide. Please make note of our priority, regular, and late deadlines listed below. Apply online Please note: If you don't have a Virginia Tech account please click on the "Create an account" link under the "First-time users: " option.
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