In a normal year, vegetable growers may drop samples by the SW Purdue Ag Center in Vincennes Indiana for problem identification. However, this is far from a normal year. Due to concerns about the coronavirus, SWPAC is closed to walk-in visitors. We do not know how long this situation may last.
We have devised an alternative method of dropping off samples that will avoid face-to-face contact. Follow these instructions to drop off samples.
- Contact Dan Egel or Wenjing Guan before stopping by or attempting any drop off (see contact info below)!
- There will be a sign on the front door with instructions about how and where to drop off a sample. Do not try to enter the front door.
- When leaving the sample, include as much info as you can about the sample. You will be contacted as soon as possible about the sample by phone or email.
- Leave only Indiana samples!
If you have a sample to send, you are encouraged to send it instead to the Plant Pest and Diagnostic Laboratory (PPDL). The PPDL can also accept out-of-state samples. We are in close contact with the PPDL about vegetable samples.
Plant and Soils Building (LSPS) Room 116
915 West State Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
(765) 494-7071
For farm visits and specialists’ contact information, please see the article above.