The Great
Plains Diagnostic Network (GPDN) is a consortium
of land grant institutions that provide services for
plant disease diagnosis, plant identification, and
insect/pest identification. GPDN uses a common software
platform to process diagnostic requests and share
information between diagnostic laboratories. GPDN
is regional member of the larger National Plant Disease
and Pest Diagnostic Network (NPDPDN). NPDPDN consists
of five regional plant diagnostic centers located
at Kansas State University (GPDN); University of California,
Davis (WPDN); Michigan State University (NCPDN); Cornell
University (NEPDN); and University of Florida (SPDN).
Each regional plant diagnostic center coordinates
data gathering, diagnostic collaboration, and other
activities of member land grant institutions. See
NPDPDN
U.S. map for specific regions.
The Texas High
Plains Plant Pathology Project, run by Dr. Charlie
Rush at the Texas
Ag. Experiment Station in Amarillo, TX (TAMU)
is involved with the GPDN in association with Texas
Tech University in Lubbock, TX. Dr. Rush's appointment
is with the Plant
Pathology Department at Texas
A&M University, however because of our location
and expertise, we are associated with the GPDN while
the Plant Path. Department in College Station is associated
with the Southern Division.
The Texas High Plains Plant Pathology Project has
undertaken the following responsibilities concerning
the plant pathogens important to our regional agriculture:
