Jan Byrne, Ph.D.
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Director of Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic and Plant Pathology Diagnostician
Department of Plant, Soil and Microbial Sciences
Phone:
517-355-3504
Email:
byrnejm@msu.edu
Degrees:
B.S., Cornell University, Plant Science
M.S., Michigan State University, Plant Pathology
Ph.D., Michigan State University, Plant Pathology
Related Work
Authored Articles
- Michigan vegetable crop report – September 4, 2024, September 5, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – August 28, 2024, August 28, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – August 21, 2024, August 21, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – August 14, 2024, August 14, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – August 7, 2024, August 7, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – July 31, 2024, July 31, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – July 23, 2024, July 26, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – July 17, 2024, July 17, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – July 10, 2024, July 10, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – June 26, 2024, June 26, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – June 19, 2024, June 19, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – June 12, 2024, June 12, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – May 29, 2024, May 29, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – May 22, 2024, May 23, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – May 15, 2024, May 15, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – May 8, 2024, May 8, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – May 1, 2024, May 1, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – April 24, 2024, April 24, 2024
- Michigan vegetable crop report – September 6, 2023, September 6, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – August 30, 2023, August 30, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – August 23, 2023, August 23, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – August 18, 2023, August 18, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – August 9, 2023, August 9, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – August 2, 2023, August 2, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – July 26, 2023, July 26, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – July 19, 2023, July 19, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – July 12, 2023, July 12, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – July 5, 2023, July 5, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – June 28, 2023, June 28, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – June 21, 2023, June 21, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – June 14, 2023, June 14, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – June 7, 2023, June 7, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – May 31, 2023, May 31, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – May 24, 2023, May 24, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – May 17, 2023, May 18, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – May 10, 2023, May 10, 2023
- Tips to toss the moss from your lawn, May 10, 2023
- Michigan vegetable crop report – May 3, 2023, May 4, 2023
- Leaf scorch or oak wilt: What’s plaguing my tree?, September 26, 2022
- Michigan vegetable crop report – August 31, 2022, August 31, 2022
- Winter injury on shrubs following combined environmental stresses, June 24, 2022
- Blueberry pest? Don’t guess—test: Mummy berry, May 13, 2022
- Scout, rogue and repeat to reduce the spread of chili pepper mild mottle virus, April 15, 2022
- MSU Plant & Pest Diagnostics provides testing for hop viruses and viroids, June 29, 2021
- Viruses detected in Michigan wheat, June 21, 2021
- Help me save my blue spruce, May 27, 2021
- Bands from Weir’s cushion rust visible on infected spruce needles, April 15, 2021
- Smuts and bunts of small grains, September 1, 2020
- Be familiar with common problems on Rieger begonias, May 7, 2020
- Managing grapevine leafroll disease, April 27, 2020
- Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 detected in greenhouse geraniums, April 22, 2020
- Plant and soil service labs open during COVID-19 shutdowns, March 30, 2020
- Preventing the spread of boxwood blight in landscapes, September 10, 2019
- Preventing boxwood blight in nurseries, September 10, 2019
- Browning of boxwood: Is it boxwood blight?, September 10, 2019
- Don’t guess, get a test from MSU Plant & Pest Diagnostics, May 10, 2019
- Boxwood blight disease identified in Michigan, January 25, 2019
- New grapevine virus testing services at MSU starting in summer 2019, December 3, 2018
- Tree, turf and ornamental plant update – Sept. 7, 2018, September 7, 2018
- Corn tar spot now confirmed in Allegan and Montcalm counties, August 21, 2018
- Tree, turf and plant update – June 2, 2017, June 2, 2017
- Giant hogweed: Not widely spread in Michigan, August 4, 2015
- Growers of fall garden mums need to inspect and test for tomato spotted wilt virus now, June 26, 2014
- Tomato spotted wilt virus found in fall garden mums, August 27, 2013
- Phytotoxicity: When an application appears to do more harm than good, May 23, 2013
- Tubakia leaf spot appearing on oak trees, August 23, 2012
- Watch for white smut on Gaillardia plants, June 1, 2012
- Prevent oak wilt by waiting to prune oaks, April 13, 2012
- When to control tar spots on maples, August 26, 2011
- Eastern filbert blight on Turkish filbert, August 15, 2011
- Delay pruning of oaks to prevent oak wilt, July 29, 2011
- Pruning oaks and the oak wilt infection risk, April 29, 2011
- Bacterial leaf spot of begonia, April 8, 2011
- Viruses of canna, March 10, 2011
- Viral Diseases of Canna, May 26, 2006
Articles Featuring
- PSM People recognized with awards from National Pest Diagnostics Network for outstanding service, September 29, 2024
- MSU and MDARD plant labs unite to help Michigan plant industries thrive, April 3, 2024
- Michigan Wheat Program Field Day set for June 14 in Lansing, May 26, 2023
- Michigan State University a ‘pioneer’ in plant pest and disease response, March 21, 2023
- Beer Heroes Battle Hops Disease In Great Lakes State, October 13, 2020
- Identifying plant health threats and solutions at the epicenter of collaboration, July 1, 2020
Authored Documents
- Michigan Grape Facts: Managing Grapevine Leafroll Disease, April 27, 2020
- Boxwood Blight Disease Identified in Michigan, January 25, 2019