New Mexico State University students will host a free plant diagnosis clinic from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at the Fabián García Research Center, 113 W. University Ave., near the Las Cruces campus. Due to ongoing construction on West University Avenue, visitors should enter the center at 500 W. College Drive.
The annual plant clinic is an outreach project organized by students in Soum Sanogo’s Diagnosing Plant Disorders class at NMSU. Sanogo, a professor of fungal plant pathology, said community members may bring a specimen of any legal plant to the clinic, along with specific questions about growing and maintaining plants.
Students will be on hand to answer questions from community members. They will be assisted by Phillip Lujan, Extension plant pathologist; Leslie Beck, Extension weed specialist; Israel Joukhadar, assistant professor of horticulture; and Ivan Tellez, senior research assistant in the Department of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science.
Sanogo began the free clinics several years ago to give students an opportunity to share their knowledge outside the classroom and help community members seeking advice on a range of plant health topics. For more information about this year’s clinic, contact Sanogo at ssanogo@nmsu.edu or 575-640-6484.
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