The Royal Botanic Gardens of Sydney

PlantClinic - Plant disease diagnostics

Plantclinic provides a wide range of disease diagnostic services for the public, industry and government agencies.

Pink flowering gum blossoms

The PlantClinic offers a wide range of plant disease diagnostics, pathogen detection and plant DNA identification services to the public, industry and government agencies.

PlantClinic is located at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. It houses the Plant Pathology and Mycology research program, and the Plant Disease Diagnostic Unit.

This service is not for profit and all revenue goes towards the PlantClinic service, development of new diagnostic techniques and research into plant diseases that threaten our forests, parks and gardens.

Why provide plant disease services?

Plant diseases threaten our biodiversity and have a devastating impact on our native flora and fauna. Diagnostics is the first step in plant disease management and is integral to our future plant health and conservation efforts.

Service enquiries

To request disease diagnostic services, please fill out the online enquiry form:

Make a diagnostics enquiry

View PlantClinic's Service Information (PDF, 4MB) to find which service you need and how to collect plant samples.

  • Armillaria luteobubalina fungus on a tree
    Armillaria luteobubalina
  • A dead tree suffering from fallen tree dieback in a field
    Fallen tree dieback
  • A New Zealand Kauri suffering from dieback with other forest trees in the background
    Kauri tree dieback
  • Phytophthora cinnamomi fungal hyphae under a microscope
    Phytophthora cinnamomi fungal hyphae
  • Pierce's Disease on Grapes
    Pierce's Disease on Grapes
  • Root Rot On Tree
    Tree suffering from root rot
  • Xylella fastidiosa leaf scorch on an olive tree
    Xylella fastidiosa leaf scorch attacking an olive tree

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