BANGOR DAILY NEWS • May 7, 2024
Using the state’s center for identifying and managing plant diseases will require fees from Maine residents beginning this month. The University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s plant disease diagnostic lab in Orono has announced that due to rising test costs it will charge $18 for general tests to identify disease on in-state plant samples and $38 for out-of-state samples. In addition to general diagnostics, the lab tests for nematodes, fungus, bacteria, viruses and water mold.