Crop Testing

Crop Testing
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If you are unsure what kind of tests you need, we can help you diagnose your crop using our plant diagnosis techniques.

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  1. Soft Rotting Bacteria (average tuber inoculum load) (100 tubers)
    This test provides a total count of soft rotting bacteria in potato tubers.
  2. Potato spindle tuber viroid seed test by TaqMan® - (1000 seed)

    The common symptoms of Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) can include stunted growth and changes in the foliage colour in extensively affected crops.

  3. DNA Sequencing (Bacterial culture identification)
    DNA sequencing of 16S rDNA or housekeeping genes can be performed to identify bacterial isolates to a species or pathovar level. Testing can be performed on fresh isolates sent in to our labs or as an additional service to identify bacteria isolated from a sample sent in for testing.
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