As of Oktober 1, PCR tests will replace ELISA tests for various floricultural crops

Publicationdate: 13 augustus 2025

As of Oktober 1, 2025, for the crops in the families Apocynaceae, Lamiaceae, Mesembryanthemaceae, Ranunculaceae and Verbenaceae, we will introduce PCR tests to replace ELISA tests.

In the previous newsletter, we indicated that by August 1, for the family Caryophyllaceae, we would replace the ELISA tests with PCR tests. This has been postponed to a later moment.

At the moment, we are still working on further planning per family. Once the planning is finalized, we will communicate this again through the newsletters.

Check the website for an overview of all crops where we only perform PCR virus testing.

Potyvirus we will continue to test with ELISA

The Potyvirus test remains an exception for the time being. This test covers a very large group of viruses. This makes the development of a PCR test very complex and takes longer. A separate sample is still required for the Potyvirus test.

Sample size and PCR rates

For our PCR tests we use three different sample sizes with corresponding rates:

Up to 2 leaves: € 9.20* per virus per sample

Maximum 10 leaves: € 17.70* per virus per sample

Maximum 25 leaves: € 48.90* per virus per sample

* For some tests, we charge a different rate. This rate can be found in our Price list. Please also refer to our Price list 2025 for the base rates.

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