NEW: Tests for fungal diseases vegetable seeds
24 October 2019
There are four new tests for fungal diseases (mycology): black spot disease, clubroot, verticillium wilt and...
NEW: Combined PCR for bacterial diseases in strawberries
24 October 2019
Our routine laboratory is now offering a test to detect Erwinia pyrifoliae in strawberries. This disease...
PVP Toolbox useful and efficient
10 October 2019
An evaluation commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) and Naktuinbouw has...
Update Technical Questionnaire (TQ) Lettuce
25 September 2019
The leaf colour of lettuce is described with five characteristics. So far, three of them have been used in the...
Shorter turnaround time through addition of real-time PCR
20 September 2019
For two important combination tests for bacteria on cabbage seeds, a real-time PCR has been added to the...
Current PCR method replaced by real-time PCR
18 September 2019
For a number of pathogen/crop combinations, the conventional colony verification PCR has been replaced by the...