Greater awareness of Plant Breeders' Rights in African countries: OAPI
03 December 2019
Last summer, a two-year EU project was started to raise awareness of the Plant Breeders' Rights system among...
Methodology projects 2020 approved
03 December 2019
We use methodology studies to improve the quality of DUS testing and to increase efficiency. The Board of Plant...
Modification of submission requirements corn salad
29 November 2019
The submission requirements for listing and Plant Breeders’ Rights testing of the species corn salad has been...
NEW: TaqMan RT-PCR for tobaccos rattle virus in horticultural crops
13 November 2019
The test laboratory has recently added a new PCR test to its portfolio for tobacco rattle virus (TRV). The...
NEW: TaqMan RT-PCR for cucumber mosaic virus in horticultural crops
13 November 2019
Since recently, the test laboratory has been offering a new PCR method to detect cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)....
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...