


Testing Protocol
All testing performed by Agdia, Elkhart, Indiana
Lab samples: all tissue culture plants are tested before they are cut for expansion.
They are tested for: PVX, PVY, PVM, PVA, PVS, PLVR, ECA, PSTV, PMTV, CMS by ELISA and IFA, TRV by PCR, and Ralstonia.
Greenhouse samples: 10 tuber and 10 leaf samples tested for every 1,000 plants in the greenhouse
Leaves: PVX , PVY, PVM, PVA, PVS, PLRV, PSTV, PMTV, TRV and Ralstonia
Tubers: Patro, CMS by ELISA and IFA
- PVX: Potato Virus X
- PVY: Potato Virus Y
- PVM: Potato Virus M
- PVA: Potato Virus A
- PVS: Potato Virus S
- PLRV: Potato leafroll Virus
- PSTV: Potato spindle tuber viroid (Hybrid)
- PMTV: Potato Mop Top Virus
- TRV: Tobacco Rattle Virus
- Patro: Pectobacterium atrosepticum
- CMS: By PCR & IFA
- ECA: Potato (Blackleg)
