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)