DDLS – Plant Pathology Laboratories service fees

General

• Job handling fee
• Cancellation fee

Disease Diagnosis

Nematodes

• Nematode detection in soils and roots
• Soil Health (nematode)

Fungal and Bacterial

• Visual / microscopic examination
• Fungal pathogen isolation by plating (plant)
• Bacterial pathogen isolation by plating and ID (plant)
• Fungal pathogen isolation by moist tray (plant)

Seed Tests

• Fungal pathogen (wash test)
• Fungal pathogen (seed)
• Bacterial pathogen (seed)
• Nematode (seed)

Root / Soil / Water tests

• Accreditation phytophthora soil testing (double bait test)
• Phytophthora / pythium on soil and water samples
• Detection of other fungal pathogens on soil
• Rhizoctonia test
• Phytophthora test
• Detection of fungal pathogens in water
• Phytophthora / pythium only when used in addition to fungal testing

Molecular Tests

• Sequencing
• Conventional PCRs
• qPCR (real time PCRs)
• LAMP assays

Microbial Cultures and Isolates

• Culture Collection request

Regulatory Services

• Laboratory analysis of plants

Virus Testing

• Virus sample processing fee
• Electron microscopy (plant)
• Herbaceous indexing per test

Leaf samples

• Initial setup per leaf virus
• Testing charge per leaf sample each virus

Potato virus testing (PLRV, PVS, PVX, PVY, TSWV)

• Leaf - Potato virus testing per virus
• Leaf - Potato spindle tuber vitoid testing (200 leaves) by PCR
• Tuber - Potato virus testing per virus

Grapevine virus testing (GLRV1&3, GVA)

• Cane (1 virus per sample)
• Cane (2 viruses per sample)

Seed testing (no virus processing fee applicable)

• ELISA 400 seed test (1 virus per sample)
• ELISA 400 seed test (2 viruses per sample)