Potato

We offer potato testing for certification, diagnosis, and research.

Please contact us for information on sending potato sprouts, tubers, leaves, tissue cultures or seed lot samples.  We can help you pick the best testing to fit your needs.

We test for potato spindle tuber viroid using a nucleic acid hybridization assay.  This assay normally requires 48 hours to complete.

We test for Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus, the pathogen responsible for bacterial ringrot, using ELISA and immunofluorescence assay test systems based on monoclonal antibodies developed at the Agriculture Canada Research Station, Vancouver, B.C.

Potato Screen (9 tests)

• Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus (Cms)
• Pectobacterium atrosepticum (Patro)
• Potato leafroll virus (PLRV)
• Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) 
• Potato virus A (PVA)
• Potato virus M (PVM)
• Potato virus S (PVS)
• Potato virus X (PVX)
• Potato virus Y (PVY)

Basic 6

• Potato leaf roll virus (PLRV)
• Potato virus A (PVA)
• Potato virus M (PVM)
• Potato virus S (PVS)
• Potato virus X (PVX)
• Potato virus Y (PVY) 

other pathogens available for potatoes:

• Alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV)
• Andean potato laten virus (APLV)
• Andean potato mottle virus (APMoV)*
• Potato acuba mosaic virus (PAMV)
• Potato mop top virus (PMTV)*
• Potato laten virus (PotLV)
• Potato virus T (PVT)
• Potato virus V (PVV)
• Tobacco rattle virus (TRV)*
• Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV)
• Erwinia carotovora (Ec)
• Ralstonia (Pseudomonas) solanacearum (Rs)*

*Please contact us before sending samples.