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Humans seem to be hardwired for success in the manipulation of our subjective environments via technological advancements in agriculture, communication, construction, energy production, medicine and transportation. Unfortunately, the progress meant...

Demystifying Diagnostics Part 4

Over my last three installments, I introduced everyone to the lateral flow device, discussed antibodies and provided a crash course in the functional components of the ImmunoStrip®. This final installment will bring...

Demystifying diagnostics part 3

The ImmunoStrip® is composed of multiple functional components that must work together systematically to be effective. Altering a single component can alter test performance and final result. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the functional...

Demystifying diagnostics part 2

Hopefully, you now have a general understanding of what antibodies are and their importance to our health through adaptive immunity. Nevertheless, as I acknowledged at the conclusion of part one, you might be wondering what part antibodies play in the development of a lateral flow device such as the ImmunoStrip®. This is an excellent question, and it will be...

Demystifying diagnostics

Over the previous three years, we collectively learned the importance of fast, accurate and easy-to-use disease diagnostic products in the absence of laboratory resources and expert personnel. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic ushered in the era of the ubiquitous DIY lateral flow test, developed to detect the presence of...

Immunostrip test for GAT4621 in canola

Agdia, Inc. (Elkhart, IN), a leading provider of agricultural diagnostic products and services, has commercialized an ImmunoStrip® assay for the detection of the GAT4621 gene product, which confers glyphosate tolerance to transgenic canola.

Aerial view of tanoak mortality in Humboldt County, CA. Image courtesy of California Oak Mortality Task Force

Agdia, Inc. (Elkhart, IN) is happy to announce the commercial launch of a rapid, user-friendly, RNA-based assay, on their AmplifyRP® XRT platform, for the detection of Phytophthora ramorum.

An image of Agdia's new ImmunoStrip lateral flow device for Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii

Agdia, Inc. (Elkhart, IN) is happy to announce the commercialization of an ImmunoStrip® assay for the detection of Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii, the causal agent of Stewart’s wilt on corn. Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii (Syn. Erwinia stewartii), previously Pseudomonas stewartii, is the species of bacterium responsible for Stewart’s wilt on field or dent corn (Zea mays), sweetcorn (Zea mays subsp. mays) and popcorn (Zea mays subsp. everta).

Amplification curve used with Agdia's AmpliFire isothermal fluorometer

Agdia, Inc. (Elkhart, IN) is happy to announce the commercial launch of a rapid, user-friendly, RNA-based assay, on their AmplifyRP® XRT platform, for the detection of Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV).

Image of lettuce with lettuce mosaic virus symptoms

Agdia, Inc. (Elkhart, IN), a leading provider of plant diagnostic products and services since 1981, is happy to announce the release of a new ImmunoStrip® product...

8 combed Immunostrips standing up in wells with five test lines

Agdia, Inc. (Elkhart, IN), a leading provider of agricultural diagnostic products and services, has commercialized an ImmunoStrip® assay for detection of DMO, CP4 EPSPS, Bt-Cry2Ab, Bt-Cry1Ac and Vip3A, transgenic proteins present in Bollgard® 3 XtendFlex® cotton.

Gloved hands sampling hemp leaves

Following decades of service to food crop and ornamental growers, Agdia’s in-house diagnostic laboratory is now offering its expansive disease testing program to the hemp market.

Diacon of Agdia ImmunoStrip

Agdia, Inc. (Elkhart, IN) has added an ImmunoStrip® to their Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) diagnostic suite. Their ImmunoStrip® for ToBRFV is the third ToBRFV diagnostic assay launched by Agdia in the first half of 2021. Their high-specificity ELISA assay for ToBRFV was released on January 7, followed by a rapid molecular AmplifyRP® XRT for ToBRFV on January 12.