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Survey on the use of tests mentioned in EPPO diagnostic protocols
Author(s) -
Petter F.,
Suffert M.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.2009.02361.x
Subject(s) - diagnostic test , medical physics , test (biology) , medicine , biology , veterinary medicine , ecology
A survey on the use of EPPO diagnostic protocols was conducted in the summer of 2008. Approximately 90 laboratories that were registered in the EPPO database on Diagnostic Expertise were asked to indicate the number of samples that they tested during the year 2007 and which recommended test, or other test, they used. The survey was organized on a selection of 58 diagnostic protocols in all disciplines of plant health diagnosis (bacteriology, mycology, entomology, nematology, virology and phytoplasmology). Forty‐four laboratories from 20 EPPO countries responded. The results are presented for 12 protocols giving the number of tests used for diagnosis. From this survey it can be concluded that many of the tests for detection mentioned in EPPO diagnostic protocols are widely used in plant pest diagnostic laboratories in the EPPO Region.