Proficiency test (PT) is a way in which the performance and competence of laboratories are evaluated  and assessed. In proficiency testing, standardized samples are prepared with known status regar...

Presentation on the results of the international Proficiency Test for the diagnosis of Xylella fastidiosa organised in the framework of the projects: POnTE, XF-ACTORS and PROMODE

Report of the Euphresco project 2015-F-146 'Harmonized protocol for monitoring and detection of Xylella fastidiosa in its host plants and its vectors (PROMODE)'. The PROMODE project workplan was de...

Report of the Test Performance Study: Molecular detection of Xylella fastidiosa through quantitative real time assays- Implementation of the Proficiency test EU-XF- PT-2017-02. This interlaboratory...

The extraction of high quality DNA, from plant, insect and environmental sample, that does not inhibit the PCR has been one of the main problems in using PCR as a diagnosis tool. The removal of p...