3R Biotech - Pathogen Test Kit (x5 Tests Per Kit)

3R Biotech offers pathogen test kits to detect harmful plant diseases, including Hop Latent Viroid, Beet Curly Top Virus, Lettuce Chlorosis Virus, Fusarium spp., and Pythium spp. Simply use the collection kit to gather your plant tissue samples and send them directly to 3R Biotech Labs at the address that appears at the bottom of the instruction sheet when you scan the QR Code. 

The lab will analyze your samples and provide accurate results to help you protect your plants.

How to Test: 

• For each cultivar you wish to test, sterilize a pair of scissors by soaking in 10% bleach solution for 10 minutes and wipe dry with fresh paper towel. Spray gloved hands with 10% bleach and spread evenly.
• Take the SAMPLE DATA CARD document included in the kit and write down the name of the sample you are testing next to the barcode for each cultivar. Do this twice, one for your records and one to mail back with the kit.
• Place one barcode sticker on the Sample Tube and one barcode sticker on the plant pot.
• Put on fresh disposable gloves and use freshly sterilized scissors for each sample. Using scissors, remove a small section of lateral roots from 3-4 different locations. Lateral roots can be accessed by pulling the pot/vessel away from soil/media near the top of the vessel. Each piece of root must be less than 1/4″ with up to a maximum 1″ of root length total in each Sample Tube.
• Open the barcoded Sample Tube from the 3R Testing kit, add the sample, and close the tube tightly to inactivate the sample.
• Submerge the chopped sample in the solution by inverting the tube 5-10 times to coat all plant material in buffer. Immediately place the sample into a cooler with ice or directly into a refrigerator.
• Store the samples in the refrigerator overnight and then ship the samples and one SAMPLE DATA CARD document immediately to our address.