Objective
Regulated or non-regulated pests (bacteria, virus, fungi, nematodes, arthropods or weeds) are responsible of major crops’ losses. Accurate and reliable detection and identification of pests are essential to avoid or reduce economical costs and trade disruptions and to support surveillance activities. In recent years, numerous tests based on new technologies have been developed to meet the different needs. However, most of them are validated on an intra-laboratory basis, through limited test performance studies (TPS) or ring trials, and there is a need to further harmonize practices. The project aims at producing validation data and will include two rounds of TPS. The first one will include combinations of pest/test/matrix, prioritized based on the expertise of the project's consortium. The second round will include other combinations based on the needs expressed by various stakeholders. Priorities for validation will then be better aligned to their needs and to the market. To maximize the impact of the project, calls of interest will be organized to include in the validation programme, kits of suppliers outside the consortium and allow participation to the TPS of voluntary proficient laboratories. Current harmonized procedures in Plant Health for validation and organization of TPS will be improved by including appropriate statistical approaches and by adapting the process for new promising technologies, such as Next Generation Sequencing. Liaison with regional and international standardization bodies will allow large dissemination of validation data obtained in this project especially by their inclusion in harmonized diagnostic protocols. The outcomes of the project will stimulate, optimize and strengthen the interactions between stakeholders in Plant Health for better diagnostics and lay the foundations for structuring the quality and the commercial offers for plant health diagnostics tools thanks to a dedicated association and a quality charter.
Fields of science
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyvirology
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologybacteriology
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologymycology
- natural sciencesbiological scienceszoologyinvertebrate zoology
- engineering and technologymedical engineeringmedical laboratory technologydiagnostic technologies
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementcommerce
Programme(s)
Call for proposal
H2020-SFS-2017-1
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Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
94700 Maisons Alfort
France
Participants (15)
10124 Torino
3003 Bern
4153 Reinach
82054 Sauerlach
75011 Paris
EC2V 7NQ London
1000 Ljubljana
4000 Liege
3511 GG Utrecht
6709 PA Wageningen
6708 PB Wageningen
26900 Lodi
21110 Breteniere
00198 Roma
00-828 Warszawa