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
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagricultureagronomyplant protection
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyvirology
- engineering and technologymedical engineeringmedical laboratory technologydiagnostic technologies
- natural sciencesbiological scienceszoologyinvertebrate zoology
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Funding Scheme
IA - Innovation actionCoordinator
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Participants (15)
10124 Torino
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3003 Bern
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4153 Reinach
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82054 Sauerlach
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
75011 Paris
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EC2V 7NQ London
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1000 Ljubljana
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4000 Liege
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3511 GG Utrecht
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6709 PA Wageningen
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6708 PB Wageningen
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26900 Lodi
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
21110 Breteniere
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
00184 Roma
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00-828 Warszawa
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