Valitest EU Project

Today is International Day of Plant Health. Thanks to @plantchief for highlighting the contribution of the #VALITEST project in protecting plants during the celebration organized by @IPPC @FAO #PlantHealthDay

The results of the #VALITEST TPS on #ToBRFV have been published in the journal @Pathogens_MDPI. Congratulations to @CREA_Ricerca ! ➡️mdpi.com/2076-0817/11/2/207

The #VALITEST project has officially ended ➡️Thanks to all the partners for the enormous amount of work and all the results produced to improve plant pest diagnostic ➡️ We will keep you posted on other dissemination activities (publications, conferences) here and on our website

The VALITEST project is coming to an end but all the webinar recordings, interviews and videos of the training activities on test validation, TPS organisation and HTS will remain available on the website. ➡️Do not hesitate to share them with your network and (new) colleagues!

How to contact @EPDIA2020? Here it is!

Jose van Beckhoven (Prime Diagnostics @WURplant presenting the vision for the future of @EPDIA2020

A demo by Michele Frapolli (bioreba AG)of the @epdia2020 website showing how you can get information of commercial kits and retrieve the EPDIA validation datasheets. The website will be launched next week watch out and follow @EPDIA2020 To receive the updates

Today is the launch of the European Plant Diagnostic Industry Association (EPDIA) 📣 Caroline Freye @LOEWEBiochemica presents the EPDIA quality charter. @epdia2020 was established in the framework of the @ValitestProject

Mr van der Vlugt @WURplant presents the outcomes of VALITEST on #reference material An EPPO standard on the production of reference material is presented for approval.

HTS guidelines prepared in WP2 prepared with the contribution from more than 50 experts from countries Beyond EU A guideline has been prepared!

Sébastien Massart @Be_Phytopath explains ho the VALITEST projet has contributed to improve the analysis of TPS and how to prepare appropriate sample panels