Mushroom disease diagnosis service
About service
Applied Horticultural Research is offering a disease diagnostic service to Australian mushroom growers using methods developed and equipment funded under the AMGA/Hort Innovation mushroom molecular disease diagnostic project MU12007.
The diseases are:
Cobweb (Cladobotryum mycophilum)
Dry bubble (Lecanicillium fungicola (RPB1))
Bacterial blotch (Pseudomonas tolaasii)
Green mould (Trichoderma sp.) and a seperate test for Trichoderma aggressivum.
Testing is quick, reliable, and a great way of monitoring the effectivness of current farm disease management strategies.
If you are interested in using this service please contact
Henry Hyde, Applied Horticultural Research Pty Ltd
Or
Tyler Kristensen, Applied Horticultural Research Pty Ltd
Sampling methods
Result example
Output of a qPCR used to identify presence and concentration of disease causing organisms