Provide a unique portal for the dissemination of information & good practise in the development of novel diagnostic methods for plant pests & diseases.
- Research & development of routine diagnostic assays
- Uptake by CSL's Diagnostic Services for UK Government Statutory & Commercial Diagnostics
- Manufacture and marketing of lateral flow devices
- Establishment of next generation of diagnostic methods
- Real-time PCR at the point of descision making
- Developing routine diagnostics for quarantine insect & nematode pests
- Molecular methods to produce antibodies to viruses
- Small molecule detection in the field a reality
- Taking LFD production to commercial viability
- Future developments