Working group 1: Early detection and diagnostics

WG1 members (pdf file, please click to download)

 

 

WG1 school on Methodologies to improve phytoplasma DNA extraction from plants and insects

15- 18 July 2013, Biologické centrum AV ČR v.v.i., České Budějovice, Czech Republic

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New: Report of the WG1 School České Budějovice

 

 

WG1 School on phytoplasma DNA extraction from plants and insects

3-7 September 2012, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey

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Click here for the report of this WG1 school

 

WG1-WG4: Schools on bioinformatical analyses of phytoplasma sequences

5-8 July, 2011, Vilnius, Lithuania

October 31-November 3, 2011, Belgrade Serbia  

Download lessons and lectures given by Trainers: Bojan Duduk, Xavier Foissac, Michael Kube, Assunta Bertaccini, Vincent Robert and Gianluigi Cardinali

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Report of the WG1 Core Group meeting, Belgrade, Serbia, 29th - 30th October 2010
("Planning 2011, activity of WG1 and verifying possibility of screening phytoplasma strain collection by next generation sequencing techniques”)
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Abstracts of workshop on Phytoplasma classification, Friday July 16th, 2010, Chianciano Terme – Siena - Italy (click to download pdf)

Pictures of the workshop, click here for the photo gallery

 

Tasks of Working Group 1 "Early detection and diagnosis" :

Task 1: Develop a database of available collections of phytoplasma strains and DNA collections in the EU

Task 2: Identify suitable marker genes for differentiation at species and sub-species level forming the basis of new diagnostic protocols

Task 3: Apply the above mentioned collections and methods to study pathogen diversity throughout EU and neighbouring countries

Task 4: Develop new detection protocols for selected phytoplasmas and optimize and validate these and existing protocols

Task 5: Standardise protocols based on results from the above tasks evaluated and validated in ringtests among laboratories