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Testing is the best way to diagnose your cannabis plant pathogens. But if you’re curious about common cannabis pathogen symptoms and what they mean, click here.

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Agdia, a market leader in plant diagnostic products and services, is happy to announce the release of a new rapid molecular assay for the detection of Zebra chip disease

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Agdia, a market leader in plant diagnostic products and services, is happy to announce the release of a new rapid molecular assay for the detection of CABYV (Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus)

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Agdia, Inc., a market leader in plant diagnostic products and services, is happy to announce the commercialization of products for the detection of Cowpea mild mottle virus on ELISA and ImmunoStrip® platforms.

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Agdia, a market leader in plant diagnostic products and services, is happy to announce the release of StudFinder™, a molecular diagnostic test for sex determination in Cannabis.

Agdia's new TMB Peroxidase Substrate offerings

Agdia is happy to announce the commercial release of a critical visualization reagent commonly used by diagnostic providers in all industries.

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Agdia, Inc. of Elkhart, IN is happy to announce the commercial release of a rapid isothermal molecular assay for the detection of Botrytis cinerea on their AmplifyRP® XRT platform.

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Agdia, Inc., a market leader in plant diagnostics, is happy to announce the commercialization of a product for detection of Bean yellow mosaic virus on their popular ImmunoStrip® platform. Bean yellow mosaic virus (BYMV) is a member of the...

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Agdia, Inc. is happy to announce the addition of a new product to their ImmunoComb® line to help growers detect and combat plant viruses that cause similar symptoms in addition to sharing a common insect...

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Agdia, Inc. is happy to announce the launch of a new rapid, field-deployable RNA-based assay for detection of Blueberry scorch virus (BlScV). The new test outperforms all commercially available...

Humans seem to be hardwired for success in the manipulation of our subjective environments via technological advancements in agriculture, communication, construction, energy production, medicine and transportation. Unfortunately, the progress meant...

Demystifying Diagnostics Part 4

Over my last three installments, I introduced everyone to the lateral flow device, discussed antibodies and provided a crash course in the functional components of the ImmunoStrip®. This final installment will bring...

Demystifying diagnostics part 3

The ImmunoStrip® is composed of multiple functional components that must work together systematically to be effective. Altering a single component can alter test performance and final result. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the functional...

Demystifying diagnostics part 2

Hopefully, you now have a general understanding of what antibodies are and their importance to our health through adaptive immunity. Nevertheless, as I acknowledged at the conclusion of part one, you might be wondering what part antibodies play in the development of a lateral flow device such as the ImmunoStrip®. This is an excellent question, and it will be...

Demystifying diagnostics

Over the previous three years, we collectively learned the importance of fast, accurate and easy-to-use disease diagnostic products in the absence of laboratory resources and expert personnel. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic ushered in the era of the ubiquitous DIY lateral flow test, developed to detect the presence of...

Immunostrip test for GAT4621 in canola

Agdia, Inc. (Elkhart, IN), a leading provider of agricultural diagnostic products and services, has commercialized an ImmunoStrip® assay for the detection of the GAT4621 gene product, which confers glyphosate tolerance to transgenic canola.

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Agdia, Inc. (Elkhart, IN) is happy to announce the commercial launch of a rapid, user-friendly, RNA-based assay, on their AmplifyRP® XRT platform, for the detection of Phytophthora ramorum.

An image of Agdia's new ImmunoStrip lateral flow device for Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii

Agdia, Inc. (Elkhart, IN) is happy to announce the commercialization of an ImmunoStrip® assay for the detection of Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii, the causal agent of Stewart’s wilt on corn. Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii (Syn. Erwinia stewartii), previously Pseudomonas stewartii, is the species of bacterium responsible for Stewart’s wilt on field or dent corn (Zea mays), sweetcorn (Zea mays subsp. mays) and popcorn (Zea mays subsp. everta).

Amplification curve used with Agdia's AmpliFire isothermal fluorometer

Agdia, Inc. (Elkhart, IN) is happy to announce the commercial launch of a rapid, user-friendly, RNA-based assay, on their AmplifyRP® XRT platform, for the detection of Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV).

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Agdia, Inc. (Elkhart, IN), a leading provider of plant diagnostic products and services since 1981, is happy to announce the release of a new ImmunoStrip® product...