[OGD] Virus testing

2007-12-20 Thread Oliver Sparrow
SCHNITZ Quote: >Hi Oliver. All testing so far has been with Critter Creek Labs. Interesting. Of course, knowing that the plant is infected does not take one much further forward, unless you throw it out. I recall some Australian experiments (on crop plants) which showed that in common with the

[OGD] Virus testing

2007-12-19 Thread Schnitz
ow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [OGD] virus testing To: orchids@orchidguide.com Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Quote: "Schnitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I will point out my recent observations re:virus and Vani

Re: [OGD] virus testing

2007-12-18 Thread Oliver Sparrow
Quote: "Schnitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I will point out my recent observations re:virus and Vanilla. The last 4 >Vanilla plants I bought tested positive for virus I would be interested to know which virus, and how you tested for it. (A single cubic centimetre of 'clean' water has around a billi

[OGD] Virus testing lab

2006-03-12 Thread Schnitz
I am currently using Critter Creek Lab in Lincoln, CA.  There web site has info on the tests they do.  Mostly I use the green house screening, but with plants whose look disagrees with the result, or the loss is too painful, I have the plant retested with their 4 well test.  One false negati