The plant viruses and viroids database and collections of Q‐bank |
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| Authors: | J. W. Roenhorst N. Boonham S. Winter W. Menzel R. A. A. van der Vlugt |
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| Affiliation: | 1. National Plant Protection Organization, , Wageningen, Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, 6700 HC NetherlandsPaper presented at the QBOL‐EPPO Conference on DNA barcoding and diagnostic methods for plant pests, organized by EPPO, the QBOL partners and the National Plant Protection Organization of the Netherlands.;2. Food and Environment Research Agency, , York, YO41 1LZ UK;3. Leibniz Institut DSMZ c/o Julius Kühn‐Institut, , Braunschweig, 38104 Germany;4. Leibniz Institut DSMZ, , Braunschweig, 38124 Germany;5. Plant Research International, , Wageningen, 6708 PB Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | The availability of characterised reference isolates of plant pathogens is of crucial importance for research and diagnostic laboratories. The Q‐bank Plant Viruses and Viroids database contains data and information on plant viruses and viroids, with the unique feature that it is linked to specimens present in publicly available physical collections. The Q‐bank database aims to share data and information on the virus and viroid species and their availability between research and diagnostic laboratories. Currently the database focuses on regulated virus species. In future more plant viruses and viroids will be included to provide a comprehensive data and information system. The curators invite virologists worldwide to participate in this international initiative by making their data and isolates available via Q‐bank ( http://www.q-bank.eu ). |
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