In general, currently two products are available encompassing DNA multiscan® and DNA turfscan®, to detect and identify the main pathogens of horticultural crops and turf grasses, respectively.

The different organisms listed below can be simultaneously detected depending on the version selected.

This list of detectable organisms is continuously expanding. An international research team is working full-time on identifying specific genetic material for detection of plant-related fungi, bacteria and nematodes.

DNA multiscan®

FUNGI / OOMYCETES
Harmful organisms (pathogens)

Alternaria spp.
Athelia (Sclerotium) rolfsii
Botrytis cinerea
Colletotrichum acutatum
Colletotrichum coccodes
Colletotrichum fragariae
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides
Colletotrichum spp.
Coniothyrium fuckelii
Cylindrocarpon destructans
Cylindrocladium spp.
Didymella spp.
Fusarium oxysporum
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cucumerinum
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. radicis-cucumerinum
Fusarium sacchari
Fusarium solani
Fusarium spp.
Geotrichum candidum (= Galactomyces geotrichum)
Gnomonia comari (Zythia fragariae)
Myrothecium roridum
Penicillium spp.
Phoma destructiva
Phomopsis sclerotioides
Phytophthora cactorum
Phytophthora capsici
Phytophthora cinnamomi
Phytophthora citricola
Phytophthora cryptogea
Phytophthora drechsleri
Phytophthora fragariae
Phytophthora infestans
Phytophthora nicotianae
Phytophthora ramorum
Phytophthora spp.
Plectosphaerella cucumerina (Fusarium tabacinum)
Pyrenochaeta lycopersici
Pythium aphanidermatum
Pythium dissotocum
Pythium irregulare
Pythium polymastum
Pythium spp.
Pythium sylvaticum
Pythium ultimum
Rhizoctonia solani
Sclerotinia minor
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
Sclerotinia spp.
Sclerotinia trifoliorum
Thielaviopsis basicola
Verticillium albo-atrum
Verticillium dahliae
Verticillium spp.

Beneficial organisms

Trichoderma spp.
Trichoderma asperellum
Trichoderma harzianum
Trichoderma hamatum

BACTERIA
Harmful organisms (pathogens)

Erwinia carotovora subsp. atroseptica
Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora
Erwinia chrysantemi
Pseudomonas cichorii
Pseudomonas marginalis
Pseudomonas syringae pv. porri
Pseudomonas viridiflava
Ralstonia solanacearum
Rhizobium radiobacter (Agrobacterium tumefaciens)
Xanthomonas fragariae

DNA turfscan®

FUNGI / OOMYCETES
Harmful organisms (pathogens)

Colletotrichum spp.
Colletotrichum graminicola
Fusarium spp.
Gaeumannomyces graminis
Laetisaria fuciformis
Leptosphaeria korrae
Leptosphaerulina spp.
Limonomyces roseipellis
Microdochium nivale (= Fusarium nivale)
Puccinia spp.
Pythium spp.
Pythium aphanidermatum
Pythium graminicola
Pythium irregulare
Pythium ultimum
Rhizoctonia solani
Rynchosporium orthosporum
Rynchosporium secalis
Sclerotinia homoeocarpa
Sclerotium rolfsii
Typhula spp.

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