One lab for the questions a cultivator asks about plant health: what is in this plant, what is in this room, what grew on this plate, and whether the mother stock is still clean. Order the panel in the portal; ask the lab about the rest.
Every target is reported as detected or not detected.
Sixteen validated qPCR targets, run as two multiplexed reactions per sample: the viroid, the viruses, and the fungal pathogens that matter in cannabis production. Results in 5 business days from sample arrival, in the portal, with an email the moment the report is ready.
Use it to screen incoming genetics before they enter the facility, to check mother stock on a schedule, to confirm what is behind symptoms you can see, and to clear material before and during tissue culture.
"Not detected" means the target was not found in the sample at the assay's limit of detection. It is a statement about that sample on that day, which is why sampling matters as much as the assay.
The panel answers a known question. These are for the questions it cannot: an organism that is not on the list, a room rather than a plant, a program rather than a sample.
For the unknown: an isolate on a plate, a contaminant in a culture, the mold on finished product that the certificate of analysis names only as a category. Bacterial and fungal. Send tissue, a swab, an isolate, or the sample itself; you get back the organism to genus and species where the reference data supports it, and how confident the call is.
Water at the source, in reservoirs, in lines, and in runoff. Substrate and media. Surfaces and sanitation systems by swab. Air, sampled onto plates on site. Counts and identification, so you know where contamination enters rather than only that it did.
A standing order rather than a one-off test. Incoming genetics screened before they enter the facility. Mother stock checked on a cadence you set, with the labels and submission forms arriving before each collection date and the history of every line kept in one record.
For cultivators and labs running their own tissue culture: lines tested at each subculture, not only at intake, so contamination that was below the limit on day one is caught before it spreads through a bank. The same practice the lab uses on its own program.
A target that is not on the panel: a pathogen specific to your facility, your crop, or your region. The lab designs the assay, validates it on your material, and runs it alongside the panel from then on.
For what qPCR does not answer. Plating to see what grows and how much. Microscopy to look at the tissue, the roots, and the organism itself. Often the first step before sequencing, and often the step that tells you whether sequencing is needed.
Finished product over the limit on total yeast and mold or on a named organism. We review the certificates of analysis for the pattern, then test the rooms, water, and post-harvest areas to find where it enters. Usually run as a root cause investigation.
Everything beyond the panel starts with a conversation, because the right samples depend on the question. Email the lab and say what you are seeing.
Collection and packing instructions come with the order. The short version: sample each plant separately, in its own labelled bag.
Every report is in the portal, for every facility on your account, with an email the moment it is ready. Testing-only contacts can see results and nothing else.
If you do not know what you are looking for, or the results you already have do not explain the problem, start with root cause analysis. Testing is one of the methods it uses, not a substitute for it.
Not sure which samples to send, how many, or whether the panel covers what you are seeing? Ask. Someone from the lab will reply within one business day.