Diagnostic Testing
Plant testing laboratory services for diagnosis and nursery verification, including ELISA and PCR for VIA and DPA certification in South Africa.
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Plant pathology laboratory, South Africa
Plant pathology laboratory in South Africa
Patho Solutions is a plant testing laboratory in Wellington. We diagnose plant viruses, support nursery verification, and scout vineyard blocks for producers across South Africa.
What we believe in
Plant pathology practice and research station
Patho Solutions is a plant pathology laboratory in South Africa. We address fieldwork and laboratory needs for the agricultural industry: identifying diseases caused by virus and virus-like pathogens, surveys, symptom mapping, sampling, and plant testing for specific disease-causing agents. It is our vision to develop systems that can be implemented at scale.
Our Wellington laboratory provides plant virus testing, nursery verification for VIA and DPA certification, vineyard scouting, and virus reporting to producers and nurseries across South Africa.
15
Team members
25+
Projects completed
60+
Clients
What we are best at
Our focus
Research and Development
Through innovation and resourcefulness, Patho Solutions conducts research and development projects of a scope typically reserved for universities, institutes, and large corporations.
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Leafroll Control Programme
An established grapevine leafroll programme: plant inspection, block scouting, disease mapping, virus reporting and GLRaV-3 ELISA indexing.
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Viruses in fruit trees
Prof Gerhard Pietersen of Patho Solutions explores how High-throughput Sequencing is transforming virus detection in apples, pears and other fruit trees - and why certified planting material remains the strongest defence against viral threats.
Team
Who we are
Patho Solutions is a Wellington-based plant pathology team with deep experience in molecular biology and agricultural disease control. We hire carefully, recognise dedication, and work as one laboratory serving producers across South Africa.
With commitment to honesty, dedication, and understanding, we foster an environment in which people can do rigorous science with an entrepreneurial spirit.
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