Whilst techniques such as lateral flow devices have
been used to achieve this for some viral plants diseases,
antibody-based techniques have had limited success for
phytoplasma diagnostics because of a lack of sensitivity.
We have therefore been developing the use of
LAMP which, when combined with rapid DNA extraction
techniques, has the potential to provide rapid infield
analyses. Here we report some of the specific tests
that we have developed to date along with a protocol
that we are piloting for rapid in-field diagnostics of
phytoplasmas.