Vancouver, BC, Canada, December 19, 2023 – 3R Biotech (“3R”), a leader in Tissue Culture (TC) and Pathogen Detection, is pleased to announce our latest collaborative research with Dr. Zamir Punja at Simon Fraser University. A quote from the paper regarding HLVd: “…demonstrated that root tissues consistently showed the highest frequency of detection in these […]

3R, a leading plant tissue culture company, and it’s pathogen testing subsidiary Genie Lab announced that after an extensive study of HLVd distribution in infected plants, testing of root samples from mature plants dramatically improves the detection of the viroid, thus limiting the potentiality of false negatives.

3R Biotech, a leading plant tissue culture company, today announced it has identified Root Aphids as a potential vector for Hop Latent Viroid (“HLVd”). In a controlled study, the 3 Rivers team found a potentially strong correlation between the presence of Aphids and HLVd transmission.

3 Rivers Appoints Award-Winning Phytopathologist Prof. Dr. Zamir Punja to its Advisory Board