Phytosanitary Research Laboratory (Division)
Intro tekstas:
In the implementation of plant health control and other activities, the Phytosanitary Research Laboratory (Division, hereinafter referred to as the Phytosanitary Research Laboratory) performs its duty as an Official Laboratory and National Reference Laboratory and undertakes other duties related to various plant pests: bacteria, mites, phytoplasmas, fungi and oomycetes, molluscs, nematodes, insects, viruses, and viroids. Also, the Phytosanitary Research Laboratory (Division) engages in the detection, identification, and confirmation of weed seeds in plants, plant products, and other related objects.
The main research areas of the Phytosanitary Research Laboratory are as follows:
• Entomology
• Bacteriology
• Mycology
• Nematology
• Virology
• Herbology
The Phytosanitary Research Laboratory determines quarantine pests, regulated non-quarantine pests and other plant pests relevant to the importing country in plants, plant products and other related objects. The Phytosanitary Research Laboratory handles the preparation and implementation of sampling techniques, their methodologies of transportation and storage, and diagnostic procedures as well as the organization of relevant and periodic trainings for specialists of the State Plant Service under the Ministry of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the State Plant Service).
The Phytosanitary Research Laboratory has been accredited for compliance with the LST EN ISO / IEC 17025: 2005 standard since 2015. The laboratory was re-accredited for a new 5-year period on November 11, 2020.Certificate No. LA.01.153 issued by the National Accreditation Bureau certifies that the Phytosanitary Research Laboratory complies with the requirements of the LST EN ISO / IEC 17025: 2018 standard and is accredited to perform tests of plants, plant products and their pests.
CERTIFICATE AND SCOPE OF ACCREDITATION
ACTUAL SCOPE OF ACCREDITATION
Contact the Phytosanitaty Research Laboratory directly for actual scope of accreditation
The list of plant pests (harmful organisms) and objects that are tested in the Phytosanitary Research Laboratory is approved by the order no. A1-602 of the Director of the State Plant Service under the Ministry of Agriculture of 19 November 2020.
Methods used for plant pest detection, identification and confirmation
Test | Test method |
Bacteriological | Immunofluorescence test (IF), isolation and enrichment isolation tests, biotest, pathogenicity test, physiological / biochemical / hypersensitivity test, biochemical test |
Entomological | Physical, mechanical, visual examination, visual, morphological, morphometric |
Herbological | Mechanical, visual examination, germination testing, biological, visual, morphological |
Mycological | Moist chamber (mechanical), extraction, isolation on culture media, visual, morphological, morphometric, visual and morphological (morphological-morphometric), epifluorescence testing |
Nematological | Baermann funnel, flotation, Oostenbrink elutriator, maceration, direct examination, visual, morphological, morphological-morphometric |
Virologal | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), double antibody sandwich ELISA (DAS-ELISA) |
Molecular biology | Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), real-time polymerase chain reaction (Real-time PCR), real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (Real-time RT-PCR), Next-generation sequencing, PCR/restriction |
Fees rates of services provided by the Phytosanitary Research Laboratory are in accordance with the Regulation No. 1458 of Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 15th of December 2000.
Samples for the detection of plant pests are taken by specialists of regional divisions and Phytosanitary posts (divisions) of border control of the State Plant Service in accordance with the sampling methods that are approved by legal acts and are appropriate for the target pest. Therefore, in case of suspicion, please contact the regional office of your county, contacts can be found here.
Phytosanitary Research Laboratory (Division)
Sukilėlių str. 9 A, LT-11351, Vilnius, Lithuania, [email protected]
| Position | Name, surname | Phone | |
| Head of the Division | Silvija Pupelienė | +37052616801; +37068617827 | [email protected] |
| Advisor of the Division | Lina Jankuvienė | +37052616801; +37061960219 | [email protected] |
Working hours:
Monday – Thursday from 8 a.m. till 17 p.m.
Friday – from 8 a.m. till 15.45 p.m.
Lunch time – from 12 p.m. till 12.45 p.m.
Last updated: 17-04-2024