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Expert Services

• Bacterial Identification and Fatty Acid Analysis Laboratory  http://plantpath.ifas.ufl.edu/fame/  The Bacterial Identification and Fatty Acid Analysis Laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art automated systems designed to identify bacteria, yeasts, and some fungi.  Three different methodologies are used for accurate and timely analyses of microbes: Sherlock System, Biolog System, and Riboprinter.  Please click on the methodology for more information.
• Plant Pathogen Identification Laboratory ( http://www.ncsu.edu/ppil ) PPIL is a service center providing morphological and molecular identification of fungi and stramenophiles for research and extension programs locally, nationally, and internationally.  PPIL specializes in the identification of Colletotrichum, Fusarium, Phytophthora, Pythium, Rhizoctonia, and others.
• UF Plant Disease Clinic (This is the regional lab for the SPDN)   http://plantpath.ifas.ufl.edu/pdc/Default.htm

• RESISTANCE TO PESTICIDES DATABASE The resistant pest team at the Center for Integrated Plant Systems, Michigan State Univ. (USA), has developed The Database of Arthropods Resistant to Pesticides.  The website, http://www.pesticideresistance.org/DB/ can be searched by species, pesticide, region, or citation. A list of frequently asked questions frames the scope and nature of the material. Access to the site is open to all and was made possible by grants from a number of sponsoring organizations.