Disease Surveillance and Pathogen Detection Methods

" Mission: The Disease Surveillance and Pathogen Detection Methods Committee provides a forum to discuss current research issues on method development for plant pathogen detection and disease monitoring; and identify and promote responses to diagnostic method needs. " Vision: The Disease Surveillance and Pathogen Detection Methods Committee is composed of APS members interested in issues of method development for the detection of plant pathogens and diseases. The committee will serve as a connecting hub for APS members interested in diagnostic method development and validation and will collaborate with other committees and organizations to identify diagnostic method needs, develop diagnostics methods, validate existing diagnostic methods, and establish databases for diagnostic methods and subject matter experts in this field.