DSMZ Collection of Plant Viruses

The DSMZ plant virus collection is internationally oriented and serves the scientific community involved in virus research, furthermore public and private organisations working in the areas of production of virus-free plants, screening for virus resistance, and diagnosis of plant viruses in general. In order to pursue its tasks, the division undertakes continuous research efforts in virus identification and characterisation, in the development of serological reagents for plant virus diagnosis, and in the molecular taxonomy and diagnosis of plant viruses.