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Hello Jagd, You can order Agdia product from the European distributor Biofords. Here is the contact information:

E-mail: info@biofords.com
Web: http://www.biofords.com

I hope that helps!

Do you have anyway to get a close-up picture of one or more leaves?

Hello every one. This is Steve from Agdia. Sorry about my long absence. Work and life events make it very difficult to keep up with my online persona. Thank you Mike for posting my response. If anyone ever has any questions, concerns or issues they would like to discuss about the test strips, HVX or...

Hello, It does look very suspect to me but not necessarily HVX. If it is virus related (which I hope it's not) I would bet more on ArMV (Arabis mosaic virus) or TRV (Tobacco rattle virus). Just my 2 cents which are only worth about 1 with inflation.

Hello all, I am working on an experiment for checking composite samples using the HVX quick test strip. I have positive and negative bare root material but I'm desperately trying find positive or negative tissue culture material. If anyone has access to TC material or knows someone who could help, c...

Hello all, this is Steve from Agdia. Some of you may have met me at the St. Louis National or Midwest Regional Hosta Convention. We are the company that manufactures and sells the Hosta virus X test strip. We are looking at doing a small tour in Northern Ohio May 13 – 17 2009. I believe we will alre...

Wow! That Tattoo does look awesome!!! Easily one of my favorites.

here is a close up of the symptoms.

Here is a picture that i scanned. These leaves tested positive for TRV in real time-PCR. If you want a closer shot of the symptoms, just let me know.

As for the Roy's Pink, my money is on TRV (Tobacco Rattle Virus). I have seen a few samples come through our testing lab with identical symptoms test positive for TRV. On the other hand though, if I had to make a second guess then it would be ArMV (Arabis Mosaic Virus).

I have been seeing this more often at the box stores.

Agreed, I finally got to meet Bill and Carol at the convention and had a great time talking to them. It was nice to finally put a face to all the people on the other end of the phone or computer screen. I had a blast in St. Louis and am looking forward to Michigan next year.

Now this is a perfect picture!

Im very excited and feeling the anticipation of leaving tomorrow to head out to St. Louis!!! This will be my first time going to St. Louis so Im even more excited. I will be running a booth at the convention to promote and demonstrate the HVX test strip so come on over and say hello. It will be nice...

You are very welcome and it is nice to talk to you.

Hello Shelly, Thank you for your question. As far as the accuracy of the test, it has a greater than 99% correlation with ELISA. All 252 leaf samples and 248 root samples that were used in the validation were pre-screened with ELISA and run in duplicate with the HVX test strip. There were two sample...

Hello Shelly and everyone else. I work for Agdia (the company that has developed the HVX test strip) and would be happy to answer any questions that you might have. This is one of the most informative forums I have seen on the net and I would love to contribute to it anyway I can.

There are a few other viruses that affect hosta as well. It could be ArMV or TRV

Cheryl!!!! You just made my day. That is great information. How I love a good italian deli and italian food!!!!!!! This will force me to bring extra money and put an extra notch in my belt though! I may have gotten my fathers last name but I got most of my mothers italian DNA.

I will be going this year. This will be my first time. Not only first time to the convention but also my first time to St. Louis. I'm pretty excited!