Collaboration for Plant Pathogen Strain Identification (CPPSI)

Collection Category

Publicly available (qualified curator, collection management policies, microbial specimens, a database of collection information, an online strain catalog, and distributes strains to the scientific community)

Collection follows best management practice guideline

None of the Above

Organisms in Collection

Fungi, Bacteria, Oomycetes, Plant viruses

Reference strains in collection

The CPPSI collection consists of reference plant pathogen strains or races that were selected and validated as industry standards by the vegetable seed industry. These standards are used when phenotypically validating breeding material to be resistant to a race or strain of a given pathogen. CPPSI also develops and maintains a collection of differential host seed to differentiate these reference plant pathogen strains/races based on known susceptible or resistant responses.

Training opportunities provided by Collection

Does not provide training

Funding Sources for Research performed with Collection specimens

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Vegetable seed industry

Availability and distribution mechanisms

No charge for distribution (shipping may be charged), Fee per strain for distribution

Services provided by Collection

Consulting

Consultations provided by Collection

Propagation, Each pathogen in the collection is connected to an informative white paper detailing the associated plant disease, culture preparation, inoculation procedures, and disease symptom evaluation. This information is publicly available on the CPPSI website. Individual consultation can also be provided by contacting the CPPSI Director.

Genus in Collection

Host Associations in Collection

Vegetables

Research fields relevant to Collection

Agriculture, Plant pathology