QUARANTINE NEW GENETICS BEFORE THEY INFECT YOUR GROW.
Every clone, seed, and mom plant that crosses your threshold is a potential outbreak. The Intake Panel screens incoming material for the six pathogens most likely to hitchhike in so you catch them in your isolation room, not in your flower room.
Whether you bring in 1,000 clones a quarter from a licensed nursery, or one new cut from a buddy across town, the Intake Panel is your customs check at the door of your grow.
WHAT’S IN THIS PANEL:
- HLVd (Hop Latent Viroid): the silent dudding viroid that can cut yield by ~30% with no visible symptoms. The #1 pathogen to screen incoming clones for.
- Pan-Pythium: root-rot fungal complex (P. aphanidermatum, P. catenulatum, P. dissotocum, P. myriotylum, P. ultimum) that travels in on the rootballs of incoming clones.
- Pan-Fusarium: vascular wilt and root rot complex (F. oxysporum, F. solani, and 8+ others) that rides in on plant material and persists in your media for years.
- Powdery Mildew: arrives on cuttings long before the first white spot shows, then spreads through a room on air movement and handling. The test picks up fungal DNA before you can see it.
- Botrytis (Botrytis cinerea, bud rot / gray mold): infiltrates quietly on incoming tissue and often stays invisible until it costs you flower. Catching it at intake means you never carry it into bloom.
- Russet Mites: microscopic and often invisible on incoming clones until they reproduce. Early intake screening prevents weeks of unseen damage.
WHO IT’S FOR:
The Intake Panel is built for the moment new genetics arrive before they touch the rest of your plants. Reach for it when you’re:
- Receiving a new batch of clones from a nursery, broker, or trade partner
- Popping a new seed run and adding the survivors to your mother stock
- Accepting a mom or cut from another grower
- Bringing plant material home from a trade show, cup, or clone swap
- Reintroducing genetics from an outside collaborator or breeder
If something new is about to enter your grow space, this is the panel that screens it.
WHAT YOU CATCH:
- Silent yield killer: HLVd often shows no obvious symptoms in young clones — but erodes your harvest for months once established.
- Root and vascular threats: Pythium and Fusarium arrive on rootballs and in soil debris, and both can collapse a crop fast under stress.
- Contact-spread viruses: HLVd moves on hands, scissors, and gloves. One untested cutting becomes a facility-wide problem.
- Invisible pests: Russet mites are too small to see without magnification. By the time you spot them, the damage is already weeks deep.
- Compounding infections: Pathogens that look mild in isolation become catastrophic when stacked. The Intake Panel catches the stack.
- Fungal hitchhikers: Powdery mildew and botrytis both ride in on cuttings with no visible sign. One infected cut becomes a room-wide problem by the time you can see it.
WHY A PANEL:
Every pathogen in the Intake Panel was chosen because it’s a known traveler. These are the six that most often ride into a clean facility on incoming material. Buying the singles separately would run you $230 in retail value. The panel runs $149 — a savings of $81 — and you only collect, tag, and submit one sample to get the full screen.
You’ll also get our enhanced multi-pathogen report — an improved report format that includes technical detail for those who want to dig in. Your Panel kit ships free within the U.S. (return shipping for samples back to our lab is not included). And every Panel is covered by our guarantee: accurate results, guaranteed. If a sample needs a second look, we rerun it at no cost. And if we ever confirm a lab error, we’ll refund that test or issue you a new test, your choice.
If new genetics show up at your door more than once a year, subscribe to always have a kit ready when new genetics arrive — no fixed schedule, just a fresh kit on hand for every intake event, and you save with a subscription.
WHAT’S INCLUDED IN YOUR KIT:
- Sample Collection Envelope: Individually numbered envelope for collection of plant tissue.
- Plant Identification Tag: Mark each plant with its corresponding sample envelope for easy reference.
- Nationwide and International Service: No matter where you are, we accommodate your testing needs.
- Fast Results: Expect results via e-mail within 1-5 business days from when the lab receives your samples.
- Ease of Use: Collect samples at your convenience, in your space. No lab background required.
- Sample-Return Flexibility: Kits do not expire. Test new arrivals over time, in whatever increments fit your intake schedule.
HOW TO USE THE INTAKE PANEL TEST:
- Tag Your Plant: Each kit comes with a tag to help you keep track of every new arrival you screen.
- Collect a Sample: Use the enclosed envelope to store a single tissue sample of 1-3 leaves and a 1-2 inch piece of root material from the incoming plant. One sample covers all 6 markers.
- Send for Analysis: Return the sample to our lab using the guidelines provided in your kit. Results arrive via e-mail, typically within 1-5 business days.
See exactly what you’ll get: View a sample Intake Panel report (PDF)
Technical Details:
The Intake Panel uses RT-qPCR for HLVd (a viroid that requires reverse transcription) and qPCR for the remaining five markers, targeting conserved genomic regions for maximum accuracy across known variants.
Note: Samples must be free of trichomes; samples from flowering-stage plants will not be accepted.
*Actual collection kits may look different than digital product images.