Welcome
to
Plant Virus Italy (PLAVIT)
the Italian collection of plant viruses
Located at the Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection (IPSP-CNR) in Turin and Bari
More than 1,000 isolates of plant viruses from different countries and botanical species
For
information, or to order or deposit virus isolates contact us at:
marina.ciuffo@cnr.it
and
PLAVIT
follows national and international guidelines for the collection and
storage of isolates, maintaining for each of them a dataset of
essential information for characterization and identification. Virus
isolates are constantly upgraded and quality-checked. PLAVIT
distributes materials to academic and private research centers and
offers a virus isolate deposit service.
People: Responsible
and Quality Manager: Gian Paolo ACCOTTO
Curator
(Torino): Marina CIUFFO
Curator
(Bari): Luisa RUBINO
Co-curator:
Anna Maria VAIRA
Co-curator:
Laura MIOZZI Co-curator:
Maria Isabella PRIGIGALLO Co-curator:
Marco FORGIA
PLAVIT
is a partner of the SUS-MIRRI.IT
(https://www.sus-mirri.it/it/
), EVA-GLOBAL
(https://www.european-virus-archive.com/)
and BioMemory
(https://biomemory.cnr.it/
) projects and is a member
of the European Culture Collection Organization
(ECCO - https://www.eccosite.org/italy/)
and the World
Data Center for Microorganisms
(WDCM - https://www.wdcm.org/)