Eurofins Agroscience Services acquires Verdelab Bioscience

Eurofins Agroscience Services expands its phytopathology testing services offering in Europe with the acquisition of Verdelab Bioscience

Eurofins Agroscience Services announces the closing of its acquisition of Verdelab Bioscience S.r.l., a leading provider of expert phytopathology testing to vegetable breeders in Italy.

Founded in 2002, Verdelab (Rimini, Italy) is a private plant pathology laboratory, designated as an ‘Official Laboratory’ by the Ministry of Agriculture for the detection of fungi, bacteria, viruses, viroids, phytoplasmas and pests. Specialising in vegetable and fruit crop analysis, the Verdelab team constitutes a highly qualified staff of agronomists, plant pathologists, biotechnologists and technicians offering services in Italy, Europe and beyond.

This acquisition marks a significant milestone in Eurofins Agroscience Services’ long-term strategy to provide a full portfolio of integrated solutions to the seed industry, including laboratory diagnostic services, bioassays and field experiments.

The experience and capabilities of the Verdelab team and its talented experts further complete Eurofins Agroscience Services’ existing seed solutions offering for plant breeders and Agroscience customers, allowing the Eurofins Agroscience Services network of laboratories to respond to agriculture’s challenges faster, and more efficiently.

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About Verdelab Bioscience

Verdelab Bioscience Srl is a private company founded in 2002 in Rimini, Italy. The Verdelab team combines the most sophisticated and up to date diagnostic technologies together with a robust field experience, to provide comprehensive answers to a large diversity of phytosanitary challenges.

Verdelab invests in its quality of service to satisfy customer requirements. Since 2004, Verdelab has been certified by the Official Italian Servizio Fitosanitario for the analysis of fungi, bacteria, viruses, viroidi, phytoplasma, insects on vegetable and fruit crops. In 2023, it was certified as an Official Laboratory to execute analyses, tests and diagnostics, and it is certified under the revised European Plant Health Regulation (EU) 2016/2031.

Verdelab Bioscience Srl is a member of APS (American Phytopathological Society) and SIPaV (Società Italiana di Patologia Vegetale).

About Eurofins Agroscience Services

With over 50 years of experience in the crop protection industry, Eurofins Agroscience Services offers outstanding technical knowledge and project management skills. Our service offering is continuously developed by knowledge transfer initiatives between the Group's various centres of expertise across the globe.

We are experts in managing global field studies, worker exposure studies, ecotoxicology, analytical services, physico-chemical property testing, environmental fate laboratory and field studies.

By acquiring a carefully selected range of CROs, Eurofins Agroscience Services has created a unique portfolio of expertise that provides analytical, regulatory and field support to plant breeders, agrochemical, biopesticide, biocide and fine chemical manufacturers.