About the Authors

Arno S. Schaveling

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Leidy van Rijt

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Julius Kühn-Institut, Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland, Braunschweig, Germany

Yoonseon Do

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Nike Soffree

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Daan Langendoen

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands, Averis Seeds B.V., Valthermond, the Netherlands

Hilde Room

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Averis Seeds B.V., Valthermond, the Netherlands

André Machado Bertran

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hilbrands Laboratorium B.V., Wijster, the Netherlands

Margien Raven

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Hilbrands Laboratorium B.V., Wijster, the Netherlands

Sebastiaan P. van Kessel

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Dutch General Inspection Service for Agricultural Seeds and Seed Potatoes (NAK), Emmeloord, The Netherlands

Evelyn Y.J. van Heese

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Netherlands Institute for Vectors, Invasive Plants and Plant health (NIVIP), National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO-NL), NVWA, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Stefan J.S. van de Ruitenbeek

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Casper C. van Schaik

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Sebastian Kiewnick

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Julius Kühn-Institut, Institute for Plant Protection in Field Crops and Grassland, Braunschweig, Germany

Geert Smant

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Mark G. Sterken

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

mark.sterken@wur.nl

Affiliation Laboratory of Nematology, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: After the AS-qPCR results were unblinded, one of the private partners involved in the validation, HLB, began considering offering the assay as a service to growers. HLB is the employer of André Machado Bertran and Margien Raven.