Plant Disease Diagnostics Market Report 2026

The plant disease diagnostics market size has grown strongly in recent years. It will grow from $0.76 billion in 2025 to $0.82 billion in 2026 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.6%. The growth in the historic period can be attributed to traditional reliance on visual crop inspection methods, increasing agricultural pest and disease outbreaks, growing demand for higher crop yield productivity, expansion of agricultural research initiatives, rising adoption of basic laboratory plant pathology testing.

The plant disease diagnostics market size is expected to see strong growth in the next few years. It will grow to $1.11 billion by 2030 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.8%. The growth in the forecast period can be attributed to increasing adoption of precision agriculture technologies, rising demand for sustainable crop protection solutions, growth in ai-enabled agricultural diagnostics, expansion of smart farming and iot-based monitoring systems, increasing investment in climate-resilient crop management solutions. Major trends in the forecast period include ai-based plant disease detection and predictive crop health analytics, iot-enabled smart farming sensors for real-time plant monitoring, drone-assisted field imaging for early disease identification, cloud-based agricultural diagnostic platforms for data-driven decision making, biotechnology-driven molecular pathogen identification and rapid field testing solutions.

The rising prevalence of crop diseases is expected to drive the growth of the plant disease diagnostics market going forward. Crop diseases refer to damaging conditions in plants caused by pathogens such as fungi, bacteria, viruses, or environmental factors that negatively affect crop health, development, and yield. The rising prevalence of crop diseases is attributed to changing climate conditions, which create warmer temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, and increased humidity that support the spread and survival of plant pathogens. Plant disease diagnostics helps manage crop diseases by enabling early and precise identification of pathogens, allowing timely and targeted treatment that limits spread and reduces yield losses. For instance, in February 2025, according to the Crop Protection Network (CPN), a US-based university, in 2024, crop diseases affected corn yields by 6% in the United States and 3.7% in Ontario, leading to a total deficit of 963.4 million bushels. Therefore, the rising prevalence of crop diseases is driving the growth of the plant disease diagnostics market.

Leading companies operating in the plant disease diagnostics market are concentrating on developing innovative solutions, such as rapid molecular test kits, to support faster, accurate, and on-site detection of plant pathogens for timely disease management. Rapid molecular test kits are diagnostic tools that utilize molecular techniques such as DNA or RNA detection to rapidly identify specific pathogens in a sample, often providing results within minutes to hours. For instance, in February 2026, Agdia Inc. launched a rapid, field-deployable molecular test kit for the dual detection of Beet pseudoyellows virus (BPYV) and Strawberry pallidosis associated virus (SPaV) on its AmplifyRP XRT platform, along with a corresponding testing service option for growers. The kit supports rapid, on-site identification of both viruses using isothermal molecular technology, removing the need for complex laboratory equipment. It enables growers to detect infections early in strawberry and cucurbit crops, allowing quicker decision-making for disease management. The accompanying service also offers professional sample testing with rapid turnaround times to support large-scale monitoring and research initiatives.

In September 2024, Eurofins Agroscience Services acquired Verdelab Bioscience for an undisclosed amount. Through this acquisition, Eurofins Agroscience Services intends to expand its phytopathology testing services across Europe, strengthen its plant disease diagnostic capabilities for seeds and crops, and provide growers with rapid and accurate plant pathogen detection to support healthier crops and minimize economic losses caused by viral, bacterial, and fungal infections. Verdelab Bioscience S. r. l. is an Italy-based company that offers comprehensive plant disease diagnostics.

Major companies operating in the plant disease diagnostics market are Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Eurofins Scientific SE, Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc., QIAGEN N. V., Neogen Corporation, Promega Corporation, Creative Diagnostics, PanonIT LLC, Agdia Inc., Abingdon Health plc, Norgen Biotek Corp., Bioreba AG, Lifeasible Inc., Agritest S. r. l., ClearDetections B. V., LOEWE Biochemica GmbH, OptiGene Limited, Qualiplante SAS, AgroDiagnostica LLC, NIPPON GENE CO LTD.

North America was the largest region in the plant disease diagnostics market in 2025. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest-growing region in the forecast period. The regions covered in the plant disease diagnostics market report are Asia-Pacific, South East Asia, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East and Africa. The countries covered in the plant disease diagnostics market report are Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Taiwan, Russia, South Korea, UK, USA, Canada, Italy, Spain.

The plant disease diagnostics market consists of revenues earned by entities by providing services such as pathogen identification services, seed health testing, water testing for pathogens, disease surveillance, and on-site diagnostics. The market value includes the value of related goods sold by the service provider or included within the service offering. The plant disease diagnostics market also includes sales of PCR-based detection kits, lateral flow test strips, DNA or RNA extraction kits, and next-generation sequencing library prep kits. Values in this market are ‘factory gate’ values, that is the value of goods sold by the manufacturers or creators of the goods, whether to other entities (including downstream manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors and retailers) or directly to end customers. The value of goods in this market includes related services sold by the creators of the goods.

The market value is defined as the revenues that enterprises gain from the sale of goods and/or services within the specified market and geography through sales, grants, or donations in terms of the currency (in USD unless otherwise specified).

The revenues for a specified geography are consumption values that are revenues generated by organizations in the specified geography within the market, irrespective of where they are produced. It does not include revenues from resales along the supply chain, either further along the supply chain or as part of other products.

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