A High Throughput Platform for Identification of Crop Varieties using Microchip Electrophoresis & AutoFinder Program

Introduction

Crop breeding programs aim to produce new species with the desirable traits that are difficult to breed for. They include enhanced crop productivity yields, better crop nutritive value and the ability to withstand damage from biotic factors (e.g: insect resistance). The conventional breeding approach is highly subjected to fluctuating environmental conditions and a relatively long period of breeding time. The recent development of DNA molecular markers has greatly improved the selection of potentially useful gene candidates within a much shorter period of time. Here, we present a high throughput platform for quick and easy identification crop varieties sample using Microchip Electrophoresis System, MultiNA in combination with AutoFinder program. The platform has the advantages of providing not only fast and easy but also unambiguous identification results directly.

June 18, 2013 GMT