Merker, Arnulf
- Department of Plant Breeding, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
In modern plant breeding, DNA marker analyses are of increasing importance and, as the methods become more widely adopted, the capacity for high-throughput analyses at low cost is crucial for its practical use. Automation of the analysis processes is a way to meet these requirements. In order to achieve this, while keeping adequate flexibility in the analysis processes, Svalof Weibull AB (SW) has developed a fully automated polymerase chain reaction system. It has been evaluated on barley and canola lines and is capable of analysing up to 2200 samples per day at a cost of 0,24 E per analysis for marker-assisted selection and quality control of genetically modified organisms. A detailed description of this system is given, and improvements to the throughput and applications are discussed
Published in
Plant Breeding
2007, volume: 126, number: 4, pages: 410-415
Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Agricultural Science
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0523.2007.01306.x
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/17080