INCOTEC and KeyGene join forces in DNA-SNP technology for seed testing.

Seed technology company INCOTEC and plant biotechnology company KeyGene today announced their strategic collaboration on DNA based Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP)-technology.

Together INCOTEC and KeyGene will develop, identify and select SNPs from a number of crops and use them for testing hybrid purity and variety verification. Both companies will make these unique SNP sets available for a broad range of seed companies.

INCOTEC will promote these services worldwide through its global affiliates, with the actual testing performed centrally by INCOTEC in the Netherlands.

 

 

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