Lafayette, Indiana
December 1, 2006
The Indiana Crop
Improvement Association is adding 6500 square feet to its
current laboratory facilities. The project is underway and will
primarily enlarge the Genetics Lab, the Bioassay Herbicide Lab
and the warehouse. It also will provide space for a new, more
efficient sand germination testing department.
The new area is primarily an
expansion across the entire back of the current facility that
was built in 1999. An announcement inviting all members and
customers to come for a tour will be made when the addition is
complete. However, anyone is welcome to stop by this winter to
see how it’s progressing.
The addition is necessary due to
the sustained growth in all testing areas – with significant
increases in the Bioassay and Genetics testing programs. The
growth of the Genetics Program is due to the continued
development of new tests for genetic purity & identity, trait
validation, fertile/sterile testing and non-GMO testing. The
Genetics Program now has marker sets available for not only corn
and soybean but small grains and vegetable crops as well. These
marker sets are valuable for genetic identification as well as
plant breeding.
The area of largest growth in the
Genetics Program is in Forensic Seed ServicesSM.
Forensic Seed ServicesSM is the application of a
broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions and solve
problems. The genetics program’s expertise in genetics, plant
breeding, biotechnology, assay design, statistics and seed
production enables the Genetics Lab team to solve significant
problems involving genetic purity and identity. Customers have
found that the facts uncovered with scientific analysis have
given them insight into their QA/QC systems and helped assure
overall quality.
More and more customers are
learning the Indiana Crop Genetics Program is the “go to”
technology provider for problem solving as well as the highest
quality genetic testing.
More information may be obtained
by calling Dr. Rick Vierling at 765-523-2535, emailing him at
Vierling@indianacrop.org or visiting the web site at
www.indianacrop.org.
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