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 Purifier
Improving Hybridity Plant breeders produce new variety and hybrid crops every day. By using advanced techniques such as "male sterility" or "Cytoplasmatic Male Sterility", pure hybrid fruits, seeds and plants can be produced. Often, however, this is difficult to accomplish. Seed companies have the task of removing the parent lines, harvesting separately or removing the inbred seeds from the hybrid seed lot after harvest.
After a trial upgrading, samples of different fractions are returned to the seed company to determine the hybridity. On request however, Incotec can also take care of the hybridity tests (protein electrophoresis). With the determined hybridity results, confidence intervals are calculated to determine the significance of the upgrading. The customer decides which fraction(s) is significantly and sufficiently upgraded, and can be produced commercially. Our upgrading specialists are always available to give expert advice about this complex product. Please contact your local sales representative. Figure 5. Protein electrophoresis to determine Purifier is available for Broccoli and Cauliflower. For other species
we are currently gaining experience. As we have such a broad range of
knowledge and experience, it would be a challenge to perform trials on
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Besides years of experience in inbred removal from
hybrid seed lines, Incotec also has a range of technologies available that
can be used especially when the genotypic difference is not clearly
expressed as a morphological characteristic. With unique
technologies Incotec is often able to upgrade a seed lot with a hybridity
as low as 80%.
