Oil palm, Elaeis guineensis Jacq., is the most productive oil crop in the world1 supplying around 40% of all globally ...
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How to select an effective nucleic acid isolation method for human diagnostics
Molecular testing protocols for pathogen detection and diagnosing human diseases require reliable and high-quality isolation of genetic material from diverse sample types. There are many extraction and purification technologies available. Before deciding which isolation method best suits your application, read this blog that walks you through key considerations...
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Around 159,200 tonnes of strawberries are produced annually in Japan across 5,020 ha in various regions around the ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, PCR-based genotyping, Applied agrigenomics
Genotyping plants can be a complex and frustrating process
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Topics: Agrigenomics, PCR-based genotyping, Applied agrigenomics
Modern agriculture faces unprecedented challenges: increasing global temperatures, water scarcity, less arable land to ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, PCR-based genotyping, Applied agrigenomics
This is the second blog in a two-part series exploring solutions for infectious diseases in aquaculture. In the first ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, PCR-based genotyping, NGS-based genotyping, Applied agrigenomics
This is the first blog in a two-part series exploring solutions for infectious diseases in aquaculture. This blog post ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Applied agrigenomics
African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is a highly productive perennial crop that is used widely in food, ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, qPCR, PCR-based genotyping, Human healthcare, Applied agrigenomics, General science
Rice is the primary staple for more than half the world's population.1 With so many people relying on the crop for ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, qPCR, PCR-based genotyping
The decisions made by molecular breeding programmes have a substantial impact on the world around us, from productivity ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Next generation sequencing (NGS), NGS-based genotyping
Many cultivated crops with agronomic significance, including wheat, peanut, oat, banana, potato, coffee, blueberry ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, NGS-based genotyping, Applied agrigenomics
Aquaculture breeding programmes adopt genomic technologies, including genotyping, to increase genetic gain for specific ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, PCR-based genotyping, Nucleic acid extraction
Informed plant breeding decisions help drive the field of agrigenomics towards ever-increasing agricultural ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Next generation sequencing (NGS), Nucleic acid extraction
A common mistake when initiating an agrigenomics project is failing to consider specific sample composition before ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Nucleic acid extraction
The global demand for fish and fish products continues to increase as consumers focus on health-conscious ways to add ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Genomics, Applied agrigenomics, General science
In breeding programmes, selections based on a single or small number of markers to target traits in marker assisted ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Genomics, NGS-based genotyping
Darshna "Dusty" Vyas has been a Senior Scientist at LGC specialising in plant genetics for the past 8 years Her ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Genomics, PCR-based genotyping
Brassica rapa crops are important sources of food, feed, and fuel in many parts of the world and provide a unique ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Genomics, PCR-based genotyping
Livestock supports the livelihoods and food security of almost 1.3 billion people worldwide, contributing 40% of the ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Genomics, Next generation sequencing (NGS), NGS-based genotyping
“Experience of artificial fertilisation, such as is effected with ornamental plants in order to obtain new variations ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, PCR-based genotyping, Next generation sequencing (NGS), NGS-based genotyping, Applied agrigenomics
Plant and animal breeding programmes often take generations to improve quality and yield but using a genotyping ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Next generation sequencing (NGS), NGS-based genotyping, Applied agrigenomics
Food security is a major global threat and traditional methods of plant and animal breeding will not be sufficient to ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Next generation sequencing (NGS), NGS-based genotyping
With the global population predicted to reach 9 billion people within the next 35 years, we will need to double the ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Genomics, NGS-based genotyping, Applied agrigenomics, General science
Wheat is one of the three most important crops for human and livestock feed. With an ever-increasing global population, ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Genomics, PCR-based genotyping
Our world population is growing at a tremendous rate and by 2050, Africa’s population alone is set to hit over 2.5 ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Genomics, PCR-based genotyping
Many areas critical to improved agricultural production require robust and scalable genotyping platforms to enable the ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Genomics, PCR-based genotyping, NGS-based genotyping, Applied agrigenomics, General science
Modern breeding methods rely on the identification and utilization of molecular markers associated with traits ...
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Topics: Agrigenomics, Applied agrigenomics