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.
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%.
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.
