Crop variety identification and purity analysis

Saturn biotech uses molecular technologies to offer a crop variety identification and purity testing service, which provides quality assurance to industry in order to maintain the integrity of the Australian product.

Variety identification and grain purity are indispensable tools in grain marketing.

• Farmers need to know the variety and purity of the seed they plant, to ensure the correct product is grown and harvested.
• Bulk handlers need to be certain of harvested varieties and their purity to ensure correct segregation, for specific markets.
• Marketers need to be confident that the products they sell meet varietal purity standards for target markets around the world.

Saturn utilises both protein (mass spectrometer) and DNA-based (SSR) technologies for analysis of cereal grains (wheat, barley, oats). We also have tests available for many varieties of potato, canola and olives, and are developing capabilities for other broad-acre agricultural and horticultural crops.