Automating DNA Isolation from Cereal Crops

摘要

Molecular biologists at the Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Laimburg, Northern Italy, have developed a semi-automated procedure for extracting and isolating high quality DNA from cereal crops, using the Te-MagS~(TM) magnetic separation module from Tecan. The researchers are performing large-scale microsatellite marker analysis to genetically characterise local cereal landraces, in order to establish and maintain a germplasm collection for these crops.