EnviroLogix QuickStix Test Kits for NK603 Roundup Ready Corn Certified by USDA/GIPSA.Business Editors BIOWIRE2K PORTLAND, Maine--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2002 EnviroLogix Inc. announces its QuickStix(TM) Test Kit for NK603 Roundup Ready(R) corn, which offers a fast, reliable and easy method for testing trucks, barges and bulk containers containing corn grain. QuickStix test kits provide easily understood "yes/no" results within 2-5 minutes for testing grain in the field or wherever convenience and speed are critical. This QuickStix test has been certified by the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration The Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (or GIPSA) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that facilitates the marketing of livestock, poultry, meat, cereals, oilseeds, and related agricultural products, and promotes fair and (GIPSA GIPSA Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration ) unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture as meeting performance claims of detecting 1 NK603 Roundup Ready corn kernel in 200 kernels (0.5%) and 1 Roundup Ready soybean soybean, soya bean, or soy pea, leguminous plant (Glycine max, G. soja, or Soja max) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Asia, where it has been in a 1000 soybean sample (0.1%). QuickStix corn test kits are faster and easier to use than current methods because users only need to prepare one extract to run three different tests. The testing protocols for the QuickStix Cry9C, Cry1Ab and NK603 Roundup Ready kits are now the same. Simply extract the corn sample with tap water, drop in the QuickStix strip and read the result. This innovative method increases the throughput of facilities that need to run more than one test on a sample, by saving preparation time. QuickStix Test Kits for NK603 Roundup Ready Corn (Cat. No. AS 010 BG) detect the presence of CP4 EPSPS protein expressed by NK603 Roundup Ready corn plants improved to tolerate Roundup(R) herbicide herbicide (hr`bəsīd'), chemical compound that kills plants or inhibits their normal growth. A herbicide in a particular formulation and application can be described as selective or nonselective. . The same kit can also be used to detect Roundup Ready soybeans. No test strips will detect GA21 Roundup Ready corn. Each QuickStix kit is packaged for 100 tests and costs $350. Kits are immediately available directly from EnviroLogix. EnviroLogix is licensed by Monsanto to develop and market tests for transgenic trans·ge·nic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or being an organism whose genome has been altered by the transfer of a gene or genes from another species or breed: transgenic mice. 2. traits in a number of crops, including Roundup Ready(R) soybeans, corn, cotton and canola canola see brassicanapus. . Other products developed independently by EnviroLogix include tests for biotechnology enhanced Bt corn. EnviroLogix develops, manufactures and markets immunoassay Immunoassay An assay that quantifies antigen or antibody by immunochemical means. The antigen can be a relatively simple substance such as a drug, or a complex one such as a protein or a virus. test kits for the food safety and water quality markets and offers custom antibody and assay development services. Note to editors: Roundup Ready and Roundup are registered trademarks of Monsanto Technology, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . QuickStix is a trademark of EnviroLogix Inc. For more information contact: Dean Layton, Vice President Marketing and Sales EnviroLogix Inc. 500 Riverside Industrial Parkway, Portland, ME 04103-1418 Tel: +1-207-797-0300 Fax: +1-207-797-7533 Toll Free: 1-866-408-4597 Email: info@envirologix.com Website: www.envirologix.com |
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