Elkhart,
Indiana
January 12, 2004
Agdia, Inc., a leading
provider of easy-to-use test kits for agricultural diagnostics,
announced today the commercialization of a new lateral flow
strip for testing transgenic cotton. When testing Bollgard
II® with Roundup Ready® cottonseed, this validated
multi-trait ImmunoStrip™ effectively detects the two Bt
proteins, Bt-Cry2Ab and Bt-Cry1Ac and the CP4 EPSPS (RR)
protein. The ImmunoStrip™ gives the user 4 distinct
indication lines (one control line and three test lines) all on
one test strip.
Tim Goldy,
Agdia’s ImmunoStripTM Production Manager, was
a leader in this new product development. Goldy says, “These
cost effective multi-trait ImmunoStrips™ allow the user
to have three easy-to-read test results all on one strip. In
effect, it eliminates the need to run multiple tests. This
increases our customers profitability, something our company has
always been very concerned with.”
Agdia has
been in business over 20 years and offers not only diagnostics
test kits, but also a comprehensive pathogen testing services
program. |