New biotech methods for crop quality assurance

农作物产品的质量保证是澳大利亚在世界市场上具有竞争力的关键。分子诊断学的力量还没有应用到农产品处理链中这一重要但被忽视的部分。在这个项目中，将进行研究，以实现低成本的现场测试，以测试品种的保存、污染和病虫害的存在。它利用基因组学和蛋白质组学的工具来提供对过程的基本了解，这些过程可以发展成成本效益分析，供工业实际使用，以确保质量保证。

Quality assurance of crop products is a key for Australia to be competitive in the world marketplace. The power of molecular diagnostics has not been applied to this important but neglected part of the produce handling chain. In this project research will be undertaken that will lead to low cost on site assays to test for variety preservation, contamination, and presence of pests and diseases. It employs the tools of genomics and proteomics to provide basic understanding of processes which can be developed into cost effective analyses for practical use by industry to ensure quality assurance.