Lee: Establishing a DNA library of apple cultivars for comparison is not cheap.. Have them check on the Washington State University Apple Genomic Project (https://genomics.wsu.edu/wsus-apple-genome-project/). I suggest that you keep record of the DNA fingerprint of your cultivars and if any of your cultivars make it into the big league and someone pirated them then compare theirs to yours.. Mosbah, University of Illinois
-----Original Message----- From: apple-crop [mailto:apple-crop-boun...@virtualorchard.com] On Behalf Of lee elliott Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 9:45 AM To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.com Subject: [Apple-Crop] DNA testing, A Lab that does plant dna testing tells me that they have never established a base of existing cultivars and would need to do this first before testing and comparing them to our new varieties to prove to the patent office the new varietis are unique, This ups the price to about $30,000, has any known lab allready done this where the price would be much lower.? We have signed contracts with Stark Bros to introduce 9 new Honey crisp crosses, are preparing the patent apps now, would be great to include a dna profile to prove uniqueness and protect our new cultivars Lee Elliott, Upstart Nursery _______________________________________________ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.com http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop _______________________________________________ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.com http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
