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Project details: Rice, Pasta and Cereals

Details of Agency-funded projects under the Food Authenticity research programme (Q01).

Q01030: Development of a method to differentiate Basmati rice from non-Basmati rice based on gas sensor technology

This research project aims to develop a method that can differentiate Basmati rice from other long grain rice varieties.

Q01035: Improved quantitation for food adulteration

This research project aims to evaluate the use of quantitative DNA based methods for the determination of the levels of DNA present in food.

Q01038: The development of Isotopic analysis and DNA polymorphic makers to determine the geographical and cultivar origin of premium long grain rice

This research project aims to investigate improving the DNA method to distinguish between Basmati varieties and non-Basmati rice.

Q01042: An assessment of microsatellite markers for Basmati rice varieties

This research project aims to develop a method that can differentiate pure-bred Basmati rice from hybrid Basmati rice.

Q01071: Optimisation and validation of the quantitative microsatellite assays for premium rice varieties

This research project aims to develop a method that can differentiate pure-bred and hybrid Basmati rice and other long grain rice varieties.

Q01072: Rapid and accurate quantitative analyses of mixtures of rice varieties

This research project aims to compare the accuracy, speed and unit cost of two techniques for analysing commercial Basmati rice samples.

Q01085: The quantitative determination of common wheat in durum pasta using real-time PCR method-validation

This research project aims to validate a DNA method to quantify the amount of common wheat present in durum wheat pasta.

Q01106: Transfer of the real-time PCR method to detect and quantify common wheat adulteration of pasta to the Agilent 2100 BioAnalyser capillary electrophoresis system.

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