We want to accelerate global plant breeding The breeding bottleneck caused by the constantly growing number of plants to be sampled is efficiently eliminated by SMARTtray®. So in addition to process safety the customers can also realize considerable efficiency effects:
Process safetyMinimizing mistakes due
to automation
Process costsReduction up to 67%
Time required per samplingReduction up to 90%
Space required per samplingReduction up to 90%
Staff requirementReduction up to 80%
FlexibilityMobile method
AutomationFully automatable barcode-
documented process
SMARTtray® is a technology developed by experienced plant breeders and scientists The SMARTtray® is a novel high-throughput technology used for the automated cultivation of plant progenies different crop species and subsequently tissue sampling for DNA extraction and the further molecular examinations, especially marker assisted selection (MAS). The technology allows a professional plant breeder to quickly eliminate sampling bottlenecks for molecular genetic analysis by increasing:
Process
reliability
Speed in the
breeding process
Selection
intensity
Genetic
gain
How does SMARTtray® work? The basic principle of SMARTtray® is the high troughput sampling of root tissue. To do this, plants are cultivated in a special 96-well SMARTtray® device. This device allows the plant roots to grow directly into individual containers on a 96-well sample plate. Afterwards the roots of all plants on the device are cut in one step with an integrated knife so that no further individual plant manipulations are necessary. The SMARTtray® Workflow ensures the succesfull cultivation of plants and contamination free handling of the SMARTtray® device.
Sowing in the SMARTtray® Cultivation containers in a signal supported manner. (Laser Matrix Scanner)
Cultivation is conducted in a rack system with automatic irrigation and LED-illumination.
Sample roots are detached by a cutting machine. After partial root cutting, the growing plate will be removed from the rest of the cultivation container.
Removal of the Liquid which was present in the sample during the cultivation.
Punches around cutting holes of the cutting plate are transferred into the interior of the respectively assigned sample blocks.
A molecular biology laboratory analyzes DNA from root samples by marker assisted selection (MAS) for traits of interest.
Based on the DNA marker results, the selected plants will be identified by a laser signal and removed for further cultivation
Conditioned container or hall SMARTtray® not only needs the device to develop to its full potential. We also provide a technological SMARTtray® cultivation and sampling unit that allows a perfectly coordinated cultivation process for rapid root growth, as well as an error-free data processing in special software.
