Thursday, February 08, 2007

LSU: '07 foundation seed LL-free

From an LSU AgCenter press release today:

CROWLEY – An independent lab has determined that rice seed to be sold this year by the LSU AgCenter’s Rice Research Station is free of Liberty Link, according to Steve Linscombe, the station director. "All seed stocks that will be offered for sale have tested negative for all Liberty Link traits," said Linscombe, who is the LSU AgCenter’s regional director for southwestern Louisiana, including the rice station.

Sampling was conducted by personnel from the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Linscombe said, and the analyses were conducted by a private, independent seed lab in Wisconsin certified to conduct such analyses. The stocks to be sold include foundation class seed of the varieties known as Bengal, Cheniere, Cocodrie, Dellrose, Ecrevisse, Jupiter, Pirogue, Trenasse and Toro-II. In addition, seed of the variety Della, which is being offered for sale as a non-certified class, also has tested negative for Liberty Link traits.

Linscombe added that all headrow seed lots that will be planted on the research station for future seed production also have been tested and that the results were negative for the presence of Liberty Link traits.

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