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After years of experiments, Mohamed A M Negm of the Interregional Cooperative Research Network on Cotton for the Mediterranean & Middle East Regions and Suzan H Sanad of the Cotton Research Institute, Egypt, have developed the CTAB (cetyl trimethylammonium bromide) method to extract DNA from Egyptian cotton fibres throughout the supply chain, from farming till the finished product. The isolated DNA is then used to identify varieties of cotton, thus establishing the authenticity of the product.
In April, US-based company Applied DNA Sciences introduced a DNA authentication technology which can identify premium extra-long staple kinds of cotton that have been “blended” with shorter staple cotton, according to company claims. But it is still early days for the technology.
“There are only about half a dozen laboratories across the world which can conduct such DNA tests with precision,” says K R Kranthi, director, Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur. “The nuclear DNA in the fibre gets degraded with various stages of processing of the fabric. It is challenging to find out the level of contamination.” With gaps in testing, Egyptian cotton fakes continue to flood the market.
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