Agdia Biofords has enlarged its product portfolio for Plant
Biotechnologies, R&D and the Agroindustry actors.
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Evry January 28th, 2011.
Agdia Biofords (Evry, France) has just finalized a distribution
agreement for the European Union countries with
Phytotechnology Laboratories (PTL, Kansas, USA). PTL has
more than 450 quality products for the utilization in the Plant
Biotechnology labs and the agro industry.
Agdia Biofords, member of French Genopole®, and its US partner
Agdia Inc. (Elkhart, Indiana), are world leading companies for
creating and supplying detection kits for plant pathogens, growth
hormones and GMO’s.
This signed agreement with PTL will allow Agdia Biofords to serve
R&D Plant stations, Seed companies, nurseries and agro
industries with a large range of in vivo and in vitro culture products
and equipments starting from January 2011.
(Crédit photo : Martin Bahmann)
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Among the main distributed products from PTL, all liquid and solid media for in vitro culture
(orchids, blueberries, bean, etc..), gelling agents, vitamins, sugars, plant hormones and antibiotics.
Other products as non toxic colchicine’s substitutes for chromosome doubling or mutations will be
also available.
Agdia Biofords will distribute PTL products within all the European territory including Russia with a
very good price/quality ratio and respecting FDA (Food and Drug Administration) standards and
qualities required by the cGMP programs (current Good Manufacturing Practice).
For Dr. Marc MASSON, CEO and Scientific Director of Agdia Biofords, “this partnership will allow
Agdia Biofords to provide vitro plants producers, nursery people and breeders a comprehensive set
of products and services gathering performing media but, also, a very large array of diagnostic tools
and services to increase their sanitary controls on their foundation stock Plant material”.
Agdia Biofords can provide specific antibodies, DNA and RNA primers, probes and hybridization
membranes to detect viroids, phytoplasms, viral families, bacteria and fungi with very user-friendly
formats to handle".
About Genopole
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Genopole is the leading French science park dedicated to life sciences. Its campus - near Paris - combines academic
(CEA, CNRS, INRA, INSERM and the University of Evry-Val-d'Essonne) and private research laboratories,
university/higher education facilities, biotechnology companies and an incubator for biotech start-ups.
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Genopole 's priority is to promote therapy- and environment-focused biotech by providing optimal conditions for
company growth and progress in research, the development of large-scale biological activities and to make France a
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major competitor in the world of science and industry. Additional information about Genopole is available at
www.genopole.fr.
Agdia Biofords is a Genopole® accredited company.
5, rue Henri Desbruères, 91030 Evry
Marc Masson, CEO and Scientific Director
Tel : +33 (0)1.60.78.81.64. Mail : info@biofords.com
Press Contact - Genopole Communication :
Véronique Le Boulc’h, veronique.leboulch@genopole.fr
Tel : +33 (0)1 60 87 44 98
Anne Rohou, anne.rohou@genopole.fr
Tel : +33 (0)1 60 87 83 10