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APEDA - CDFD Centre for Basmati DNA analysis

Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) - Centre for DNA Fingerprinting & Diagnostics (CDFD) Centre for Basmati DNA analysis was established in CDFD in 2005 to test Basmati rice samples using the DNA protocol developed at CDFD. The initial funds for establishment of the laboratory have been provided by Basmati Export Development Foundation (BEDF) managed by APEDA, Ministry of Commerce, Government of India.


At the APEDA-CDFD centre, the Basmati rice samples, received from Export Inspection Council (EIC), Ministry of commerce, Govt. of India, Basmati rice exporters and Basmati importers from India and other countries, are tested for their purity by using the DNA protocol developed and standardized at CDFD. The Basmati DNA Test Report indicating the level of purity of Basmati rice in a given sample and the extent of adulteration with non-Basmati rice grains, if any, will be indicated

Service charges:

₹ 12,000/- (Rupees twelve thousands only) Plus 18% Service Tax (as per GST) that amounts to ₹ 14,160/- (Rupees fourteen thousand one hundred sixty only)

Management Committee of the APEDA-CDFD Centre for Basmati DNA Analysis

Director
Chairperson
(DBT, Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India)
Hyderabad

Chairman
Co-Chairperson
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
(Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India)
New Delhi

Director
Member
Export Inspection Council of India (EIC)
(Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India)
New Delhi

Executive Director
Member
All India Rice Exporters Association
New Delhi

Prof. E.A. Siddiq
Member
Distinguished Chair
Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University and CDFD
Hyderabad

Director
Tilda Rice Land Pvt. Limited
Gurgaon

Dr. Kasbekar
Consultant Scientist & Member Convener
Haldane Chair
Laboratory of Neurospora Genetics
Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD)
Hyderabad

Protocol

Sampling procedure and DNA extraction

From the samples received at the Centre, at least 50 g of grains from each sample is powdered and the remaining sample is stored for three months. During this period, if required, the sample is re-used for DNA analysis. From the powdered sample, eight sub-samples of 1 g each is drawn (Fig. 1), from which 100 mg of grain powder is collected for DNA extraction. DNA is isolated using Qiagen DNeasy plant mini kit and quantity and quality of the DNA (at 260/230 and 260/280 absorbance) are verified using UV-Vis spectrophotometer.

PCR amplification

The PCR is performed using the "Basmati VerifilerTM Kit" (Labindia) (Licensed by CDFD to Ms. Labindia under license transfer agreement) and the protocol is followed as per the details provided therein. (PDF Basmati Verifiler Kit)

Capillary electrophoresis (CE)

The fluorescently labeled PCR products are mixed with 0.3 µl of GeneScan-500 ROX (6-Carboxy-X-Rhodamine) size standard (Applied Biosystems, USA) and 10.2 µl of Hi-Di Formamide (Applied Biosystems, USA), electrophoresed by capillary electrophoresis on an ABI PRISM 3100 genetic analyzer (Applied Biosystems, USA) according to the manufacturer's instructions. Subsequently, fluorescent DNA fragments are resolved using the GeneScan version 3.7, and allele size and peak-area of the true peaks are determined by Genemapper version 3.7 (Applied Biosystems, USA).

Note: - In case of adulterated samples, each experiment is repeated thrice, starting from the DNA extraction, to confirm the extent of adulteration of Basmati rice with non-basmati rice grains.

Quantification of adulteration

The quantity of an amplified PCR product is represented by peak area (measured in relative fluorescent units, rfu). The adulteration is expressed as a percent fraction to that of pure basmati:


Where,
A is the rfu of the adulterant and
B is the rfu of the main variety.

Issue of Basmati DNA Test Report

Once the DNA analysis of a given rice sample is completed, the duly signed authenticity certificate, which contains the details of percentage of adulterated rice present in Basmati rice sample, is provided to the sender. The scanned copy of the certificate may also be sent by e-mail on request. The certificate is formatted as per the guidelines stipulated by the management committee of the APEDA-CDFD centre.


Fig. 1 Picture showing the protocol followed at the APEDA-CDFD centre for Basmati DNA analysis

Publications

  • IS 16538 : 2019, Microsatellite Based PCR Protocol for Identification of Basmati Rice Varieties, Bureau of Indian Standards, 2019

  • Lakshminarayana RV, Sabahat Noor, Satyavathi VV, Srividhya A, Kaliappan A, Parimala SRN, Bharathi PM, Deborah DA, Sudhakar Rao KV, Shobharani N, EA Siddiq EA, Javaregowda Nagaraju (2015) Discovery and mapping of genomic regions governing economically important traits of Basmati rice. BMC Plant Biology doi:10.1186/s12870-015-0575-5

  • Lakshminarayana RV, Satyavathi VV, EA Siddiq and Nagaraju J (2014) Review of methods for the detection and quantification of adulteration of rice: Basmati as a case study. Journal of Food Science and Technology DOI: 10.1007/s13197-014-1579-0

  • Archak S, Nagaraju J (2014) Computational analyses of protein coded by rice (Oryza sativa japonica) cDNA (GI: 32984786) indicate lectin like Ca(2+) binding properties for Eicosapenta Peptide Repeats (EPRs). Bioinformation 10:63-67.

  • Choudhary G, Ranjitkumar N, Surapaneni M, Deborah DA, Vipparla A, Anuradha G, Siddiq EA, Vemireddy LR (2013) Molecular genetic diversity of major Indian rice cultivars over decadal periods. PLoS One 8:e6619.

  • Siddiq EA, Vemireddy LR and Nagaraju J (2012) Basmati rices: genetics, breeding and trade. Agricultural Research 1: 25-36.

  • Sinha DK, Nagaraju J, Tomar A, Bentur JS and Nair S (2012) Pyrosequencing-based transcriptome analysis of the Asian Rice Gall Midge reveals differential response during compatible and incompatible interaction. International Journal of Molecular Science 13:13079-13103.

  • Archak S, Nagaraju J (2007) Computational prediction of rice (Oryza sativa) miRNA targets. Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics 5: 196-206.

  • Lakshminarayanareddy V, Archak S, Nagaraju J (2007) Capillary electrophoresis is essential for microsatellite marker based detection and quantification of adulteration of Basmati rice (Oryza sativa). Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry 55: 8112-8117.

  • Archak S, Lakshminarayanareddy V, Nagaraju J (2007) High-throughput multiplex microsatellite marker assay for detection and quantification of adulteration in Basmati rice (Oryza sativa). Electrophoresis 28: 2396-2405.

  • Nagaraju J, Kathirvel M, Kumar RR, Siddiq EA, Hasnain SE (2002) Genetic analysis of traditional and evolved Basmati and non-Basmati rice varieties by using fluorescence-based ISSR-PCR and SSR markers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 99: 5836-5841.

    Patents taken/applied

  • J. Nagaraju . An Indian patent has also been filed with PCT for DNA markers, which distinguish traditional Basmati, evolved Basmati and non-Basmati rice varieties. (Patent No 260/MAS/2002, dated April 8, 2002)

  • J. Nagaraju . The US patent has been applied for multiplex Simple Sequence Repeat kit containing 10 loci which can simultaneously distinguish traditional Basmati, evolved Basmati and non-Basmati varieties and quantify the adulterants (File No.FPO2559/RB/SM dated 19.04.2006)

  • J. Nagaraju. High-throughput multiplex microsatellite marker assay for detection and quantification of adulteration in Basmati rice (Indian Patent No.260/MAS/2002 and 662/CHE/2006; USA Patent No.USPTO 10/357, 488 and 11/406, 257; International Patent No.PCT/IN06/00254)

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  • Contact Information
    Email: apeda_cdfd<at>cdfd.org.in
    Phone: +91-40-27216128/129
    Fax: +91-40-27216006
    Last updated on: Tuesday, 4nd July, 2023.

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