The novel approach to enhance seed security: dual anti-counterfeiting methods applied on tobacco pelleted seeds.

Seed security is of prime importance for agriculture. To protect true seeds from being faked, more secure dual anti-counterfeiting technologies for tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) pelleted seed were developed in this paper. Fluorescein (FR), rhodamine B (RB), and magnetic powder (MP) were used as ant...

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Main Authors: Yajing Guan, Jianchen Wang, Yixin Tian, Weimin Hu, Liwei Zhu, Shuijin Zhu, Jin Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3585396?pdf=render