[farmanimals] Regretfully, a market question.

[Peter R. Hoyt]

I've been asked by my University to try and estimate usage of 
agriculturally-related microarrays. It is part of justifying the 
existence of our Core Facility, that I direct. It also might justify 
money to purchase a new oligo library (or two!).

So while detesting use (abuse?) of this respected forum for marketing, 
I'm asking if anyone has heard of, or knows of, market trends in 
agriculture microarray usage. I've searched 2 days and found that while 
statements like "... a billion dollar industry by 2008..." are common, 
actual numbers on arrays sold or used is only available for some 
thousands of dollars, through Market Survey groups.  That would make for 
an expensive phone call from my business office.

What I need are very approximate numbers regarding microarrays actually 
used per year (in the USA for example) and then how many microarrays are 
used for an ag-related organism like corn, or rice, or wheat, or cows, 
or pigs... you get the idea. 

If someone can provide ball-park estimates, it might be all the business 
office needs, and I'd certainly appreciate it. You can email me 
privately or respond to the forum as you see fit. To the moderators, I 
apologize.

Peter

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Peter R. Hoyt, Ph. D.
Research Associate Professor
Director, Microarray Core Facility
Oklahoma State University
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
246 Noble Research Center
Stillwater, OK  74078
phoyt at biochem.okstate.edu
(405) 744-6206
FAX (405) 744-7799
http://microarray.okstate.edu/