Use of Site-Specific Recombination for Hybrid Rice Production

Award Information

Agency: Department of Agriculture	Branch: N/A	Award ID: 61975	Program Year/Program: 2003 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number: 2003-00097	Solicitation Year: N/A	Solicitation Topic Code: N/A	Solicitation Number: N/A

Small Business Information: HybriGene, Inc.
530 Liberty Lane West Kingston, RI 02892
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Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No

Phase 1: Fiscal Year: 2003

Title: Use of Site-Specific Recombination for Hybrid Rice Production

Agency: USDA

Contract: 2003-33610-13107

Award Amount: $75,000.00

Abstract:
NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Based on previous work we anticipate that this project will provide a proof of principle for hybrid rice production as an attractive alternative to the use of CMS in rice. We expect that this technology will become standard to the rice industry and integrated into worldwide breeding programs. We also anticipate that this technology will be used in a wide array of other cereal crop species, which like rice, are not architecturally predisposed to simple mechanical sterilization. It is highly likely that this same system would be extended to other crops of economic importance such as corn, wheat, etc.

Principal Investigator:
Hong Luo
Senior Project Leader
4018749906
hongluo@hybrigene.com

Business Contact:
Albert P. Kausch
Vice President
4018749900
akausch@hybrigene.com

Small Business Information at Submission:

HybriGene, Inc.
530 Liberty Lane West Kingston, RI 02892

EIN/Tax ID:

DUNS: N/A

Number of Employees: N/A

Woman-Owned: No

Minority-Owned: No

HUBZone-Owned: No