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A New, Non-Toxic Method to Control the Key Pest in Pecans

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Agriculture 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
57250 		Program Year/Program:
2002 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
2002-03019 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
ISCA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
1230 Spring Street PO Box 5266 Riverside, CA -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2002
Title: A New, Non-Toxic Method to Control the Key Pest in Pecans
Agency: USDA
Contract: 2002-33610-12366
Award Amount: $0.00
 

Abstract:

The goals of this PHASE II program are to further expand our Phase I findings to fully determine the major effects of pheromone source and application characteristics (i.e. the density of sources per area, the effect of formulation and release rate, and the amount of pheromone that needs to be released to obtain the desired effect) and the vertical positioning of the controlled release devices in the pecan trees will have on PNC moth. Optimization of bulk production of PNC pheromone and of the mating disruption and A&K devices will be done during Phase II, as well as preparation for the commercialization of these products. In Phase III we will finalize the optimization of mass production of pheromone and of the controlled release devices and proceed with execution of the commercialization plan. The objectives of this Phase II are to: 1). Reliably synthesize E9, Z11-16:Al in large scale, 2). Optimize our mating disruption formulation and field technique using only sex-pheromone, 3). Optimize formulations and field techniques for the two strategies of attract and kill, 4) Map the distribution of pheromone and the presence of moths and male capture in traps. 5). Begin the optimization process of industrial production of PNC pheromone and of the different formulations

Principal Investigator:

Agenor Mafra-Neto
9096865008
president@iscatech.com

Business Contact:

Annlok Yap
Finance Director
9096865008
annlok.yap@iscatech.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

ISCA Tchnologies, Inc.
P.O. Box 52 Riverside, CA 92517

EIN/Tax ID: 330732737
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No