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Early rapid and accurate detection of foodborne pathogens is important for outbreak preventionmaintaining food safety along the supply chain and ensuring that food consignments are notsubjected to unnecessary delays. Confirmatory culture-based methods or technologies (e.g.polymerase chain reaction and mass spectrometry) are labor-intensive have long turnaround time(1-5 days) and require expensive ...

2023 USDA/NIFA SBIR Phase I: Semiochemical Control of the Diamondback Moth for the Small Crucifer GrowerCompany: ISCA Technologies Inc. PI: Agenor Mafra-Neto PhDField 7 Project Summary/AbstractThis project will develop novel control solutions for a key crucifer pest diamondback moth(DBM) Plutella xylostella. ISCA will develop two DBM control strategies:Acttra Plutella alure containing a blend of c ...

Onda Vision Technologies Inc (OVT) in collaboration with the University of Florida (UF)proposes to address the problem of heat-related illness (HRI) in farmworkers. This proposalsupports the United States Department of Agricultural (USDA) research interests in developingnew tools to enhance farm safety.This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I Project determines the feasibility of developing ...

The presence of these excess nutrients in natural waterways leads to algal blooms that threaten thelife of aquatic organisms and human drinking water sources. Algal blooms not only reduce theoxygen content in water but also produce toxins that are difficult to remove and harmful to health.A key nutrient is nitrogen an estimated one-hundred billion kilograms of which is releasedannually from fertil ...

PROJECT SUMMARY Title: SMoLDER: Situational awareness ModeLing and Decision support Engine for wildfire Response PD: Koplik Gary J. Institution: Geometric Data Analytics Inc. In 2020 58950 wildfires burned 10.1 million acres one of the highest acreage impacts in recorded history. Wildland firefighters particularly those in remote environments often rely on basic tools such as paper maps compasses ...

Two major anthropogenic events need immediate attention. First is climate change triggered byincreased emission of greenhouse gases (GHG) including carbon dioxide (CO ) nitrous oxide2 (N O) and methane (CH ). The second is increased air pollution from particulate matter (PM2.5)2 4 and ozone catalyzed by nitrogen oxides NO (NO =NO+NO ). Agricultural practices play a majorx x 2 role in exacerbating ...

The proposed device is a headgate that discharges water at a constant flow despite a variable headwater depth. This is possible due to a carefully designed adaptable float and track system. Through the funding of this grant the research could help greatly lower costs increase efficiency and decrease the size of water treatment systems irrigation systems and detention ponds. The innovation is alrea ...

Thermal management and energy harvesting of a solar geothermal greenhouse forimproved plant productionThis project studies a proposed greenhouse that utilizes building integrated photovoltaic-thermal(BIPVT) panels coupled with geothermal energy for the dual synergetic benefits of: 1) improvedenergy harvesting and management toward zero-net-energy agriculture 2) controlledenvironmental agriculture ...

This project will combine a semi-rigid solar panel with a low cost hoop house resulting a protectedagriculture structure at an installed cost of less than $2.00/W. This cost point allows for capitalfinancing from energy developers through a commercial power purchase agreement. Combiningsolar with agriculture opens up farmland to solar development that would normally be off limits fora solar only i ...

FIELD 7: PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACTProject Title: Intelligent Optical Nerves for Precision AgricultureDynamic micro-environmental monitoring has the potential to be a key precision horticulturalcapability for increasing production and quality of crops in the tightly controlled environments ofgreenhouses while increasing the overall energy efficiency of production. IFOS proposes ascalable multi-fun ...