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A challenge in the production of dairy-derived hydrolysate products is efficiently generating ahigh-yield and in the case of peptides specific and active material. Enzymes enable the use ofmild reaction conditions and processing techniques compared to standard chemical methods.However the use of commercial enzymes and enzyme mixes presents its own challenges. Highquality commercial enzyme products ...

Key to soil health is maintenance of the soil's organic carbon content.Carbon credit marketsincentivize practices that increase the soil organic carbon content so that the resulting carbonsequestration will contribute to stabilization of atmospheric carbon dioxide levels. Howeversuch markets are not feasible without accurate and cost-effective means for verifying the soilorganic carbon stock.The u ...

Poultry companies use ELISA to determine if their flocks have been adequately vaccinatedagainst poultry pathogens. Herpesvirus of turkeys (HVT) has been used as a vector to createrecombinant vaccines (rHVT) that protect against Marek's disease virus (MDV) and otherpoultry diseases. These rHVT vectored vaccines are widely used in poultry operations yet noELISA kit has been developed to differentiat ...

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Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are highly resistant to chemical/thermal degradation and arehydrophobic and oleophobic. Due to these properties they have been used for decades in productssuch as aqueous film-forming foams Teflon waterproof clothing and food packaging. The sameproperties that make them useful also cause them to be difficult to remediate and to bioaccumulatein livestock and humans. ...

Project SummaryProject title: An integrated bioprocess for butanol production from lignocellulosic biomassUSDA topic and subtopics: 8.8 Biofuels and Biobased ProductsPrincipal Investigator: David RameyBusiness Name: Bio-Missions LLCResearch Institution Subcontractor: The Ohio State UniversityTechnical abstractThis SBIR project is to develop a novel bioprocess to produce chemicals and fuels from lo ...

PROJECT SUMMARYTitle: On-Planter Directed Energy Seed Priming to Increase Producer ProfitabilityPD:Jackson Jon Institution: Global Neighbor Inc. (GNI)The world's population is growing increasing food demand far beyond arable land availability soproducers need a way to increase their yield using current acreage. Low-cost methods to increaseyields in the reality of changing environmental stress is c ...

SUMMARY:Shellfish growers on the U.S. West Coast depend largely on hatchery-produced seed thatare amenable for genetic improvement. Within-species hybrids produced by crossing inbredlines generated from selected wild-type families can substantially improve growth and survivalfor farmed Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas). The Pacific oyster has the highest productionamong shellfish species and can ...

Project SummaryAccumulated snowpack is a major source of water throughout the United States. Accuratelymonitoring snow on the northern plains is a significant need for streamflow forecasting andreservoir management. This has been demonstrated by the US Army Corp of Engineersestablishment of the Upper Missouri River Basin Plains Snow and Soil Moisture MonitoringNetwork. The availability of a low-co ...

This project addresses production efficiency and competitiveness within the private sector ofcommercial aquaculture in the United States (US). New technologies to enhance knowledge for theexpansion of domestic aquaculture will be the focus of this application. Specifically the aim is toapply developed technology to establish Evergreen Aquatics as the first commercial hatchery in theUS to produce " ...