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This application describes the Phase I commercialization by Virginia Cobia Farms (VCF) of a combination of unique technologies including proprietary technology involving molecular salinity nutrient sensors in fish, use of intensive land based recirculation systems (RAS), novel dietary fish feed formulations as well as commercial production scale application of ARS scientists focused on development ...

THE APPLICANT FIRM PROPOSES UNDER PHASE I TO PROVE FEASIBLE A PROPOSED UNIQUE AIRBORNE RETARDANT DELIVERY SYSTEM. THE DESIGN OF THE SYSTEM WILL LIMIT THE EFFECT OF AIRCRAFT AND ATMOSPHERIC DISTUBANCES (EG. AIRCRAFT FORWARD VELOCITY, TURBULENCE, CROSS-WINDS, HUMIDITY, ETC.) TO THE AERIAL DELIVERY OF RETARDANT. FURTHER PROPOSED IS TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY AND DELIVERY RATES TO BETTER MEET CURRENT MA ...

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop commercial biorestoration technologies to restore the overall structure and function of degraded Sphagnum weland ecosystems. Technologies will include the development of plant tissue culture techniques for Sphagnum species, the application of commercial micropropagation protocols, and an investigation of the potential benefit of ...

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While the Internet may promise the potential of increased access to services and information, obstacles make access to such technology by rural businesses, educators and individuals difficult. Much research has been conducted about bringing Internet services into K-12 education, and projects have in initiated to bring better Internet access to rural communities, yet the rift between urban and ru ...

Codling moth, Cydia pomonella, is a major exotic pest of walnuts, apples and pears in California. Current control practices, using the application of conventional pesticides, are costly, toxic and declining in effectivenss. Of additional concern in California is that many walnut orchards are planted along major river systems in former riparian zones where growers are or will be required to use e ...

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Most contemporary diagnostic tests are designed to detect and identify a single particular pathogen if it may be present in a given specimen. Furthermore such assays typically rely upon a short biomarker, or short signature gene sequence element to INDIRECTLY determine if the specimen is or is not present in the specimen. Such assays are inevitably vulnerable to false negative or false positive re ...

Toxic plants constitute 10% of all cattle's deaths and are a major economic concern in certain areas of the United States. A new scientific direction may provide a solution to markedly reduce these economic losses. This solution is to take anaerobic microbes that break down the toxins from resistant species and transfer them to susceptible species. As the toxin is released from the ingested pla ...

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