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Solar-powered Efficient Dryer for Crop PreservationConditioning and StorageDr. Michael SchmidMicro Nano Technologiesnd 747 SW 2 AvenueIMB 34 Suite 214Gainesville FL 32601Phone: (407) 719-5435Email: mschmid@mntusa.comDr. Saeed MoghaddamMechanical and Aerospace Engineering DepartmentUniversity of FloridaGainesville FL 32611Phone: (352)392-0889Email: saeedmog@ufl.eduDrying is an energy-intensive proc ...

FORAY bioscience Inc. Phase I USDA-NIFA-SBIR-009301 Topic 8.1 2023PI: Dr. ASHLEY BECKWITHCEO FORAY bioscience IncE-mail: ash@foraybio.comAdvancing tissue culture in tree species for use in climate adaptation breedingproduction of cultured tree products1 Project SummaryDemand for forest products is growing but global forests are shrinking by ~15 billion trees per year.Sourcing inefficiencies exacer ...

EmergingDx Inc. in collaboration with Michigan State University will leverage on-goingprograms and their collective expertise to develop a rapid low-cost multiplexed colorimetricquantitative loop-mediated isothermal amplification (qLAMP) microfluidic based diagnostic devicewith high sensitivity and selectivity for screening reproductive fluids/gametes to be used forbreaking the vertical transmissi ...

PROJECT SUMMARYTitle:Field-Deployable Crispr-Based Diagnostics For Improved Biosecurity In AquaculturePD:Fiore Elizabeth Institution:Sherlock Biosciences Inc.Rapid and accurate health assessment of farmed animals is critical to US aquaculture andagriculture. It is hindered by the cost time and technical expertise required for standard diagnosticmethods resulting in reduced capacity for disease con ...

PROJECT SUMMARYTitle:Building Rural Wildfire Resilience through GIS mapping and UAV Verification of High-Risk- Lightning StrikesPI: Dr. Istvan KereszyLightning ignitions are responsible for over 70% of the area burned in the American Westtotaling 5.5 million acres of land burned annually. These major wildfires significantly impactvulnerable communities causing between $120 to $190bn of economic da ...

The goal of this Phase II SBIR program is to evaluate optimize and demonstrate noveltechnology to convert lignocellulose waste streams into a value-added building-block chemicalspecifically 25-Furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) at pilot-scale.FDCA is targeted to replacepetroleum-based chemicals used extensively in the textiles polyesters and plastics industries.As adrop-in replacement for petroleum-bas ...

The European spongy moth (Lymantria dispar dispar ) (ESM) is a non-native insect pest withlarvae that feeds on leaves of over 300 broad-leaved species including forest shade ornamentaland fruit trees as well as shrubs. The spongy moth defoliated over 98 million acres of U.S.forests from 1924 to 2018. Current biological insecticides used in spongy moth control have notbeen efficacious enough and ch ...

Project SummaryTitle: The Remote Autonomous Detection System (RADS) for Early Detection of the RedImported Fire Ant (RIFA)PIElman NoelInstitutionGearJump Technologies LLCCo-PIVander Meer RobertInstitutionUSDAThe Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) infest over 140 million hectares in the USA and costAmericans an estimated $8 billion annually for control and damage repair in several economicsectors includ ...

AgIntel a spinoff company of the University of Florida (UF) has licensed two novel technologiesfrom UF: Agroview and AgroSense. Agroview a digital twin of an agricultural field can deliveraccurate zone-based fertility and prescription maps for precision nutrient applications. Agrosensecan convert a traditional fertilizer applicator (sprayer or spreader) to a smart machine for precisionnutrient app ...

PROJECT SUMMARYTitle: Novel peptides for controlling invasive pest ants.PI: Dr. Satya Prabhakar Chinta Foresight Science & Technology Inc.Collaborators: Dr. Robert Vander Meer and Dr. Man-Yeon Choi USDA Agricultural ResearchService.Foresight Science & Technology Inc. (Foresight) and the USDA Agricultural ResearchService (ARS) are collaborating in the development and commercialization of a novel ne ...