Award Data

In response to global population growth expected to exceed 9 billion by 2050 advanced data- driven agriculture is enabling farmers to grow more and better food with less labor water andpesticides and less harm to the environment. ISCA Technologies seeks to further this trend ofprecision agriculture by developing SPLAT UAV technology a novel method of insect pestcontrol: the use of unmanned aerial ...

Prescription eyeglass is a $100 billion industry that serves 3 billion people worldwide. It is also oneof the top 10 consumer markets for plastic consumption. Majority of all eyeglass lenses today aremade with Polycarbonate a Prop 65 regulated chemical. Significant health and environmentalconcerns prevail around the presence of Bis Phenol A or BPA due to its effects on reproductivehealth. This SBI ...

Access to quality building material is essential for rural socioeconomic developmentagricultural productivity and resilience against environmental disaster. This applicationis focused on developing and commercializing a Mobile Masonry Manufacturing Plant(MMMP) that enables rural communities to produce durable sustainable and valuablestructural earth masonry blocks from regionally sourced mineral s ...

This project will support the expansion of the domestic aquaculture industry through developmentof algae aquafeed ingredients.Successful completion will increase the production of algae a typeof aquaculture and will increase the availability of affordable sustainable feed for expansion of ourdomestic fish and shellfish aquaculture industries.Feed is the largest and most important component to ensu ...

In this Phase 2 (PhII) grant application, ISCA Technologies proposes to develop and commercialize a nontoxic, pheromone-based, long-lasting mating disruption formulation, SPLAT FAW, to control Spodoptera frugiperda, the fall armyworm (FAW), one of the world’s most damaging crop pests. This pest has evolved strong resistance to numerous insecticides [7][10][64][65][66], including those expressed ...

INFECTIVE JUVENILES (IJ'S) OF STEINERNEMATID NEMATODES IN THE GENUS NEOAPLECTANA ARE EFFECTIVE CONTROL AGENTS FOR A WIDE RANGE OF INSECT PESTS. MARKET REQUIREMENTS FOR THE YEAR 1987 DETERMINE A PRODUCTION GOAL OF 1011 NEMATODES PER WEEK, WITH 1988 REQUIREMENTS APPROXIMATING 1016 PER WEEK. PHASE I ADDRESSES THE PROBLEM OF STORAGE AND SHIPMENT OF S SUCH LARGE NUMBERS (=LARGE VOLUMES) OF NEMATODES. I ...

THE HOST-SPECIFIC TOXIN PRODUCED BY THE CORKY ROOT ROT CAUSAL BACTERIUM PROVIDES US WITH A TOOL TO SELECT THE DISEASE-RESISTANT LETTUCE FROM A MASS POPULATION OF GERMPLASMS. THE MAJOR OBJECTIVES OF THIS PROPOSED RESEARCH ARE: 1) PURIFY THE HOST-SPECIFIC TOXIN. THE TOXIN WILL BE EXTRACTED FROM THE CRUDE CULTURE FILTRATE IN WHICH THE BACTERIUM HAS BEEN GROWN AND REFINED TO ITS MAXIMAL PURITY BY VARI ...

DESIGNS OF TENSION LEG PLATFORM (TLP) TENDON ELEMENTS WILL BE DESCRIBED AND ANALYZED FROM THE STANDPOINT OF CRITICAL FLAWS AND FRACTURE MECHANICS. VARIOUS INSPECTION METHODS FOR DETECTION OF CRACKS OR OTHER STRUCTURAL FLAWS (E.G. CORROSION) WILL BE IDENTIFIED. IN PARTICULAR, ULTRASONIC DETECTION (UT) WILL BE EXAMINED IN CONNECTION WITH GENERIC TENDON COUPLING DESIGNS, AND A MODEL RELATING UT INSPE ...