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ProjectSummary Lackofavailabilityofreliabledistributedcoldstorageco-locatedwithfoodproductionand distributionposeslimitationsforlocalfoodsupplychainsforfarmersandmarketers.Radiant InnovationLLC(Radiant)seekstoaddressthedemandforclimatefriendlyoff-gridcoldstorage andincollaborationwithColoradoStateUniversity(CSU)proposestocalibrateanddeployour model-predictive-controlstrategywithfoodquality/safetya ...

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 ...

Kultevat Inc. aims to produce natural rubber from Taraxacum kok-saghyz (TKS) at scale toachieve high quality product at a price point that is attractive to customers in particular to US basedcompanies. To date the economics of growing TKS and extracting rubber from its roots at a pricepoint that is competitive with Hevea rubber has not been demonstrated. During Phase I research anRNAi gene silenci ...

Trees vines and bushes are plagued by pathogens causing over $100B in annual damage.Fungi are of particular concern causing 85% of pathogen-related crop losses. For many fungi likeBotrytis cinerea there are no varieties with natural resistance in its host range. As B. cinerea isestimated to cause over $10B in annual crop losses there is a strong driver for effective controlsolutions especially one ...

Huanglongbingdisease("HLB")causedbythebacteriumCandidatusLiberibacterasiaticus ("CLas")haskilledmillionsofcitrustreesandreducedaverageyieldinFloridaby50%costing billionsinlostrevenue. CRISPRisthemostpowerfultoolforrapidbreedingofnewHLB-resistantcitrustreesbut hastobeprecededbyidentifyingspecificgene-editingtargets.Theidentificationoftargetgeneshas beenchallengingbecauseofpoorunderstandingoftheHLBp ...

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 ...

Page 1 of 2 USDA-NIFA-SBIR-009642 8.7 Aquaculture Hawaii Fish Company Inc.Aquaponics is a rapidly emerging form of agriculture poised to provide farmers a highly sustainableand profitable means of producing locally-grown nutritious food. The majority of commercialaquaponics farmers utilize deep-water culture (DWC) systems with floating rafts and usuallyfabricate their own rafts from construction-g ...

7. SummaryInland oyster seed production utilizing artificial seawater in a closed recirculating aquaculturesystems is being developed in Baton Rouge Louisiana at the Louisiana State UniversityInnovation Park. The Gulf Coast (and East and West Coast) oyster industry faces numerouschallenges including increased exposure to anthropogenic pollution climate change oceanacidification harmful algal bloom ...

Heterologous Synthesis of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids for AquacultureUSDA SBIR Phase II Applicationth The United States is a minor aquaculture producer ranking 18 in global aquaculture productionin 2022 but it is the leading importer of fish and fish products. Even though U.S. aquaculture hasbeen estimated to be growing at a compound annual rate of 4.1% we still depend heavily uponimports. By valu ...

FloraPulse - Water potential sensor for small-stem crops SummaryProject summaryTitle: Plug and play inexpensive water potential sensor for wide use in small-stem cropsProblem. Water potential is critical to guideirrigation timing and quantity dramatically affectingcrop yield and quality and water use efficiency. Growerslack tools to measure water potential accuratelyautomatically and long-term lea ...