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Gray mold and powdery mildew can account for as much as 80% of decay in strawberry productionand combined with arthropod pests have a significant impact on yield. Regular application ofpesticides is the traditional solution however increasing resistance regulations and a risingdemand for organic fruit production motivate a need for alternative non-chemical treatmentmethods. USDA ARS scientists dev ...

PS (PROJECT SUMMARY) KONBIT PBC TITLE: Regenerative Renaissance — Planet People Prosperity. Together GOAL Konbit PBC wants to conduct a feasibility study of the 'Regenerative Renaissance — PlanetPeople Prosperity. Together.' (hereafter' the model') in one Native American community.(hereafter' the project') DESCRIPTION The model designs for resiliency through a whole-system approach t ...

PROJECT TITLE: Novel System to Reduce Air Pollution from Poultry Production SystemsOrganization: TDA Research Inc.Project Director: Dr. Ambalavanan JayaramanProject Summary/Abstract: (one page - non-proprietary)Ammonia emissions are one of the major air quality concerns at the global national andregional levels. Ammonia emissions from poultry farms account for 27% of the U.S. totalatmospheric ammo ...

PROJECT SUMMARYSBIR Phase IISunCatch LtdTitle: Scalable concentrated solar-thermal system to increase efficiency and utilize on-farmrenewable energy sources (COVID-19 Rapid Response)PI: Sergey KhlopThe Agricultural Industry is an essential economic sector where sustainability plays animportant role in the productivity and profitability of the farms. SunCatch proposes furtherdevelopment of the Conc ...

We propose the design of an optical instrument package capable of making cloud observations and deployable on a CubeSat. The design will be based on decades of research in cloud remote sensing and each spectral channel will be comprised of a commercial-off-the-shelf camera and a spectral filter as needed. The base design will be comprised of three channels, two in the shortwave infrared and one in ...

Enabling BLOS operations in the National Airspace System is largely an issue of improved sensing. Under the UTM rules, BLOS operations require performance authorization from the FAA centered around navigation, communications, sharing of intent, avoiding other aircraft, and connecting to the FAA in near real-time. The current plan initially is for these performance metrics to be evaluated by the FA ...

Machine learning and unsupervised classification have been applied to seafloor classification and benthic mapping using multibeam echosounders (MBES), Light Ranging and Detection (LiDAR), airborne hyperspectral, underwater optical cameras, and satellite imagery. Regardless of the sensor, data dimensionality reduction is an integral processing step of seabed mapping workflows . The most commonly im ...

This proposal addresses subtopic 9.6.01, Low-cost Oceanic and Atmospheric Sensors and Observing Systems. It is proposed that two instruments for measuring atmospheric aerosols be commercialized to operate automatically and routinely. Both instruments have been used in research settings for many years and share several aspects of technology. They could both be commercialized with significant advant ...

This project involves building and demonstrating a wireless seismic system for assessing the condition of railroad ballast.The system is designed for portability and ease of use by non-specialized personnel. It is based on the well-known multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) method. The system consists of a seismic source and an array of receivers. The source will be empirically optimized ...

This project will develop the methodology and technological design necessary for kelp farmers to"plant" seed directly into the longlines of their ocean-based farms. This practice is likely to offer anexpected cost savings of 60% over the current status quo of specialized hatcheries collecting wild"parent" kelp plants extracting their seed for settlement onto thin seedstring in a hatchery settingan ...