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INOCULATED TRANSFER PLUG FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF TISSUE CULTURED TREES.
Award Information
Agency: Department of Agriculture
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 786
Amount:
$100,000.00
Phase:
Phase II
Program:
SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A
Solicitation Number:
N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year:
N/A
Award Year:
1984
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date):
N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date):
N/A
Small Business Information
417 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City, UT
84108
United States
DUNS:
N/A
HUBZone Owned:
No
Woman Owned:
No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged:
No
Principal Investigator
Name: Timothy E. Wood
Phone: () -
Phone: () -
Business Contact
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Research Institution
N/A
Abstract
THE TRANSFER OF TISSUE CULTUIRED PLANTS FROM IN VITRO TO OPEN GREENHOUSE ENVIRONMENTS IS FREQUENTLY A MULTI-STAGED, LABOR INTENSIVE PROCESS THAT CAN RAISE PRODUCTION COSTS TO COMMERCIALLY PROHIBITIVE LEVELS. RESEARCH IS UNDERWAY TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING A CONSOLIDATED, COST- EFFECTIVETRANSFER PLUG SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW PLANTS TO BE TRANSFERRED, ROOTED, INOCULATED WITH BENEFICIAL MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI AND NITROGEN-FIXING BACTERIA AND GROWN TO FIELD-READY SIZE WITH A SINGLE MANIPULATION OF INDIVIDUAL SHOOTS.
* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *
