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INCREASED PRODUCTION OF EXTRACTIVES IN WOODY PLANTS

Award Information
Agency: Department of Energy
Branch: N/A
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 343
Amount: $339,431.00
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
P O Box 1153
Columbia, MD 21045
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Russell A. Buchanan
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Abstract

SEVERAL EASTERN U.S. SHRUB AND SMALL TREE SPECIES HAVE A HIGH CONTENT OF ORGANIC SOLUBLE EXTRACTIVES, ARE ADAPTABLE TO ANNUAL POLLARDING, AND HAVE HIGH GROWTH RATES. SUCH SHORT-ROTATION TREES AND SHRUBS POTENTIALLY CAN YIELD CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS AND OFFER ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND ALTERNATIVES FOR THE USE OF MARGINAL LAND. AN EXPLORATORY STUDY FUNDED BY THE BIO-ENERGY COUNCIL IDENTIFIED PROMISING SPECIES AND PROVIDED AGRONOMIC EXPERIENCE AND A GERM PLASM BASE. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WILL FOCUS ON THE USE OF GROWTH REGULATORS TO STIMULATE INCREASED PRODUCTION AND ACCUMULATION OF ENERGY-RICH EXTRACTIVES IN THESE SPECIES OF WOODY PLANTS. CANDIDATE PLANT SPECIES AND CHEMICAL GROWTH SUBSTANCES WILL BE TESTED AND THE MOST PROMISING COMBINATIONS WILL BE IDENTIFIED. PHASE I RESEARCH WILL PROVIDE INSIGHTS, BACKGROUND, AND BASIC DATA NEEDED TO PERFORM DETAILED PHASE II RESEARCH. ON-GOING PHASE II RESEARCH WILL DEVELOP AND EVALUATE SYSTEMS AND REGIMES FOR USE OF GROWTH REGULATORS TO ENHANCE YIELDS OF ENERGY-RICH EXTRACTIVES AND WILL PROVIDE A GOOD BASIS FOR FOLLOW-ON PHASE III DEVELOPMENT.

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