Described is a new low-cost disposable bioreactor for the commercial production of plant cell suspensions in vitro. determination of the technical and economic potential of our new technolgy is proposed. developed by agresearch international, inc. and based on preliminary experiments, our new lower… More

This proposal would establish a pilot-scale algal scrubber to treat secondary discharge from dairy-processing plants. Algal scrubbers are fixed-media structures for culturing periphyton communities with two major components: an autotrophic assemblage of microscopic, filamentous algae, and an… More

Intensive rotational grazing is gaining popularity among livestock producers. Present varieties of forage species are not well adapted to intensive grazing. Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) and Festulolium (Festulolium braunii K. A.) a ryegrass X meadow fescue (Festuca pratense Hude.) cross,… More

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project will develop commercial biorestoration technologies to restore the overall structure and function of degraded Sphagnum weland ecosystems. Technologies will include the development of plant tissue culture techniques for Sphagnum species, the… More

Protozoal predators severely limit the successful pond cultivation of the alga Haematococcus forthe commercial production of the aquaculture industry's natural colorant astaxanthin.Commercial producers frequently experience predatory attacks that eliminate 90% of theirHaematococcus biomass within 72… More

Not Available A zenith viewing spectroradiometer aircraft instrument is proposed for tropospheric profile measurements of O3, NO2, and SO2, aerosol optical depths and UV spectral radiances from differential column amounts measured as functions of aircraft altitude. Th