SBIR/STTR Research Award
Screening Random Mutagenesis for Genetic Trait Mapping in Gryllodes sigillatus
Award amount
$141,651Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2017Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- Tiny Farms Inc.
- Proposal award date
- 2017-03-13
- Contract end date
- 2018-01-19
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- 2016.3
- Topic code
- SB163-002
Research abstract
The goal of this project is to lay the foundation for improving the Banded Cricket Gryllodes sigillatus as a source of human food and animal feed. To achieve this, we will determine the feasibility of using Ethyl Methanesulfonate (EMS) to induce random m...
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