SBIR/STTR Research Award
Commercialization of Sustained Release Delivery Systems for Controlling and Monitoring Fire Ants
Award amount
$0Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2003Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
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- Recipient company
- BioGuard Research & Development, Inc.
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- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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Research abstract
NON-TECHNICAL SUMMARY: Imported fire ants have a combined impact/cost of over $6B annually including loss of human life. Of that, approximately $1B is agricultural damage to crops, livestock and other domesticated animals. The purpose is to improve/reformulate then laboratory/field-test the efficacy of a series of "very successful" Phase I SBIR sustained-release prototypes for deliverying volatile chemicals used to attract, repel or kill the imported fire ant for periods of several months or more.
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