SBIR/STTR Research Award
INOCULATED TRANSFER PLUG FOR MASS PRODUCTION OF TISSUE CULTURED TREES.
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1984Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Native Plants Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
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Research 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.
Technology keywords
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