SBIR/STTR Research Award
SBIR Phase I: DiseaseBlockTM Plants with Immunity to Ralstonia, Xanthomonas and Xylella
Award amount
$100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2004Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Integrated Plant Genetics, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project proposes to optimize plant transgenic phage protein-based antibacterial technology. Specifically, this project will refine the methodologies needed to create transgenic tomatoes that express holins, lytic proteins produced by bacteriophages, in the amount needed to kill plant-pathogenic gram negative bacteria. The follow-on work will focus on controlling the most serious bacterial diseases of geranium, citrus, grape and rice.
The commercial application of this project will be in the area of transgenic crops to control a number of very important plant diseases for which limited options currently exist.
Technology keywords
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