SBIR/STTR Research Award
A NOVEL RHIZOBIUM DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR LEGUMES
Award amount
$50,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1991Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Science Foundation
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- Cape Cod Research
- Proposal award date
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- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THIS RESEARCH APPLIES BIOCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVING THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF LEGUMES. A SUPERIOR NITROGEN-FIXINGRHIZOBIUM STRAIN IS SUPPORTED ON THE SURFACE OF SEEDS WITH A MATRIX MADE OF PLANT-DERIVED BIOPOLYMER INOCULUM ENCAPSULATED WITH A SEMI-PERMEABLE MEMBRANE. THE FEASIBILITY OF PROTECTING THIS ENRICHED INOCULUM, DURING SEED GERMINATION AND NODULATION, FROM THE HOSTILE MICROENVIRONMENT AROUND THE SEED IS STUDIED EXPERIMENTALLY.
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