SBIR/STTR Research Award
In Vitro Commercial Production Of
Award amount
$55,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1997Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Agriculture
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- AgResearch International, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Protozoal predators severely limit the successful pond cultivation of the alga Haematococcus forthe commercial production of the aquaculture industry's natural colorant astaxanthin.Commercial producers frequently experience predatory attacks that eliminate 90% of theirHaematococcus biomass within 72 hours. The development of a cost effective, commercial-scale, in vitro, predatory-free production system is proposed.
Technology keywords
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