Crop Protection Utilizing Integrated Pest Management through Early Detection and Identifications of Pathogens and Predators Award Number: DE-EE0007094 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Bioenergy Technologies Office Date: 02/25/2016 Location(s): CA Offic...
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February 25, 2016
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Crop Protection Utilizing Integrated Pest Management through Early Detection and Identifications of Pathogens and Predators
Award Number: DE-EE0007094
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Bioenergy Technologies Office
Date: 02/25/2016
Location(s): CA
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to develop affordable technologies for the early detection and identification of pathogens, predators, and non-productive competitors in a production algae pond.
The proposed project activities in Tasks 1 through 5 would include the design, development, fabrication, and field testing of an early detection system for contaminants of algal biomass growth cultures produced at the flask, tank, bag, and outdoor pond scales for the purposes of advancing algal crop protection. Design, development, and fabrication activities would only be performed indoors at research laboratories on the campus of UCSD throughout the duration of the proposed project. Field testing would occur at both the field station on the campus of UCSD and at commercial algae growing facilities.