SBIR Phase I: Enhancing the Bactericidal Activity of Copper: An Economically Viable Solution for Lowering Copper Usage Rates in Agriculture

SBIR 第一阶段：增强铜的杀菌活性：降低农业铜使用率的经济可行的解决方案

• 批准号: 1214791
• 负责人: Samuel Reyes
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Agile Sciences Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-01 至 2013-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1214791&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Enhancing; Bactericidal; Activity

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I project describes a cost-effective method for reducing the quantities of copper used for agricultural crop protection. Currently, millions of pounds of copper are being sprayed onto plants each year. This copper is released into the environment, resulting in contamination of soil and waterways and deleterious effects on the ecosystem. Furthermore, pathogens are becoming resistant to copper pesticides, necessitating even higher rates of copper usage. The scope of the proposed project is to optimize the structure of Agile Sciences? library of small, non-toxic organic compounds, to provide an economically viable solution for reducing the amount of copper released into the environment.The broader impact/commercial potential of this project includes both environmental and economic considerations. Bacterial pathogens are becoming increasingly resistant to copper, but farmers currently have few economically feasible alternatives. Agile?s compounds enhance the efficacy of copper treatments, so that the amount of copper released into the environment is substantially reduced.

这个小型企业创新研究第一阶段项目描述了一种具有成本效益的方法，用于减少农业作物保护中使用的铜的数量。目前，每年有数百万磅的铜被喷洒到植物上。这些铜被释放到环境中，导致土壤和水道污染，并对生态系统产生有害影响。此外，病原体对铜杀虫剂产生耐药性，需要更高的铜使用率。拟议项目的范围是优化敏捷科学的结构？小，无毒的有机化合物库，以提供一个经济上可行的解决方案，以减少释放到环境中的铜量。该项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力包括环境和经济方面的考虑。细菌病原体对铜的耐药性越来越强，但农民目前几乎没有经济上可行的替代品。敏捷？的化合物增强铜处理的功效，从而大大减少释放到环境中的铜的量。