I-Corps: Microbial technologies for crops

I-Corps项目的更广泛影响是开发了一项突破性技术，该技术使用微生物制剂提高作物产量，同时减少了对合成肥料的需求。通过减少肥料对环境的影响，这项技术有可能彻底改变可持续农业并改善人类健康。该技术旨在解决全球需求，即用更少的资源、更低的成本和更少的环境影响种植更多的粮食。该项目的目标是通过企业培训来满足这一需求，以确定客户对技术的需求。I-Corps项目的基础是开发一种微生物技术，该技术可在种植期间应用于土壤，以促进植物生长，同时减少对合成肥料的需求。微生物技术旨在克服困扰作物益生菌产业的功能问题，其创新有望持续提高作物产量，同时抵消合成肥料的货币和环境成本。该技术可以通过减少合成肥料对生态系统、水路和空气的污染来改善人类健康。通过创造高薪工作和培养受教育程度更高的劳动力，该技术有望刺激创新并解决该领域的更多问题。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The broader impact of this I-Corps project is the development of a groundbreaking technology that uses microbiologicals to increase crop yield while reducing the need for synthetic fertilizers. By reducing the environmental impact of fertilizers, this technology has the potential to revolutionize sustainable agriculture and improve human health. The technology seeks to address the global need for more food to be grown with fewer resources, lower costs, and fewer environmental impacts. The goal of the project is to meet this need through entrepreneurial training to determine customer demand for the technology.This I-Corps project is based on the development of a microbiological technology that can be applied to soil during planting to promote plant growth while reducing the need for synthetic fertilizers. The microbiological technology seeks to overcome functional problems that plague the crop probiotic industry, and its innovation is expected to consistently increase crop yield while offsetting the monetary and environmental costs of synthetic fertilizers. This technology could be used to improve human health through the reduction of ecosystem, waterway, and air pollution caused by synthetic fertilizers. By creating high-paying jobs and fostering a more educated workforce, the technology is expected to spur innovation and solve more problems in the field.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.