Optimal seed germination conditions for cattail bio-platform remediation system

温尼伯MB的咖喱工业有限公司开发了一种香蒲生物平台收获系统TM的原型，该系统允许香蒲在水生系统中的浮动框架上受控生长，提高营养素，以允许这种潜在的生物修复体在更深的沃茨中生长。通过鼓励香蒲在这些系统中的生长，营养物质被从水柱中去除，从而减少了其他水华形成藻类和蓝藻物种的营养物质的可用性。香蒲可以在生长季节结束时收获，生物量可以在土地上堆肥，用作花园或农田的肥料。拟议的ENGAGE赠款将在申请人和咖喱工业有限公司之间建立合作研究伙伴关系，以确定最佳的播种条件，以最大限度地提高香蒲的生长。如果能够开发出可靠和简单的香蒲播种方法，生物平台将更容易扩展到大量部署。在本研究中，我们将确定发芽率和理想的种子种植密度，以最大限度地提高香蒲在生物平台上的发芽和生长。

Curry Industries Ltd. in Winnipeg MB, has developed a prototype for a Cattail Bio-Platform HarvestingSystemTM that allows for the controlled growth of cattails on a floating frame in an aquatic system withelevated nutrients to allow for growth of this potential bioremediator in deeper waters. By encouraging thegrowth of cattails in these systems, nutrients are removed from the water column, thus reducing the availabilityof nutrients to other bloom-forming algal and cyanobacterial species. The cattails can then be harvested at theend of the growing season, and the biomass can be composted on land and used as fertilizer for gardens orcropland. The proposed ENGAGE grant will establish a collaborative research partnership between theapplicant and Curry Industries, Ltd to determine the optimal seeding conditions to maximize cattail growth.The Bio-Platforms will be more easily scalable to deploy in large volumes if a reliable and simple method ofcattail seeding can be developed. In this study, we will determine the germination rates and ideal seed plantingdensity to maximize cattail germination and growth in the Bio-platforms.