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

这个小企业创新研究第一阶段的项目描述了一种成本效益高的方法来减少用于农业作物保护的铜的数量。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，造成土壤和水道的污染，并对生态系统产生有害影响。此外，病原体正在对含铜农药产生抗药性，这就需要更高的铜使用量。拟议项目的范围是优化敏捷科学的结构？小的，无毒的有机化合物库，为减少铜释放到环境中的量提供了经济可行的解决方案。该项目的广泛影响/商业潜力包括环境和经济方面的考虑。细菌病原体对铜的抵抗力越来越强，但农民目前几乎没有经济上可行的替代品。敏捷吗?S化合物增强了铜处理的功效，从而大大减少了铜释放到环境中的量。

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.