New Plant Bioactive products from a BC Kelp species Phase II

本研究的目的是确定和提炼BC海带产品海带中的生物活性成分，以便西海岸海洋生物加工公司(WCMBP)能够为农业的新应用和新市场开发新的附加值产品。第一阶段鉴定了海带的生物活性部分和抑制部分。第二阶段将定义可扩展的工业过滤和树脂工艺，以分离至少两种活性成分，并基于这些生物活性开发几种新产品。当WCMBPS的新产品被开发出具有明确的植物监管活动时，它们将引起一系列市场的兴趣，如组织培养、蔬菜和浆果生产、观赏繁殖、季节性开花热带植物--所有这些都需要精确的生长管理。该项目将通过支持公司在新技术上的投资而受益，而关特伦将通过培训学生、教师和博士后应用研究人员而受益，增加可持续园艺研究所的能力，以帮助当地公司进行研究和开发，并加强大学的理工学院任务。可持续地收获和加工海带的偏远的北部岛屿社区，以及将在生产高价值植物产品中使用新的生物活性产品的广泛的加拿大植物农业产业，都将获得经济效益。这些新产品有可能取代化学处理和/或通过促进植物更好地利用资源来防止肥料淋失，从而保护环境。

The objective of this research is to define and refine the bioactive components in a BC kelp product Kelpgrow,so that the West Coast Marine Bio-processing Corp. (WCMBP) can develop new value-added products for newapplications and new markets in agriculture. Phase I identified the bioactive as well as an inhibitory fraction ofKelpgrow. Phase II will define scaleable industrial filtration and resin processes to separate at least two activefractions, and develop several new products based on these bioactivities. When WCMBPs new products aredeveloped with defined plant regulatory activity, they will be of interest to a range of markets in tissue culture,vegetable and berry production, ornamental propagation, seasonal flowering tropicals - all of which demandprecision growth management.The project will benefit the company by supporting its investment in new technology, while Kwantlen willbenefit by training students, instructional staff and a Post Doctoral Fellow in applied research, increasing thecapacity of the Institute for Sustainable Horticulture to assist local companies in their research anddevelopment, and enhancing the universities polytechnic mandate. Economic benefits will accrue to the remotenorthern island communities where the kelp is harvested and processed sustainably, as well as to a broad rangeof Canadian plant agricultural industries which will use new bioactive products in production of high valueplant products. These new products have potential to replace chemical treatments and/or prevent fertilizerleaching by promoting better plant utilization of resources, thus preserving the environment.