Cooperative Agreement AP19PPQST00C239

The purpose of this $160,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) is to validate the efficiency and sensitivity of an area-wide bulk triage screening protocol for Huanglongbing (HLB), a devastating plant disease. The award to Technology Evolving Solutions, a for-profit manufacturer, aims to take the first steps in obtaining...

The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service awarded a $421,489 cooperative agreement to Silvec Biologics Inc. from March 1, 2023 to July 14, 2024 under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001). The award will support Silvec Biologics' efforts to develop molecular strategies to block the transmission of Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as citrus greening disease, by the Asian citrus psyllid vector. As part of the Agricultural Research Service's...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) awarded a $350,000 Cooperative Agreement under the Agricultural Research Basic and Applied Research program (CFDA 10.001) to the Florida Research Center For Agricultural Sustainability, Inc. (doing business as Florida Research Center) to conduct an "Evaluation of Symbiont Technology in Florida Citrus Groves." The project, with a performance period from September 17, 2023 to September 16, 2024, will evaluate...

This Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.309 - Specialty Crop Research Initiative) provides $1,499,977.00 to the USDA Agricultural Research Service's Southeast Area to commercially deliver a sustainable, biologically-based therapeutic delivery platform called "Symbiont Technology." The goal is to treat citrus trees in production fields and provide protection/symptom alleviation from citrus greening disease...

This Cooperative Agreement, awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025), aims to develop an automated fruit fly trap for use in Puerto Rico's mango export system to the European Union. The $149,704 award to the University of Florida will fund the development of an image recognition algorithm to be used in combination with a camera-equipped...

The University of Florida, through its Division of Sponsored Research, received a $1,128,391.81 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Specialty Crop Research Initiative (CFDA 10.309) program. The goal of this 3-year project is to develop an integrated pest management (IPM) system to address Huanglongbing (HLB), or citrus greening disease, by: Establishing economic thresholds for the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP) vector to optimize insecticide spraying and enable...

This $270,128 SBIR Phase I award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084) supports the development of a low-cost, field-use DNA-based rapid diagnostic device for detecting plant diseases. The project aims to create a user-friendly, battery-operated testing kit that allows farmers to quickly identify diseases like citrus greening in their fields, enabling early intervention and more sustainable farming practices. The 9-month...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $1,249,394 to support the continued development of a novel spectroscopy system for the early detection of crop afflictions. The project aims to create a vehicle-mounted hyperspectral imaging system with AI-powered diagnostics to enable farmers to make data-driven decisions about water and fertilizer management, and to control crop diseases....

This Cooperative Agreement award, totaling $112,533.00, is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The primary purpose of this agreement is to enhance the bio-indexing processes used to exclude pathogens from the production of germplasm source trees utilized by citrus nurseries. The project focuses on optimizing the growth conditions...

This $1,121,992.00 Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) project grant, awarded by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (CFDA 10.309), aims to develop and evaluate two novel delivery systems for antimicrobial therapies to combat Huanglongbing (HLB) disease in the U.S. citrus industry. The lead awardee, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, will collaborate with researchers at the University of Florida, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, and the University of California, Riverside...