Improving end-of-life management of plastic mulch in strawberry systems

Active Project Grant Awarded Last action

Award ID
20225118138325
Recipient
Awarding agency
Obligated
$8,009,279

Award facts

Assistance listing
10.309 Specialty Crop Research Initiative
Completion date 82% complete
Originally
Place of performance
Pullman, WA 99164, USA

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Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Amendment $0
Amendment Plastic mulches made from polyethylene (PE) provide benefits such as weed management, soil temperature modification, soil moisture retention, and resultant… $1,810,650
Amendment $2,145,408
Amendment Awards issued prior to january 20, 2025, were funded under previous administrations and may not reflect the priorities and policies of the current… $2,052,745
Original award $2,000,476

Subawards

Subrecipient Amount Awarded
North Carolina State University Hui Li (Assistant professor, North Carolina State University) will lead the pyrolysis of mulch film project under the group 2 of the USDA SCRI project (mulch… $192,604
California Marine Sanctuary Foundation Jazmine Mejia-Muñoz (Water Quality Coordinator, California Marine Sanctuary Foundation- Monterey) will manage outreach activities on California’s… $69,201
PDO Technologies, Inc. The goal of this project, which is led by WSU and has PDO Technologies as a subrecipient, is to better understand the utility of biodegradable plastic in… $266,420
University Of Tennessee Dr. Hayes is a Biosystems Engineer with expertise in the chemical analysis and biodegradation of agricultural plastics and physical nanochemistry of micro-and… $315,137
CAL Poly Corporation The goal of this project, which is led by WSU and has Cal Poly as a subrecipient, is to better understand the utility of biodegradable plastic in strawberry… $587,464
Chico State Enterprises Zhang (Assistant Professor, California State University-Chico, California Pavement Preservation Center) will lead the task in project objective 2 to explore the… $454,273
University Of Florida Objective 1: Compare commercially available and new BDMs to conventional PE mulch in diverse strawberry systems. Dr. Agehara will supervise a Ph.D. student… $609,223
Board Of Regents Of The University Of Nebraska Wortman (Associate Professor, University of Nebraska - Lincoln) will manage project trials in Nebraska to study biomulch environmental fate and the effect of… $216,732

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Who received award 20225118138325?

20225118138325 was awarded to Washington State University by Institute of Food Production and Sustainability (National Institute of Food and Agriculture) on September 15, 2022.

How much is award 20225118138325 worth?

$8,009,279 has been obligated on 20225118138325.

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