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Surface modification of Zero Valent Iron Material for Enhanced Reactivity for Degrading Chlorinated Contaminants in Water

Environmental remediation in areas contaminated with pollutants typically employ iron-based treatment when cleaning pesticides and heavy metals. In this process the addition of a second metal enhances the reactivity of lead. This is because the metal serves as a catalyst, thus reduction can happen much quicker. The issue is that these metals themselves...

Published: 11/30/2018 | Inventor(s): Weile Yan

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Category(s): Agriculture, Environmental, General Chemistry

Increasing the cell wall and cellulose content in plants by mutating FKF gene and blue light.

Technology SummaryBiofuels are an integral part of the ever growing renewable energy landscape. As with any harvesting or manufacturing strategy, yield matters greatly in determining the viability and profitability of the process. This technology is a strategy to increase cellulose and cell wall content in plants, thereby increasing the percent yield...

Published: 11/28/2018 | Inventor(s): Venugopal Mendu, Ning Yuan, Vimal Kumar Balasubramanian

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Category(s): Agriculture, Biofuels, Plant Derivative, Fiber research, Biomass

Safe Food Colorant from Sorghum Bicolor Roots

A mutation in the Sorghum Bicolor plant causes an increase in the accumulation of 3-deoxyanthocyanin, a pigment molecule, in the plant’s roots. This pigment can be easily extracted and used as a natural food colorant. Recent research has shown that artificial and synthetic food colorants, such as yellow 6 and red 40, can have adverse effects on...

Published: 9/27/2018 | Inventor(s): Vimal Kumar Balasubramanian, Venugopal Mendu, Christopher Cobos

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Category(s): Food Science, Agriculture

Rapid Analysis of Metal-laden Water via Portable X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry.

Water salinity is vital to environmental quality assurance, environmental health, and human health. Soil and water salinity are naturally linked on slurries or saturated pastes whereby salts precipitated in soil dissolve into solution. Currently, this type of salinity analysis is conducted by using electrical conductance. Salts in soil and water are...

Published: 11/30/2018 | Inventor(s): David Weindorf

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Category(s): Agriculture, Environmental

AtRAVs Make Longer Cotton Fibers Under Drought

In many countries cotton (Gossypium spp.) is one of the most important fiber producing plants. The main concerns in growing cotton are the inverse relationship between cotton fiber qualities and high yields. The disclosed technology proposes a way to solve the problem of growing immature and short cotton fibers caused by drought stress. There currently...

Published: 7/2/2018 | Inventor(s): Christopher Rock, Amandeep Mittal, Burke, John

Keywords(s): Agriculture, Biotech, Cotton

Category(s): Cotton fiber technology, Agriculture

Matador or HES 1205 Plant Variety Protection

Guar is grown to produce gum that is used in the oil and gas industry for various well treatment procedures to increase production of oil and gas from a well. A variety of guar developed at Texas Tech University has significantly higher seed yield than other variety and a higher gum content when compared to commercial cultivars currently grown in West...

Published: 7/2/2018 | Inventor(s): Ellen Peffley

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Category(s): Agriculture

Method of Manipulating Grape Berry Ripening by Small RNAs

Through advanced computer modeling, genes have been discovered that control development of flavonoids in seed producing plants. Flavonoids are involved in plant development, defense against stress, and characteristics such as color, aroma, and flavor. Small RNAs that target these genes can be used to manipulate ripening and nutritional value, especially...

Published: 7/2/2018 | Inventor(s): Christopher Rock, Qingjun Luo

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Category(s): Agriculture

Measurement of Cotton Stickiness

Invention Title Cotton Stickiness Evaluation by means of multi-temperature testing Executive Summary The present invention relates generally to a method for testing stickiness of cotton using multiple temperatures. Cotton stickiness results from a cyclical disease problem in the cotton crop. Our patented evaluation process gives users an accurate...

Published: 7/2/2018 | Inventor(s): Eric Hequet, Noureddine Abidi

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Category(s): Agriculture

Method to genetically engineer improved crop plants for a variety of traits including drought adaptation and disease resistance.

Methods to genetically engineer vegetative traits for stress adaptation and disease resistance by directed expression of abscisic acid-related transcription factors can substantially increase the volume and quality of crops grown under stress. Applications It is estimated that global crop losses due to drought exceed $10 billion annually. Methods...

Published: 7/2/2018 | Inventor(s): Christopher Rock, S.s.l. Gampala

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Category(s): Agriculture

Naked Tufted Cotton Seed.

This invention is the development of a better cotton seed. Genetically, this Upland Cotton Naked Tufted Mutant seed has been genetically enhanced, reducing the formation of linters on the seed coat (fuzz left on the seed after ginning). The incorporation of this mutant seed phenotype into a commercial variety of upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.)...

Published: 7/2/2018 | Inventor(s): Dick Auld, Efrem Bechere

Keywords(s): Agriculture, Cotton

Category(s): Agriculture