Progress 08/01/16 to 03/31/17
Outputs
Target Audience:AAT's primary audience are U.S. corn seed companies. We have had contact regarding our technology with 5 different companies comprising a significant portion of the market. Actual results have been reported to 3 companies under confidentiality agreements. Significant interest has been expressed, and we are following up to consider potential collaborations. Changes/Problems:There have been no major changes or problems in the project approach. Minor changes to entry lists, parameters tested, and other related changes that are within normal expectations for research projects of a biological nature. In addition, since there was a delay in funding, the major source of our experimental material shifted from the field to the greenhouse, which has affected some of our experiments. We still obtained pollen from the field, but it did not play as major of a role as expected. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project has provided excellent training and professional development for AAT employees, to increase our expertise and competency in pollen handling and storage. No outside training or professional development has been provided yet as early patent filings are pending and are in the process of being written. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Under confidentiality agreements, these results have been discussed with several seed companies that could be future customers. Dissemination via academic publications is planned once we have patents filed and methods perfected to the appropriate degree. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?
Nothing Reported
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
For objective 1, we have defined precise parameters for maintaining maximum pollen health. These parameters form the basis for the patent application that has been filed. For objective 2, we have defined conditions for short and long term storage of pollen, post-conditioning. These parameters also form the basis for the patent application that has been filed. For objective 3, combinations of objectives 1 and 2 have been tested and protocols that work across 18 of 21 genotypes of corn have been defined. ?
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2017
Citation:
No publications, but I cannot move on unless I fill in these fields
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Progress 08/01/16 to 03/31/17
Outputs
Target Audience:AAT's primary audience are U.S. corn seed companies. We have had contact regarding our technology with 5 different companies comprising a significant portion of the market. Actual results have been reported to 3 companies under confidentiality agreements. Significant interest has been expressed, and we are following up to consider potential collaborations. Changes/Problems:There have been no major changes or problems in the project approach. Minor changes to entry lists, parameters tested, and other related changes that are within normal expectations for research projects of a biological nature. In addition, since there was a delay in funding, the major source of our experimental material shifted from the field to the greenhouse, which has affected some of our experiments. We still obtained pollen from the field, but it did not play as major of a role as expected. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?The project has provided excellent training and professional development for AAT employees, to increase our expertise and competency in pollen handling and storage. No outside training or professional development has been provided yet as early patent filings are pending and are in the process of being written. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Under confidentiality agreements, these results have been discussed with several seed companies that could be future customers. Dissemination via academic publications is planned once we have patents filed and perfected to the appropriate degree. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Several experiments are in progress and planned to finish objective 2 and 3. These experiments should be completed by the funding deadline of March 30, but there could be a few more follow up experiments that may cause us to file for an extension, although there will not be any funding left. Any extended SBIR work would be funded from other sources.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
For objective 1, we have defined precise parameters for maintaining maximum pollen health. These parameters form the basis for the provisional patent application that has been filed. For objective 2, we have defined conditions for long term storage of pollen. These parameters form the basis for the provisional patent application that has been filed, but more work is still in progress to further optimize the details and assess if it works across corn genotypes. For objective 3, combinations of objectives 1 and 2 have been tested and are in the process of being evaluated at the time of this report.
Publications
- Type:
Other
Status:
Other
Year Published:
2020
Citation:
Not applicable: The system would not let me move on without putting something in for publications. We do not have any yet.
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