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Plant Evolved Crop Protection and Insect Control

Abstract Plants have evolved natural pesticides over millennia. Use of such naturally occurring insecticides provides a safe and cost-effective alternative to synthetics. The inventor has identified a readily available natural product that is very effective at controlling thrips, a major crop pest. Insecticide spending on thrips alone is expected...

Published: 6/22/2023 | Inventor(s): Qing Xiao Li, Yongmei Fan, Hao Peng

Keywords(s): Agriculture, Agriculture:Pest Mgt/Pesticides

Category(s): Agriculture/Aquaculture

Ultrasound method for transforming algae

Transformation of microalgae is a first step in their use for biotechnological applications involving foreign protein production or molecular modifications of specific cell metabolic pathways. However, problems associated with efficiency, integration, or stability of the transgenes sometimes persist. Limitations in the use of conventional methods may...

Published: 11/22/2021 | Inventor(s): Eric Liaw, Chad Walton, Ralph Shohet

Keywords(s): Agriculture

Category(s): Microbiology, Biology, Agriculture/Aquaculture