Teb Chaws Asmeskas Department of Agriculture thiab US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tshaj tawm cov yeej ntawm Next Gen Fertilizer Innovations Challenge, qhov thib ob ntawm ob feem, sib koom ua ke USDA-EPA Kev Sib Koom Tes thiab Kev Sib Tw ntawm Kev Txhim Kho Cov Fertilizers (EEFs) kom Ua Ntej Agricultural Sustainability hauv Tebchaws Meskas .
Lub hom phiaj ntawm kev sib tw yog txhawm rau txhim kho cov txiaj ntsig ntawm cov chiv kom nce qoob loo tawm thaum txo qhov cuam tshuam ntawm cov chiv rau ib puag ncig.
Cov yeej ntawm qhov kev sib tw xa cov ntsiab lus rau cov thev naus laus zis tshiab uas tuaj yeem txo qhov cuam tshuam ib puag ncig ntawm nitrogen thiab phosphorus los ntawm kev ua liaj ua teb niaj hnub no thaum tswj lossis nce qoob loo.
Cov kev daws teeb meem yeej siv nanoparticles uas yuav tsum tau chiv tsawg thiab tso cov as-ham rau cov nroj tsuag loj hlob, thiab tom qab ntawd biodegrade rau hauv cov khoom tsis zoo lossis txawm tias cov as-ham; txhawb kev loj hlob ntawm cov nroj tsuag ntau dua los ntawm tib daim ntawv thov chiv los yog tsawg dua; thiab lwm txoj hauv kev.
Hubert Hamer, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas USDA Tus Kws Tshawb Fawb:
"Cov neeg ua liaj ua teb, cov neeg ua liaj ua teb, thiab cov neeg ua liaj ua teb tau ua haujlwm zoo los ua cov thawj coj hauv kev daws qhov kev hloov pauv huab cua los ntawm kev tsim kho thev naus laus zis."
"Los ntawm cov kev pab cuam xws li Next Gen Fertilizer Innovations Challenge, USDA tau koom tes nrog kev lag luam ntiag tug los nrhiav cov kev daws teeb meem tshiab uas zoo rau cov neeg ua liaj ua teb thiab zoo rau ib puag ncig."
Wayne Cascio, ua tus thawj tswj hwm tus thawj tswj hwm rau kev tshawb fawb rau EPA Lub Chaw Haujlwm Tshawb Fawb thiab Kev Txhim Kho:
"Lub hom phiaj ntawm qhov kev sib tw yog los tsim thiab siv cov thev naus laus zis tshiab thiab pheej yig los txo cov kev cuam tshuam ib puag ncig ntawm kev ua liaj ua teb niaj hnub ntawm peb cov huab cua, av, thiab dej thaum tswj kev ua liaj ua teb tsim khoom thiab cov txiaj ntsig."
"Peb zoo siab txog qhov muaj peev xwm thiab txuas ntxiv ua haujlwm tshiab hauv cheeb tsam no."
Cov tswv yim yeej muaj xws li ntau yam kev daws teeb meem uas tuaj yeem txhim kho qhov txiaj ntsig ib puag ncig, suav nrog txo cov pa roj nitrous oxide - qhov loj tshaj plaws ntawm cov pa roj carbon monoxide emissions los ntawm kev ua liaj ua teb - thaum tswj lossis nce qoob loo.
Cov yeej muaj xws li:
Tier 1 kev daws teeb meem (USD 17,500 nqi zog):
- Dr. Christopher Hendrickson, Aqua-Yield Operations LLC, Draper, Utah, rau nano-ntse chiv.
- Taylor Pursell, Pursell Agri-Tech, Sylacauga, Ala., rau "Urea 2.0," uas hloov cov qauv urea core nrog cov khoom sib xyaw ua ke los muab cov chiv haum rau cov kev xav tau hauv zos.
Tier 2 kev daws teeb meem (USD 10,000 nqi zog):
- Dr. Kuide Qin, Verdesian Life Sciences, Cary, NC, rau kev siv cov thev naus laus zis sib xyaw ua ke los txhim kho kev ua haujlwm ntawm kev lag luam-tus qauv nitrapyrin kom muaj txiaj ntsig ntev dua, tsawg nitrate leaching, thiab tiv thaiv cov khoom siv ua liaj ua teb corrosion.
- Dr. Catherine Roue, Fertinagro Biotech International, Portage, Mich., rau "Phosphate Liberation Booster" thev naus laus zis, uas siv cov kua qaub los ntawm cov nroj tsuag phosphate- tshaib plab los txhawb cov nroj tsuag kom tsis txhob muaj cov chiv ntxiv thiab cov phosphorus keeb kwm tuaj yeem nkag mus tau.
- Chandrika Varadachari, Agtec Innovations Inc., Los Altos, Calif., rau "Smart-N," uas yog cov chiv ntse uas tso tawm cov as-ham raws li qhov xav tau los ntawm cov qoob loo thiab uas tsim cov tshuaj "cage" rau urea uas yaj rau hauv cov nroj tsuag. cov as-ham.
Tier 3 kev daws teeb meem (Honourable mention): - Dr. Jaroslav Nisler, lub koom haum ntawm Kev Tshawb Fawb Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech koom pheej, rau kev siv cov derivatives ntawm cov nroj tsuag loj hlob hormone MTU, uas yuav pab tsim kom muaj lub sij hawm loj hlob, tiv thaiv los ntawm kev ntxhov siab, cov nroj tsuag loj, thiab tej zaum yuav tsis muaj cov as-ham poob ib unit ntawm fertilizer thov.
- Dr. Leanne Gilbertson, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department ntawm University of Pittsburgh, Penn., rau kev tsim "pob chiv tiv thaiv," uas tuaj yeem nqa cov as-ham los ntawm cov av pores mus rau thaj tsam ib ncig ntawm cov cag ntoo.
- Dr. Robert Neidermyer, Holganix LLC, Aston, Penn., rau "Bio 800+," cov kab mob microbial inoculant uas siv lub zog ntawm ntau tshaj 800 hom av microbes, kelp, thiab lwm yam av hloov cov khoom xyaw los txhawb kev cog qoob loo ntau dua thiab kev noj qab haus huv ntawm cov nroj tsuag. .
- Paul Mullins, Brandon Products Ltd., Ireland, rau "BBS-1," biostimulant muab tau los ntawm seaweed extract uas yog siv los ua cov chiv txheej txhawm rau txhim kho nitrogen-uptake hauv cov hauv paus hniav.
USDA thiab EPA tab tom koom tes nrog EEF cov kev cov nyom nrog Lub Koom Haum Fertilizer (TFI), International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), Lub Txiaj Ntsim (TNC), thiab National Corn Growers Association (NCGA).
