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SAFE-HERB: Sustainable Production from C1 Gas of Safer Herbicides for Developing Countries
Reference
BBS/OS/GC/000003
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor Nigel Minton
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Professor Alex Conradie
Institution
University of Nottingham
Department
University of Nottingham Department
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
20,000
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
31/10/2016
End date
28/02/2017
Duration
3 months
Abstract
We propose to hold a workshop in India at ICGEB (new Delhi) in Feb 2017. Its purpose is to review the opportunities for the development of sustainable routes to new more environmentally friendly herbicides using engineered C1 fermenting bacteria and waste C1 gas as the feedstock. Such feedstocks are ideal as they serve two purposes. They represent a low cost (compared to sugar, for instance) option suited to bulk chemical production and, through their use, GHG gas emissions will be reduced with consequential benefits to the environment and human health.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Not funded via Committee
Research Topics
Industrial Biotechnology
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
GCRF Scoping Workshops for Synthetic Biology (GCRF SWSB) [2016]
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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