Jun 2017 — AFINGEN, Inc. received a $124,956 NASA STTR Phase I award for “Fast Growing High-Yield Wheat and Canola for Efficient Nutrient Recycling Systems.”

The project, conducted with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, focused on generating improved wheat and canola rotation crops with accelerated root growth, increased grain and vegetative biomass, and enhanced degradability of inedible biomass for nutrient recycling applications.

Source: ↗ sbir.gov