NASA Procurement Office, Code DAOO, Stennis Space Center (SSC), MS 39529-6000

A -- TECHNOLOGY COMMERCIALIZATION BRIEFING POC Harold G. Taulbee, Contracting Officer, Phone (228) 688-1640, Fax (228) 688-1141, Email harold.taulbee@ ssc.nasa.gov -- Frank S. Oerting, Contract Specialist, Phone (228) 688-1638, Fax (228) 688-1141, Email frank.oerting@ssc.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/SSC/date.html#042898. E-MAIL: Harold G. Taulbee, harold.taulbee@ssc.nasa.gov. The NASA Stennis Space Center seeks qualified companies for further development and commercialization of a hand-held technology to detect plant stress by determining chlorophyll content. When unfavorable growth conditions result in plant physiological stress, leaf chlorophyll content typically begins to decrease. Stennis' technology analyzes light reflected from plants, which can be correlated to chlorophyll content and, consequently, the level of plant stress. The instrument is small, easy to use, low cost, adaptable, fast, accurate, and does not require contact with the plant. The prototype has detected plant stress up to 16 days before any visual indications are present, and a patent application has been filed. This technology could be used in agriculture, precision farming, horticulture, and plant research. A Technology Commercialization Briefing will be held at Stennis Space Center (near New Orleans, Louisiana) on June 23, 1998, to provide interested companies with detailed information on the technology and the process that will be followed to establish partnership agreements and/or licenses for commercialization. Companies interested in receiving information on this technology and the June 23 briefing should contact NASA Technology Applications Team, RTI, Mark D. Obershain, P.O. Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2194; phone 919-541-7429; fax: 919-541-6221; e-mail (preferred): mdo@rti.org by June 9, 1998. (0124)

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