Nickel Farming: Improving a U.S.-native Hyperaccumulator Plant for Commercial Cultivation

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Status:
Selected
Project Term:
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Technology Description:

University of Florida is domesticating a native metal-harvesting hyperaccumulator plant for the commercial production of nickel. The project will apply advanced plant science and artificial intelligence-driven growth monitoring systems to increase the nickel concentration and biomass yield of the plant. The project will include technology transfer and commercialization activities to develop U.S. nickel production from lands that cannot be mined conventionally and are of marginal agricultural value.

Contact

ARPA-E Program Director:
Dr. Philseok Kim
Project Contact:
Dr. Jeongim Kim
Press and General Inquiries Email:
ARPA-E-Comms@hq.doe.gov
Project Contact Email:
jkim6@ufl.edu

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