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Text Box: NECi, The Nitrate Elimination Company, Inc., has been interested in biosensor development since its beginnings in 1993.  In 2007, NECi won a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Award from the US Dept of Agriculture to pursue a nitrate biosensor.  Customers want a digital readout and ease of use for nitrate measurement, and the biosensor is one approach to achieving these goals.  Earlier research at NECi produced a simplified form of the enzyme Nitrate Reductase (NaR) designed for electrochemical applications.  This patented NaR form can be immobilized on electrode surfaces.  The basis of the Phase II project is to develop reliable meth Text Box: ods for detecting the tiny currents that result when nitrate is reduced at the electrode by NaR.  NECi envisions a device about the size of a cell phone with nitrate measurements displayed on a small LCD screen.  Data can also be sent to a computer for storage and manipulation in standard spreadsheet format.  The NECi Nitrate Biosensor design will be similar to a blood glucose meter:  a battery-operated electronic device with testing done by disposable electrodes.  The availability of simple, affordable, and reliable devices for detection and monitoring of nitrate will assist the agricultural community to utilize nitrogen inputs more effectively, Text Box: benefiting farm economics as well as the rural environment. Text Box: Biosensor R&D Text Box: R&D is underway on NECi’s Nitrate Meter.

NECi's 2009 Fall Newsletter! 

NECi’s enzyme-based Agriculture Nitrate Test Kits (NTKs) offer a timely, cost-saving method to help with your soil and livestock feed decisions.

Ag-NTKs were developed with USDA funding, in close collaboration with crop consultants, crop scientists, extension agents and NRCS.

The field tests deliver reliable results using just one drop of sample. For example, the Soil NTK takes 30 minutes in three steps from sample to results. Nitrogen is applied on the farm in a number of forms. In soils, nitrogen fertilizer is converted to nitrate, a form easily used by plants for production of proteins and nucleic
acids. Nitrate is also released from animal waste.

Test soil before fertilizing to maximize yield while minimizing application costs.

Test your livestock feed and forage to see if the nitrate levels are within safe consumption levels.

Test your drinking water and livestock water to know if it is within acceptable nitrate limits, protecting the health of your family and your livestock.

USDA Article link.

 

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 2008:  NECi USDA SBIR Success Story
 

The NECi Nitrate Newsletter Archives

·       Nitrate Newsletter (Spring 2009)

·       Nitrate Newsletter (Winter 2006)

·         Nitrate Newsletter (Winter 2005)

·        Nitrate Newsletter (Winter 2004)

·         Nitrate Newsletter (Fall 1999)

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