DECIPHERING THE ENVIRONMENTAL SOURCES AND GENETIC BASIS OF ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANT ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS

Objective 1.Quantify and estimate existing electricity generation feedstocks' energetic, environmental, and economic value.Objective 2.Quantify the energetic, environmental, and economic potential of the renewable electricity generation systems (i.e., wind, solar, BECCS), and assess their impact on agriculture and rural communities.Objective 3.Quantify economic and environmental net benefits from introducing load-shifting technologies (i.e., alternative fertilizer production systems) and their implications for the electric grid's reliability.Objective 4.Evaluate the synergies between the cost of carbon and alternative, disruptive technologies, and assess the impact of policy and new guidelines intended to affect the economic and behavioral aspects of agricultural production and technology adoption.Objective 5.Estimate the energetic, environmental, and economic implications of decarbonizing the U.S. electric grid in rural America.