NSF Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship for FY 2009

2009 财年 NSF 少数族裔博士后奖学金

• 批准号: 0905711
• 负责人: Andrea Torres-Barragan
• 金额: $ 18.9万
• 依托单位: Torres-Barragan Andrea
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-07-01 至 2012-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0905711&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Minority; Postdoctoral; Fellowship; FY

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2009 and is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The fellowship supports a research and training plan in a host laboratory for the Fellow who also presents a plan to broaden participation in biology. The title of the research and training plan for this fellowship to Andrea Torres-Barragan is "Diversity of insect pathogens in vermicomposts and their potential as biological control agents." The host institution for this research is the North Carolina State University under the sponsorship of Dr. Yasmin Cardoza.Vermicompost is produced by earthworm digestion of organic waste matters and has high microbial activity and nutritional content, making it useful in agriculture to promote plant growth and health. Recently it has been shown that vermicompost confers plant resistance to many insect pests when used on economically important plants and may be widely useful in control of insect pests on crops. The source of this resistance is unknown but may be beneficial micro-flora found in vermicompost. This research investigates the presence and diversity of micro-organisms in two commercial sources of vermicompost and their effects on a variety of corn related insect pests. Training objectives include improving technical skills in microbiology and learning new methodologies of pest control. The broader impact of this basic research may lead to innovative management strategies for economically important arthropod pests. Also being developed are international collaborations between US and Mexican scientists and the involvement of students from underrepresented groups.

该行动为2009财年的NSF少数族裔研究奖学金提供了资金，并根据2009年《美国回收与再投资法》（公法111-5）资助。该奖学金支持该研究员的主机实验室的研究和培训计划，该研究员还提出了扩大生物学参与的计划。该奖学金的研究和培训计划的标题是Andrea Torres-Barragan的“ Vermicomposts中的昆虫病原体的多样性及其作为生物控制剂的潜力”。这项研究的主机机构是北卡罗来纳州立大学在Yasmin Cardoza博士的赞助下。Vermicompost是由有机废物的eart虫消化产生的，具有较高的微生物活性和营养含量，使得在农业中有用，可用于促进植物生长和健康。 最近已经显示，在经济上重要的植物上使用时，Vermicompost赋予了植物对许多害虫的耐药性，并且可能在控制农作物的害虫中广泛有用。 这种抗性的来源尚不清楚，但可能是在Vermicompost中发现的有益微生物。 这项研究调查了两个商业化培训源中微生物的存在和多样性及其对各种玉米相关虫害的影响。培训目标包括提高微生物学的技术技能和学习害虫控制的新方法。这项基础研究的更广泛影响可能会导致对经济重要的节肢动物害虫的创新管理策略。 美国和墨西哥科学家之间的国际合作以及代表性不足的群体的学生参与。