Symposium on Phytochemical Ecology: Taipei, December 1988

该奖项支持11名美国科学家参与一项 与台湾合办植物化学生态研讨会（包括 化感物质、真菌毒素、昆虫信息素和异源激素） 及其与农业和人类健康的相关性。 植物化感物质是植物次生代谢产物， 在植物-植物，植物-微生物， 植物与昆虫的相互作用，既有利又有害。 化感物质也是重要的生态因子 影响植物优势度、演替、顶极植被， 作物生产力 真菌毒素是本次会议的另一个焦点， 是多种高毒性的次级代谢产物， 真菌 真菌毒素被认为是一种重要的 人类食物链中的有害物质。 信息素是 由动物产生的用来与其他动物交流的化学信息素 同一物种的个体。 这些化合物起着重要的作用。 在农业中扮演着人口调节者的角色。本次研讨会将 讨论这些领域的研究，并研究机会， 合作研究。

This award supports participation of eleven US scientists in a joint seminar with Taiwan on phytochemical ecology (to include allelochemicals, mycotoxins, and insect pheromones and allomones) and its relevance to agriculture and human health. Plant allelochemicals are secondary plant metabolites that play an important role in plant-plant, plant-microorganism, and plant-insect interaction, both beneficially and detrimentally. Allelopathic chemicals also act as important ecological factors which influence plant dominance, succession, climax vegetation, and crop productivity. Mycotoxins, another focus of this conference, are a variety of highly toxic, secondary metabolites produced by fungi. Mycotoxins have been recognized as an important class of hazardous substances in the human food chain. Pheromones are semiochemicals produced by an animal to communicate with another individual of the same species. These compounds play a significant role in agriculture as population regulators. This symposium will discuss research in these areas and investigate opportunities for collaborative research.