U.S.-Australia Cooperative Research on Statistical Modellingof Anthracnose Disease of Stylosanthes

该奖项支持合作研究， 格鲁吉亚大学的林恩·比拉德博士和 澳大利亚CSIRO的Sukumar Chakraborty博士 热带作物和牧场司（圣卢西亚， 昆士兰州）之间的接口统计 分析和植物生长。 为期三 年，研究人员将进行相互短期 参观对方的实验室。 的重点 研究是确定性建模的进展， 牧草柱花草炭疽病 在澳大利亚和美国的许多地方都有种植 国家，尤其是南方。 研究人员利用在澳大利亚收集的数据， 将研究多元和回归模型 关于疾病的传播与其他 环境变量，尤其是天气， 数据已经收集。 设计的适应技术 为了研究人类的疾病， 研究与疾病相关的随机过程 传播. 这项研究可能会导致更好的管理， 控制豆类中的这种疾病。

This award supports cooperative research between Dr. Lynne Billard of the University of Georgia and Dr. Sukumar Chakraborty of the Australian CSIRO's Division of Tropical Crops and Pastures (St. Lucia, Queensland) on the interface between statistical analysis and plant growth. Over a period of three years, the researchers will undertake mutual short-term visits to each other's laboratories. The focus of the research is deterministic modelling of the progress of anthracnose disease in stylosanthes, a pasture crop grown both in Australia and in many parts of the United States, especially in the South. The researchers, using data collected in Australia, will investigate multivariate and regression models concerning the disease's spread in relation to other environmental variables, especially weather, for which data have been collected. Adapting techniques devised to study diseases in humans, they will also investigate the stochastic process related to disease spread. The research may lead to better management and control of this disease in legumes.