U.S.-Brazil Cooperative Science Program: Taxonomic Studies of Plant Pathogenic Ascomycetes in Brazil

这项美国-巴西合作科学项目奖将支持乔治亚大学的理查德·汉林（Richard Hanlin）和巴西伯南布哥联邦农村大学的玛丽亚·梅内塞斯（Maria Menezes）的合作。该项目旨在收集、鉴定和准备巴西子囊菌的图解描述。子囊菌是热带真菌菌群的主要组成部分。许多种寄生在植物上生长；有些会引起危害作物的疾病。它们通常很难被识别和理解。热带原生植物群的迅速消失使得在更多的物种被摧毁之前尽可能多地了解地方性真菌变得非常重要。研究人员将由两名在汉林手下工作的研究生陪同，重点研究植物致病物种，但将从其他基质上收集物种。他们将通过与样板材料的比较来核实身份。此外，他们将尝试在纯培养中培养收集的物种，并研究可能的变形。美国和巴西的学生和技术人员将学习处理子囊菌的方法。一本名为《子囊菌图解属》的书将以葡萄牙语出版。美国和巴西双方都将从培训初级参与者和扩大热带地区濒危子囊菌知识基础中受益。

This U.S.-Brazil Cooperative Science Program award will support collaboration by Richard Hanlin of the University of Georgia and Maria Menezes of the Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco in Brazil. The project aims to collect, identify, and prepare illustrated descriptions of Brazilian ascomycetes. Ascomycetes comprise a major component of fungal flora in the tropics. Many species grow parasitically on plants; some cause diseases that imperil crops. They are often poorly identified and understood. The rapid loss of native tropical flora makes it important to learn as much about endemic fungi as possible before more species are destroyed. The researchers, accompanied by two graduate students working under Hanlin, will focus on plant pathogenic species, but will collect species from other substrates. They will verify identification by comparison with type material. Also, they will try to grow species collected in pure culture and study possible anamorphs. U.S. and Brazilian students and technicians will learn methods for working with ascomycetes. A book, Illustrated Genera of Ascomycetes, will be published in Portuguese. Both the U.S. and Brazilian sides will benefit from the training of junior participants and expansion of the knowledge base on endangered ascomycetes in the tropics.