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

这个美国-巴西合作科学计划 该奖项将支持理查德 格鲁吉亚大学的汉林和玛丽亚 梅内塞斯联邦农村大学 巴西的伯南布哥。 该项目旨在 收集、识别和准备插图 巴西子囊菌的描述。 子囊菌包括一个主要组成部分， 热带地区的真菌植物群。 许多物种生长在 寄生在植物上;有些会导致疾病 危害农作物。 他们往往很穷 识别和理解。 迅速流失 本土热带植物群使得 尽可能多地了解地方真菌 在更多的物种被毁灭之前 的 研究人员，伴随着两名研究生 在翰林工作的学生，将专注于 植物病原物种，但将收集 其他基质的物种。 他们将 通过与类型比较来验证标识 材料 同时，他们将尝试种植 收集纯培养物并进行研究 无性型 美国和巴西学生， 技术人员将学习使用 子囊菌 一本书，插图一般的 Ascomycetes，将以葡萄牙语出版。 美国和巴西双方都将受益 从初级参与者的培训中， 扩大关于濒危物种的知识库 热带地区的子囊菌

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.