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

这项美国-巴西合作科学计划奖将支持佐治亚大学的理查德·汉林和巴西伯南布哥联邦农村大学的玛丽亚·梅内塞斯的合作。该项目旨在收集、鉴定和准备关于巴西子囊菌的图文并茂的描述。子囊菌是热带真菌区系的主要组成部分。许多物种寄生在植物上；有些物种会引起危害农作物的疾病。它们往往没有得到很好的识别和理解。本土热带植物群的迅速丧失使得在更多物种被摧毁之前尽可能多地了解地方性真菌是很重要的。研究人员在翰林手下的两名研究生的陪同下，将专注于植物致病物种，但将从其他基质中收集物种。他们将通过与类型材料进行比较来验证身份。此外，他们还将尝试种植在纯培养中收集的物种，并研究可能的变形体。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《子囊菌属图解》的书将以葡萄牙语出版。美国和巴西双方都将受益于对初级参与者的培训和热带濒危子囊菌知识库的扩大。

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.