Group Travel Grant for International Compositae Conference at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 24 July - 5 August 1994

小行星9315506 向日葵科植物，菊科或菊科，是世界上最大的植物之一，约有100种。20，000种，吸引了分类学和进化生物学的大部分科学家。 自从1975年的最后一次国际会议以来，菊科一直是DNA分析的新分子方法和许多其他关于形态学，生活史，天然产物和民族植物学用途的研究的主题。 俄亥俄州州立大学的丹尼尔·克劳福德博士正在为几位美国与会者协调旅费赠款，以参加将在英国基尤的皇家植物园举行的关于菊科植物系统学和进化的国际会议。 研究生和教师研究人员有资格获得旅行补贴参加这个为期两周的会议。 最近的研究，植物发生，基因组组织和变化，杂交，二倍体水平的物种形成，天然产物化学，授粉和传播，生活史进化和民族植物学将突出显示。 会议预计将有来自美洲、欧洲、非洲、亚洲和澳大利亚的许多国家的与会者。 1975年举行的第一次菊科国际会议出版了一本综合书，对向日葵科植物的系统学和进化研究产生了广泛而持久的影响。 在基尤举行的第二次会议很可能会取得类似的区别，特别是将强调最近的发现，从新的分子技术应用于DNA和基因组组织在这些植物。

9315506 Crawford The sunflower family of plants, the Compositae or Asteraceae, is one of the largest in the world, with ca. 20,000 species, and has attracted a large proportion of scientists in taxonomic and evolutionary biology. Since the last international meeting where a synthesis of information was attempted on the family, in 1975, the Compositae have been the subjects of new molecular methods of DNA analysis and of numerous other studies on morphology, life histories, natural products, and ethnobotanical uses. Dr. Daniel Crawford of Ohio State University is coordinating travel grants for several U.S. participants to attend an international conference on the systematics and evolution of the Compositae, to be held at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, England. Graduate students and faculty researchers are eligible for travel supplements to attend this two-week conference. Recent studies of phylogeny, genome organization and change, hybridization, diploid-level speciation, natural products chemistry, pollination and dispersal, life history evolution, and ethnobotany will be highlighted. The conference anticipates attendees from many countries in America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The first international conference on the Compositae, held in 1975, led to publication of a synthesis volume with wide and lasting impact on studies of systematics and evolution of the sunflower family of plants. The second conference at Kew is likely to achieve similar distinction, and in particular will highlight recent findings from new molecular technologies applied to DNA and genome organization in these plants.