International Research Fellow Awards Program: Biosystematics and Ethnobotany of Selected Cucurbitaceae in Yunnan, People's Republic of China

国际研究员奖励计划：中华人民共和国云南部分葫芦科生物系统学和民族植物学

• 批准号: 9600346
• 负责人: Richard Ford
• 金额: $ 8.39万
• 依托单位: Regents of the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-10-01 至 1999-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9600346&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: International; Research; Fellow; Awards; Program

9600346 Marr The International Research Fellow Awards Program enables U.S. scientists and engineers to conduct three to twenty- four months of research abroad. The program's awards provide opportunities for joint research, and the use of unique or complementary facilities, expertise and experimental conditions. This award will support a twenty-four month postdoctoral research visit by Dr. Kendrick L. Marr (under the sponsorship of Dr. Richard I. Ford) of the University of Michigan to work with Professor Pei Sheng-Ji at Kunming Institute of Botany in Yunnan, China. Funding for this project is being provided by the U.S.-China Program. The purpose of this project is to investigate the ethnobotany, domestication and genetic variability of Momordica charantia L. (bitter-melon) and various other species such as the wax gourd and the loofa. The edible fruit are harvested from the wild, swidden farms, or home gardens, by the Xishuangbanna people. These species belong to the Cucurbitaceae (Squash family), one of the most important plant families in China for fresh vegetables as well as medicinal plants. The luffa and bitter-melon are important because they have a thick wax coating which protects them during the hot summer months and allows them to be stored for up to a year and a half. Documentation of indigenous knowledge of crop plant varieties is important not only to maintain genetic diversity, but because this knowledge encourages rational regional development policies in rural areas. ***

9600346 Marr 国际研究员奖励计划使美国科学家和工程师能够在国外进行三到二十四个月的研究。该项目的奖项为联合研究以及使用独特或互补的设施、专业知识和实验条件提供了机会。 该奖项将支持密歇根大学的 Kendrick L. Marr 博士（在 Richard I. Ford 博士的赞助下）与中国云南昆明植物研究所裴胜吉教授进行为期 24 个月的博士后研究访问。 该项目的资金由美中计划提供。 该项目的目的是研究苦瓜和其他各种物种（如冬瓜和丝瓜）的民族植物学、驯化和遗传变异。 可食用的水果是西双版纳人从野外、轮耕农场或家庭菜园采摘的。 这些物种属于葫芦科（南瓜科），是中国最重要的新鲜蔬菜和药用植物科之一。 丝瓜和苦瓜很重要，因为它们有一层厚厚的蜡涂层，可以在炎热的夏季保护它们，并可以保存长达一年半的时间。 农作物品种本土知识的记录不仅对于维持遗传多样性很重要，而且因为这种知识鼓励农村地区合理的区域发展政策。 ***