US-India Cooperative Research: The Effect of Light Quality and Quantity on the Developmental Ecology of Indian Tropical Forest Trees, Award in Indian Currency

美印合作研究：光质和光量对印度热带森林树木发育生态的影响，印度货币奖

• 批准号: 9727088
• 负责人: Kailash Paliwal
• 金额: $ 3.87万
• 依托单位: Madurai Kamaraj University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-09-01 至 2001-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9727088&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: US; India; Cooperative; Research; Effect

9727088 Paliwal Description: This proposal is for a US-Indo collaboration between biological scientists David Lee, Florida International University and Kailash Paliwal, Madurai Kamaraj University. The research is: "The Effect of Light Quantity and Quality on the Developmental Ecology of Indian Tropical Forest Trees." The researchers will study seedlings of 16 native South Asian forest trees to determine how they respond to changes in light quantity and quality as they grow in spectrally neutral and altered shade conditions. Plants will be examined for growth rate, morphology, leaf anatomy, and physiological response over a 10- 15 month period. Results will improve understanding of the ecological responses of the species in natural conditions, their sylviculture, and their establishment in nurseries. The research will increase fundamental knowledge about the effect of light quality and quantity to the development of trees in natural light conditions. Scope: This study will be conducted almost entirely at the Madurai Kamaraj University by Indian researchers in close collaboration with US PI David Lee who will spend part of his sabbatical there. The approach is novel and should lead to significant advances in fundamental knowledge about tree regeneration in tropical forests. The research is basic and applied. It will greatly strengthen US science by focusing on a region little studied by US researchers. As a new collaboration that will involve young scientists, this project supports INT objectives. The project will strengthen research links between the US and India. The interaction is mutually beneficial. ***

小行星9727088 产品描述：这项提议是为生物科学家大卫李，佛罗里达国际大学和凯拉什帕利瓦尔，马杜赖卡马拉杰大学之间的美国-印度合作。 该研究是：“光的数量和质量对印度热带森林树木的发育生态学的影响。“那 研究人员将研究16种南亚本土树木的幼苗，以确定它们在光谱中性和改变的阴影条件下生长时对光量和质量变化的反应。 将在10- 15个月的时间内检查植物的生长速率、形态、叶解剖和生理反应。 研究结果将提高对该物种在自然条件下的生态反应、其造林和苗圃建立的认识。 该研究将增加有关自然光条件下光质和光量对树木发育影响的基础知识。 适用范围：这项研究将几乎完全在马杜赖卡马拉杰大学进行，由印度研究人员与美国PI大卫李密切合作，他将在那里度过部分休假。 这种方法是新颖的，并应导致在热带森林树木再生的基础知识的重大进展。 研究具有基础性和应用性。 通过关注美国研究人员很少研究的地区，它将大大加强美国科学。 作为一个新的合作，将涉及年轻的科学家，这个项目支持INT的目标。 该项目将加强美国和印度之间的研究联系。 互动是互利的。 ***