U.S.-Argentina Cooperative Research: Infection of Mosquitoes and Other Diptera by Gut Fungi (Trichomycetes) in Argentina

美国-阿根廷合作研究：阿根廷肠道真菌（毛霉菌）对蚊子和其他双翅目动物的感染

• 批准号: 9802408
• 负责人: Robert Lichtwardt
• 金额: $ 1.31万
• 依托单位: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-01 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9802408&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; Argentina; Cooperative; Research; Infection

9802408LichtwardtThis Americas Program award will fund a cooperative research project between Dr. Robert Lichtwardt, University of Kansas, and Drs. Juan J. Garcia and Claudia Lopez Lastra, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina, on a study of infection of mosquitoes and other diptera by gut fungi (Trichomycetes). The Trichomycetes have various and complicated symbiotic relations with insects, including commensalism, mutualism and parasitism. The objective of the project is to understand these relationships. The collaborators intend to study how the fungi are transmitted from host to host, the persistence and viability of their reproductive units, host ranges and rates of infection, and how they might be manipulated for developing a biological control agent for the insects. Since the insects are known vectors of several important diseases of humans and domesticated animals, this research could have potentially far-reaching practical applications.***

9802408Lichtwardt美洲项目奖将资助堪萨斯大学Robert Lichtwardt博士和Robert Lichtwardt博士之间的合作研究项目。胡安·j·加西亚和克劳迪娅·洛佩兹·拉斯特拉，阿根廷拉普拉塔国立大学，对肠道真菌（毛菌）感染蚊子和其他双翅目昆虫的研究。毛菌与昆虫的共生关系多样而复杂，包括共栖、互惠和寄生。该项目的目标是理解这些关系。合作者打算研究真菌如何从宿主传播到宿主，它们的生殖单位的持久性和活力，宿主范围和感染率，以及如何操纵它们来开发昆虫的生物防治剂。由于这些昆虫是人类和家畜几种重要疾病的已知媒介，因此这项研究可能具有潜在的深远的实际应用