Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship for FY 2001

这一行动为NSF 2001财年的少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供了资金。该奖学金的目标是为少数族裔科学家在学术界和工业界担任科学领导职位做好准备。为了实现这一目标，该奖学金为最近的博士后获得者提供了高质量的博士后培训机会。这项计划是美国国家科学基金会的一项努力，目的是增加来自少数族裔群体的研究科学家的数量，从而为国家科学事业的未来活力做出贡献。预计通过这些奖学金培训的研究员将在未来的劳动力培训中发挥重要作用。该奖学金的研究和培训计划题为《入侵植物中食草动物防御策略的进化》。入侵杂草贯叶连翘(金丝桃)用于研究昆虫食草性防御策略的进化。抗性和耐性的遗传基础是通过绘制抗性和耐性性状的遗传图谱，调查抗性和耐性性状之间的权衡，以及检查具有不同生物防治历史的本地种群和引进种群之间的权衡是否有所不同来确定的。

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY2001. The goal of the fellowship is to prepare minority scientists for positions of scientific leadership in academia and industry. To attain this goal, the fellowship provides opportunities for postdoctoral training of the highest quality to recent doctoral recipients. This program is an effort by the NSF to increase the number of research scientists from underrepresented minority groups, thereby contributing to the future vitality of the Nation's scientific enterprise. It is expected that Fellows trained through these fellowships will play important roles in training of the future workforce.The research and training plan for this fellowship is entitled "Evolution of herbivore defense strategies in an invasive plant." The invasive weed Hypericum perforatum, L. (St. John's wort) is being used in this study of the evolution of defense strategies against insect herbivory. The genetic basis of resistance and tolerance are being determined by developing a genetic map of resistance and tolerance traits, investigating tradeoffs between traits conferring resistance versus tolerance, and examining whether tradeoffs vary between native and introduced populations with differing histories of biological control.