Workshop on Genomic Analysis of Plant-Associated Microorganisms; Washington, D.C., April 9 - 11, 2002

微生物对植物健康起着至关重要的作用。根据生物体的不同，微生物可以引起疾病或预防疾病。尽管它们对我们的农业基础和粮食安全很重要，但我们在基因组水平上对它们知之甚少。为了使科学界能够干预疾病并了解生物防治的基础，必须对这些微生物进行协调一致的基因组分析。美国植物病理学学会（APS）的成员已经制定了植物相关微生物基因组分析的优先列表，即微生物基因和这些基因编码的蛋白质的结构和功能分析，最终重点是那些参与植物关联的基因和蛋白质。APS的优先列表将作为一个研讨会的基础，该研讨会的目标是制定一种策略，以获得了解这些重要微生物及其与宿主植物和环境的相互作用所需的基因组信息。植物相关微生物基因组分析研讨会将于2002年4月9日至11日在华盛顿特区举行。这笔奖金将帮助支付基因组学和微生物研究界约20名专家的旅费。这些专家将面临的挑战是：(1)详细说明和优先考虑科学和技术需求；(2)为这些植物相关微生物的基因组分析制定一个协调和合作的计划。本次研讨会的结果将通过电子邮件“新闻胶囊”传播给更广泛的APS成员，并发表在《植物病理学新闻》上。此外，由APS政策委员会赞助的后续论坛将在8月份举行的学会2002年年会上举行，以告知会员并就这些问题进行更广泛的讨论。

Microorganisms play a critical role in plant health. Depending on the organism, microbes can cause disease or prevent it. Despite their importance to our agricultural base and food security, we know little about them on a genomic level. To enable the scientific community to intervene in disease and to understand the basis of biocontrol, a concerted and well-coordinated genomic analysis of these microbes is essential. Members of the American Phytopathological Society (APS) have developed a prioritized list of plant-associated microbes for genome analysis, i.e. the structural and functional analysis of the microbial genes and the proteins encoded by those genes, with ultimate emphasis on those genes and proteins involved in plant associations. The APS prioritized list will serve as a foundation for a workshop with the goal of developing a strategy to obtain the genomic information needed to understand these important microbes and their interactions with host plants and the environment. The Workshop on Genomic Analysis of Plant-Associated Microorganisms will be held in Washington, D.C, April 9-11, 2002. This award will help defray the travel expenses of about 20 experts from the genomics and microbial research communities. These experts will be challenged to (1) detail and prioritize the scientific and technical needs and (2) develop a plan for a coordinated and collaborative effort for genomic analysis of these plant-associated microbes. The results of this workshop will be disseminated to the wider APS membership via an emailed "News Capsule" and published in Phytopathology News. Additionally, a follow-up forum sponsored by the APS Policy Board will be held at the Society's 2002 Annual Meeting held in August to inform members and generate wider discussion about the issues. .