US-Pakistan Workshop: High Salinity Plants, Karachi, Pakistan, November 2002

0220495韦伯描述：该项目支持美国- 2002年11月在巴基斯坦卡拉奇举行的巴基斯坦高盐度植物讲习班。 组织者是犹他州普罗沃杨百翰大学生物学和牧场科学系的达雷尔韦伯博士和M。Ajmal Khan，巴基斯坦卡拉奇，卡拉奇大学生物系。讲习班的主题是“高盐耐受性植物生态系统及其在恢复高盐土壤中的应用”，重点是恢复高盐土壤。 这些科目包括：盐生植物的收集和鉴定，盐生植物的分子生物学及其耐盐基因的鉴定，盐生植物在高盐土壤上建立的关键因素，盐生植物的耐盐机制，维持天然盐生植物种群的因素，维持恢复的盐生植物种群的因素，以及经济作物盐生植物的发展。 所涵盖的主题集中在高度盐渍化土壤的恢复，耐盐机制将有价值，在确定什么类型的植物被选择用于恢复。 研讨会的目的是由美国或巴基斯坦科学家介绍每个特定的研究领域。将介绍如何编写联合提案的信息。 会议记录将提供关于恢复高含盐量土壤的信息，高度优先研究的选定领域，以及合作研究的文献指南。范围：讲习班与巴基斯坦植物学会第八届全国会议同时举行。 讲习班的目标符合巴基斯坦政府的利益和优先事项。 它将包括活跃在植物生理学和生态学研究领域的美国科学家。 美国参与者包括四名年轻科学家。 研讨会的成果将包括确定联合研究，这将有利于美国、巴基斯坦和其他高盐度国家，特别是那些拥有密集灌溉系统的国家。

0220495WeberDescription: This project supports a U.S.-Pakistan Workshop on High Salinity Plants to be held in Karachi, Pakistan in November 2002. The organizers are Dr. Darrell Weber, Department of Biology and Range Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah and Dr. M. Ajmal Khan, Department of Biology, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan. The workshop theme is "High salt tolerant plant ecosystems and their use in restoration of highly saline soils" and the focus will be on the restoration of highly saline soils. The subjects include: collection and characterization of halophytes for use in restoration of highly saline soils, molecular biology of halophytes and identification of their salt tolerant genes, critical factors involved in the establishment of halophytes on highly saline soils, mechanisms of salt tolerance for halophytes, factors involved in maintaining natural halophyte populations, factors involved in maintaining restored halophyte populations, and development of cash crop halophytes. The subjects covered focus on the restoration of highly saline soils, the mechanism of salt tolerance would have value in determining what type of plant is selected for restoration. The workshop is designed to involve a presentation by a U.S. or Pakistan scientist on each specific research area. Information on how to prepare a joint proposal will be presented. The proceedings will have information on restoration of highly saline soils, selected areas of high priority research, as well as a literature guide for the cooperative research. Scope: The workshop is being held in conjunction with the 8th national meeting of the Pakistan Botanical Society. The workshop objectives are consistent with the interests and priorities of the Pakistan Government. It will include U.S. scientists who are active in the field of plant physiology and ecological studies. The U.S. participants include four junior scientists. The results of the workshop will include identifying joint research that would benefit the United States, Pakistan and other countries that have high salinity, especially those that have intensive irrigation systems.