U.S.-India Cooperative Research: Development of Transgenic Wheat and Fungal Endophytes to Improve Iron Acquisition by Wheat.

0422946 Podila描述：此奖项支持美国-印度的合作研究，题为“发展能够表达细菌铁载体的小麦和真菌内生菌：全球缺铁性贫血的可持续解决办法”。 合作者是G.K.教授Podila，亚拉巴马亨茨维尔大学，Ajit Varma，贾瓦哈拉尔尼赫鲁大学（JNU），新德里和Sudhir Chincholkar，北马哈拉施特拉邦。 缺铁性贫血是一个广泛的世界性问题，可以通过改善谷物，种子，水果和蔬菜中的铁比例来缓解。 本研究的主要目标是开发具有增加的铁营养的小麦植物。 研究人员建议开发转基因小麦和能够表达细菌铁载体的真菌内生菌（P. indica），以提高小麦对铁的吸收。 适用范围：这项研究有可能对世界大部分人口的营养健康产生积极影响，并有助于缓解IDA。 这项合作研究是美国- 2003年，Varma博士和Podila博士在NSF的支持下联合举办了印度菌根真菌研讨会。 它涉及美国和印度之间的学生和教师交流。 科学家和学生之间的互动是互惠互利的。 在印度和美国，增加铁营养的小麦将扩大在农业中的应用。

0422946Podila Description: This award supports the U.S.-India cooperative research entitled Towards Development of Wheat and Fungal Endophytes Capable of Expressing Bacterial Siderophores: A Sustainable Solution to Global Iron Deficiency Anemia (IDA). The collaborators are Professors G.K. Podila, University of Alabama Huntsville, Ajit Varma, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, and Sudhir Chincholkar, North Maharashtra. Iron deficiency anemia is an extensive worldwide problem that can be alleviated by improving the proportion of iron in grains, seeds, fruits and vegetables. The principal goal of this research is to develop wheat plants with increased iron nutrition. The investigators propose to develop transgenic wheat and a fungal endophyte (P. indica) capable of expressing bacterial siderophores in order to improve acquisition of iron by wheat. Scope: This research has the potential to positively impact the nutritional health of large portions of the world's population and help to alleviate IDA. The collaborative research is an outgrowth of a U.S.-India workshop on Mycorrhizal fungi jointly organized by Drs. Varma and Podila in 2003 and supported by NSF. It involves exchanges of students and faculty between the U.S. and India. The benefits are mutual for the interacting scientists and students. Having wheat plants with increased iron nutrition will have expanded use in agriculture in India and the U.S.