Research and Educational Use of North Carolina State University Mycological Herbarium Through Improved Computerization and Internet Presence

通过改进计算机化和互联网的北卡罗来纳州立大学真菌植物标本室的研究和教育用途

• 批准号: 0847868
• 负责人: Marc Cubeta
• 金额: $ 25.21万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0847868&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Educational; Use; North; Carolina

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).A user-friendly, electronic database will be developed to provide teachers, regulatory agencies, and researchers with easy access to a unique collection of fungi that cause plant diseases and wood decay The database will become available on the following website http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantpath/activities/labs-projects/myherb/. The collection at North Carolina State University was established in 1970 and represents the most comprehensive assemblage of wood decay fungi in the southeastern United States. Fungi were collected from diverse, often unique habitats, identified with geographic locations recorded, and preserved for use by educators and scientists.Internet access to this valuable collection and the baseline of data it establishes will benefit state and federal regulatory agencies concerned with the introduction of invasive species of fungi that harm humans and plants. The collection may also lead to the identification of fungi that can be used to convert wood into bio-fuels, improve soil health, and serve as indicators of climate change. In addition to its use by the scientific and regulatory community, the database will also be an important resource for educating and training high school biology teachers, students, and the general public about the importance of fungi to society and for understanding their distribution and biodiversity in unique ecosystems.

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。将开发一个用户友好的电子数据库，为教师，监管机构和研究人员提供方便地访问导致植物病害和木材腐烂的真菌的独特集合。http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/plantpath/activities/labs-projects/myherb/北卡罗来纳州州立大学的收藏品成立于1970年，代表了美国东南部最全面的木材腐朽真菌集合。真菌是从不同的、通常是独特的栖息地收集的，通过记录的地理位置进行识别，并保存下来供教育工作者和科学家使用。通过互联网访问这些有价值的收藏品及其建立的数据基线将使关注引入危害人类和植物的真菌入侵物种的州和联邦监管机构受益。收集还可能导致真菌的识别，可用于将木材转化为生物燃料，改善土壤健康，并作为气候变化的指标。除了科学界和监管界的使用外，该数据库还将成为教育和培训高中生物教师，学生和公众了解真菌对社会的重要性以及了解其在独特生态系统中的分布和生物多样性的重要资源。