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NSF Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship for FY 2009

2009 财年 NSF 少数族裔博士后奖学金

基本信息

批准号：
0905711
负责人：
Andrea Torres-Barragan
金额：
$ 18.9万
依托单位：
Torres-Barragan Andrea
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Fellowship Award
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2009-07-01 至 2012-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0905711&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
NSF Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship FY

项目摘要

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY 2009 and is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The fellowship supports a research and training plan in a host laboratory for the Fellow who also presents a plan to broaden participation in biology. The title of the research and training plan for this fellowship to Andrea Torres-Barragan is "Diversity of insect pathogens in vermicomposts and their potential as biological control agents." The host institution for this research is the North Carolina State University under the sponsorship of Dr. Yasmin Cardoza.Vermicompost is produced by earthworm digestion of organic waste matters and has high microbial activity and nutritional content, making it useful in agriculture to promote plant growth and health. Recently it has been shown that vermicompost confers plant resistance to many insect pests when used on economically important plants and may be widely useful in control of insect pests on crops. The source of this resistance is unknown but may be beneficial micro-flora found in vermicompost. This research investigates the presence and diversity of micro-organisms in two commercial sources of vermicompost and their effects on a variety of corn related insect pests. Training objectives include improving technical skills in microbiology and learning new methodologies of pest control. The broader impact of this basic research may lead to innovative management strategies for economically important arthropod pests. Also being developed are international collaborations between US and Mexican scientists and the involvement of students from underrepresented groups.

该行动资助 2009 财年 NSF 少数族裔博士后研究奖学金，并根据 2009 年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法 111-5）提供资助。该奖学金支持研究员在主办实验室的研究和培训计划，该研究员还提出了扩大生物学参与的计划。 Andrea Torres-Barragan 的研究和培训计划的标题是“蚯蚓堆肥中昆虫病原体的多样性及其作为生物防治剂的潜力”。这项研究的主办机构是北卡罗来纳州立大学，由 Yasmin Cardoza 博士赞助。蚯蚓堆肥是由蚯蚓消化有机废物产生的，具有很高的微生物活性和营养成分，使其在农业中可用于促进植物生长和健康。最近的研究表明，蚯蚓堆肥在用于经济上重要的植物时赋予植物对许多害虫的抵抗力，并且可广泛用于控制农作物的害虫。这种抵抗力的来源尚不清楚，但可能是在蚯蚓堆肥中发现的有益微生物群。这项研究调查了两种商业蚯蚓堆肥来源中微生物的存在和多样性及其对多种玉米相关害虫的影响。培训目标包括提高微生物学技术技能和学习害虫防治的新方法。这项基础研究的更广泛影响可能会导致针对具有重要经济意义的节肢动物害虫的创新管理策略。美国和墨西哥科学家之间的国际合作以及来自代表性不足群体的学生的参与也在发展中。