NSF Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship for FY 2009

2009 财年 NSF 少数族裔博士后奖学金

• 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

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.

这一行动为2009财年国家科学基金会少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供资金，并根据2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(公法111-5)提供资金。该奖学金支持在东道主实验室为该研究员制定的研究和培训计划，该研究员还提出了扩大生物学参与度的计划。安德里亚·托雷斯-巴拉根的这项研究和培训计划的标题是“蚯蚓粪便中昆虫病原体的多样性及其作为生防剂的潜力”。这项研究的主办机构是亚斯明·卡多夫博士赞助的北卡罗来纳州立大学。蚯蚓粪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含量，有助于农业中促进植物生长和健康。最近的研究表明，在重要的经济作物上使用蚯蚓堆肥能使植物对多种害虫产生抗性，并可广泛用于控制农作物上的害虫。这种抗性的来源尚不清楚，但可能是在蚯蚓堆肥中发现的有益微生物菌群。本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，以及它们对多种玉米相关害虫的影响。培训目标包括提高微生物学的技术技能和学习虫害防治的新方法。这项基础研究的更广泛影响可能导致对经济上重要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。