MRI: Acquisition of a Photosynthesis and Respiration System for Research and Education at Tennessee State University

MRI：田纳西州立大学购买光合作用和呼吸系统用于研究和教育

• 批准号: 0923371
• 负责人: Dafeng Hui
• 金额: $ 6.68万
• 依托单位: Tennessee 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 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0923371&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MRI; Acquisition; Photosynthesis; Respiration; System

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).A grant has been awarded by NSF to Tennessee State University (TSU) for the purchase of a state-of-the-art instrumentation consisting of portable photosynthesis and respiration system package. The equipment set includes a Li-Cor Environmental Education Fund (LEEF) III package; a Li-Cor 4300c Leaf Area Meter, an LAI-2000 Plant Canopy Analyzer; and a Soil Moisture Meter. The instrumentation will be used to address a variety of research questions in the areas of plant physiology, ecology, organic farming, and environmental sciences. Specifically, the instrumentation will be used to investigate plant responses to climate change such as drought and flooding, and responses to environmental stresses such as nutrient deficiency, soil respiration in grasslands and croplands. The acquisition of instrumentation will also allow faculty and students to carry out the research projects that would otherwise be significantly impeded or impossible to conduct at TSU. This grant will allow the PI and TSU faculty to generate data that would strengthen future proposals. The broader impacts of the proposed activity relate to both ecophysiological research and the training of students at TSU. The new equipment will be integrated into the curriculum at both undergraduate and graduate levels to enrich student research training and learning. The equipment will also increase the ability of the PIs to attract and mentor under-represented minority undergraduate students in the fields of ecology and environmental studies, and provide hands-on research experience to students conducting independent research projects. Results obtained with this equipment will be published in high impact peer reviewed scientific journals and will be presented at scientific conferences for wide dissemination.

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。NSF已向田纳西州立大学（大津）提供赠款，用于购买最先进的仪器，包括便携式光合作用和呼吸系统包。这套设备包括一个Li-Cor环境教育基金（LEEF）III包;一个Li-Cor 4300 c叶面积计，一个LAI-2000植物冠层分析仪;和一个土壤湿度计。仪器将用于解决植物生理学，生态学，有机农业和环境科学领域的各种研究问题。具体而言，该仪器将用于调查植物对干旱和洪水等气候变化的反应，以及对草原和农田养分缺乏、土壤呼吸等环境压力的反应。仪器的收购也将使教师和学生进行的研究项目，否则将显着阻碍或不可能在大津进行。这笔赠款将使PI和大津教师产生的数据，将加强未来的建议。拟议活动的更广泛影响涉及生态生理学研究和大津学生的培训。 新设备将被纳入本科和研究生课程，以丰富学生的研究培训和学习。这些设备还将提高PI吸引和指导生态和环境研究领域代表性不足的少数民族本科生的能力，并为进行独立研究项目的学生提供实践研究经验。使用该设备获得的结果将发表在高影响力的同行评审科学期刊上，并将在科学会议上进行广泛传播。