A Course in Plant Breeding for Drought Tolerance - June 14-23, 2010 at Colorado State University (CO)

主要研究者：约翰K麦凯，科罗拉多州立大学合作-PI：帕特里克F伯恩，科罗拉多州立大学为期两周的课程“耐旱植物育种”将于2010年6月14日至23日在科罗拉多州柯林斯堡的科罗拉多州立大学举行。 短期课程的目标是通过为下一代植物育种家、植物生理学家、遗传学家和农学家提供培训机会，加强耐旱植物育种方面的教育，并增加这些学科中代表性的多样性。 研讨会包括实践活动、讲座、实地练习和实验室，以及为期两天的关于植物育种、干旱适应生理学和基因组学的研讨会。 NSF提供的资金将通过支付研究生和初级科学家（包括来自美国和发展中国家科学界代表性不足的群体的妇女和个人）的学费和/或旅费来扩大参与。

PI: John K McKay, Colorado State Universityco-PI: Patrick F Byrne, Colorado State UniversityA two week course "Plant Breeding for Drought Tolerance" will be held on June 14-23, 2010 at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado. The goal of the short-course is to enhance education in plant breeding for drought tolerance by providing training opportunities to next generation plant breeders, plant physiologists, geneticists, and agronomists, and to increase the diversity of representation within these disciplines. The workshop involves a combination of hands-on activities, lectures, field exercises, and laboratory, and a two-day symposium on plant breeding, physiology and genomics of drought adaptation. The funding provided by NSF will broaden participation by defraying the costs of tuitions and/or travel for graduate students and junior scientists including women and individuals from underrepresented groups from the scientific communities of the US and developing countries.