Conference: Hemipteran-Plant Interactions Symposium, July 11-14, 2011, Brazil

会议：半翅目-植物相互作用研讨会，2011 年 7 月 11-14 日，巴西

• 批准号: 1105567
• 负责人: Greg Walker
• 金额: $ 1.3万
• 依托单位: University of California-Riverside
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-05-01 至 2012-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1105567&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Hemipteran; Plant; Interactions; Symposium

This award supports an international symposium on the interactions between herbivorous hemipteran insects and the plants on which they feed. The interactions between herbivorous Hemiptera and their host plants has been the subject of many scientific studies because herbivorous Hemiptera comprise some of the world's worst agricultural pests. Their mouthparts are designed as miniature hypodermic needles, similar to those of mosquitoes, but they feed on plant sap rather than blood. Just the same as the specialized feeding mechanism of mosquitoes makes them important vectors of animal diseases, herbivorous hemipterans are the most important vectors worldwide of plant diseases, including diseases of crop plants. Their hypodermic needle-like mouthparts are thin enough to pierce individual plant cells which allow these insects to specialize feeding on particular cell types. This ability has led to the evolution of intimate physiological interactions between these insects and the plants upon which they feed. Consequently, major future advances in the study of these interactions will require an interdisciplinary approach that brings together entomologists and plant physiologists. Studies of these interactions provides the biological foundation for determining mechanisms of plant resistance against these insects and for understanding the mechanisms of transmission of plant pathogens by hemipteran vectors, both areas of increasing importance as a growing world populations stretches our agricultural resources thin. Entomologists and plant biologists working in isolation can advance this field only so far. Future major advances in Hemiptera-plant interactions will require intimate collaboration between entomologists and plant biologists, and therein lies the importance of this symposium: to bring together entomologists and plant biologists to exchange ideas and forge new collaborations. With an eye to the future, the travel support from NSF will go primarily to new young investigators in order to foster interdisciplinary collaborations early in their careers.

该奖项支持一个关于食草半翅目昆虫和它们赖以为生的植物之间相互作用的国际研讨会。植食性半翅目昆虫与其寄主植物之间的相互作用一直是许多科学研究的主题，因为植食性半翅目昆虫是世界上最严重的农业害虫之一。 它们的口器被设计成微型的皮下注射针头，类似于蚊子，但它们以植物汁液而不是血液为食。 就像蚊子特殊的取食机制使它们成为动物疾病的重要载体一样，草食性半翅目昆虫是世界范围内最重要的植物疾病（包括农作物疾病）的载体。它们皮下注射的针状口器很薄，足以刺穿单个植物细胞，这使得这些昆虫能够专门以特定的细胞类型为食。 这种能力导致了这些昆虫和它们赖以为生的植物之间密切的生理相互作用的进化。 因此，这些相互作用的研究的主要未来进展将需要一个跨学科的方法，汇集昆虫学家和植物生理学家。这些相互作用的研究提供了生物学基础，以确定植物对这些昆虫的抗性机制，并了解半翅目媒介植物病原体的传播机制，这两个领域的日益重要的世界人口不断增长的拉伸我们的农业资源薄。 单独工作的昆虫学家和植物生物学家只能在这一领域取得进展。 半翅目植物相互作用的未来重大进展将需要昆虫学家和植物生物学家之间的密切合作，这就是本次研讨会的重要性：汇集昆虫学家和植物生物学家交流思想，建立新的合作。 着眼于未来，NSF的旅行支持将主要用于新的年轻研究人员，以促进他们职业生涯早期的跨学科合作。