The Missouri Transect: Climate, Plants, and Community

摘要提案编号：IIA-1355406提案标题：密苏里州样带：气候、植物和社区机构：密苏里州-哥伦比亚大学非技术性描述密苏里州样带：气候、植物和社区解决了可持续性和恢复力中的一个基本问题-植物和作物如何适应不断增加的气候变化。 该项目的研究和教育活动利用了高分辨率气候数据、高通量基因组学和表型组学技术以及利益相关者参与的组合。 该项目建立在管辖权？在生物技术和区域气候建模方面的优势。 一个科学教育和外联小组将通过开发学习工具和机会，使密苏里州公民了解气候变化及其对农业和环境的预测影响，从而将研究和教育结合起来。 公众教育计划将使人们更好地了解不断变化的环境如何影响植物和社会。 教育项目将分享有关科学家如何研究气候变化以及他们如何研究新植物耐旱/耐胁迫特性的信息。 此外，密苏里州样带将在整个项目中纳入不同的个人和组织，特别强调提高代表性不足的群体和妇女在科学、技术、工程和数学方面的能力和兴趣。 该项目旨在将植物基因型和表型与环境变异性联系起来，最终目标是提高作物产量。 该提案中的研究旨在将区域和小气候模型与特定的表型和基因型调查相结合，以了解植物如何适应与气候变化相关的压力。 一个气候小组将为欣克森河流域开发模型，以预测影响植物生态系统的降水和温度趋势。 植物团队将使用高通量表型组学技术来确定植物基因型、表型和生产力如何与环境变化相关。 社区团队将调查密苏里州社区如何管理干旱，洪水和热浪频率增加的恢复力。 预期成果包括增强有关适应和复原力的知识、围绕植物对干旱的反应的培训和技术开发、季节范围气候预测、元尺度环境传感数据的计算分析和建模、高分辨率植物表型分析以及更好地了解利益相关者如何做出决策以应对气候变异性的增加。

AbstractProposal Number: IIA-1355406Proposal Title: The Missouri Transect: Climate, Plants, and CommunityInstitution: University of Missouri - ColumbiaNon-technical DescriptionThe Missouri Transect: Climate, Plants and Community addresses a fundamental issue in sustainability and resilience - how plants and crops adapt to increased climate variability. The research and education activities in the project exploit a combination of high-resolution climate data, high-throughput genomics and phenomics techniques, and stakeholder engagement. The project builds upon the jurisdiction?s strengths in biotechnology and regional climate modeling. A Science Education and Outreach Team will integrate research and education by developing learning tools and opportunities that inform Missouri citizens about climate change and its predicted effects on agriculture and the environment. Public education programs will provide a better understanding of how a changing environment affects plants and society. Educational programs will share information about how scientists study climate change and how they research new plant drought/stress tolerance traits. In addition, the Missouri Transect will incorporate a diverse population of individuals and organizations throughout the project with a special emphasis on increasing the proficiency and interest of underrepresented groups and women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Technical DescriptionThe project seeks to associate plant genotypes and phenotypes with environmental variability, with the end goal of improved crop production. The research in this proposal seeks to couple regional and microclimate models to specific phenotype and genotype investigations in order to understand how plants adapt to stresses associated with climate change. A Climate Team will develop models for the Hinkson Creek Watershed to predict trends in precipitation and temperature that impact plant ecosystems. A Plant Team will use high-throughput phenomics technologies to determine how plant genotypes, phenotypes and productivity correlate with changes in the environment. The Community Team will investigate how Missouri communities manage resilience with increased frequency of drought, flooding, and heat waves. The expected outcomes include enhanced knowledge about adaptation and resilience, training and technology development around plant responses to drought, seasonal-range climate forecasts, computational analysis and modeling of metascale environmental sensing data, high-resolution plant phenotyping, and an improved understanding of how stakeholders make decisions in response to increased climate variability.