The Missouri Transect: Climate, Plants, and Community

建议编号：IIA-1355406建议标题：密苏里州样带：气候、植物和社区机构：密苏里大学哥伦比亚分校非技术描述密苏里州样带：气候、植物和社区解决了可持续性和恢复力方面的一个根本问题--植物和作物如何适应日益增加的气候变异性。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攸关方参与的组合。该项目建立在S在生物技术和区域气候模型方面的优势之上。一个科学教育和推广小组将通过开发学习工具和机会，向密苏里州公民介绍气候变化及其对农业和环境的预期影响，将研究和教育结合起来。公共教育项目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的植物耐干旱/胁迫特征的信息。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群体，特别强调提高未被充分代表的群体和妇女在科学、技术、工程和数学方面的熟练程度和兴趣。该项目寻求将植物基因类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。这项建议中的研究试图将区域和小气候模型与特定的表型和基因调查结合起来，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小溪流域开发模型，以预测影响植物生态系统的降水和温度趋势。一个植物团队将使用高通量的表型组学技术来确定植物的基因类型、表型和生产力如何与环境变化相关。社区小组将调查密苏里州社区如何在干旱、洪水和热浪频率增加的情况下管理弹性。预期成果包括加强关于适应和恢复能力的知识，围绕植物应对干旱的培训和技术开发，季节性气候预报，对元尺度环境传感数据的计算分析和建模，高分辨率的植物表型，以及更好地理解利益攸关方如何做出决定，以应对气候变异性增加。

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.