I/UCRC Planning Grant: Evolution, Ecology, and Management of Pesticide Resistance

农药耐药性是一个全球性问题，它限制了我们维持农业增产的能力，并对全球粮食安全构成威胁。拟议的行业-大学伙伴关系计划建立在来自内布拉斯加大学林肯分校和科罗拉多州立大学的跨学科小组在处理生物和农药产品抗性方面的广泛和互补的专业知识基础上，以分离出导致抗性进化的因素，制定长期可持续的害虫管理方法，并提供培训和教育，以促进采用良好的抗药性管理做法。计划中的I/UCRC生态学，进化和农药抗性管理（CEEMPR）的研究将集中在杀虫剂，除草剂，杀菌剂和转基因性状的农药抗性管理上。该中心计划的研究活动得到了专门设计的教育工作的补充，以提供农业生产系统各级农药抗性管理的知识。计划中的I/UCRC将促进工业、商品集团、政府机构、学术研究人员、研究生和本科生之间的互动。该中心的活动主要针对为学生，博士后研究员以及农业专业人员和北美种植者提供培训和教育，目标是实现现代农业技术的可持续和明智的管理，并准备高技能的劳动力。 学生将有机会参加指导和专业发展活动，并将被鼓励寻求与行业合作伙伴实习的机会。 计划中的I/UCRC将协调联合活动，在UNL公平，获取和多样性办公室的帮助下，让来自代表性不足群体的学生和博士后研究员参与进来，并从CSU多样性副总裁那里获得帮助。该中心的目标是为农药抗性领域做出实质性贡献，从而提高作物产量和质量，促进全球粮食安全，减少农业损失。

Pesticide resistance is a global issue that limits our ability to maintain increased agricultural production, and poses a threat to global food security. The proposed industry-university partnership plans to build on the extensive and complementary expertise in dealing with resistance across organisms and pesticide products of the assembled interdisciplinary team from University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Colorado State University to isolate the factors contributing to resistance evolution, to develop long-term sustainable pest management approaches, and to provide training and education to facilitate the adoption of sound resistance management practices. The research of the planned I/UCRC for Ecology, Evolution and Management of Pesticide Resistance (CEEMPR) will focus on pesticide resistance management across insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and transgenic traits. The planned research activities of the center are complemented by educational efforts specifically designed to provide knowledge of pesticide resistance management at all level of the agricultural production system. The planned I/UCRC will enable the fostering of interactions among industry, commodity groups, governmental agencies, academic researchers, graduate and undergraduate students. The center activities are strongly targeted towards providing training and education to students, postdoctoral fellows, as well as agricultural professionals and North American growers with the goal of meeting sustainable and wise stewardship of modern agricultural technologies, and to prepare a highly skilled workforce. Students will have the opportunities to participate in mentoring and professional development activities, and will be encouraged to seek opportunities for internships with industry partners. The planned I/UCRC will coordinate joint activities to involve students and postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups with the help of the Office of Equity, Access and Diversity at UNL, and from the Vice President for Diversity from CSU. The center aims to make substantial contributions to the field of pesticide resistance resulting in improved crop yield and quality for growers that promote global food security, and reduce agricultural losses.