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

农药抗药性是一个全球性问题，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-大学伙伴关系计划利用内布拉斯加州大学林肯分校和科罗拉多州立大学组建的跨学科小组在处理生物和农药产品抗药性方面的广泛和互补的专业知识，以隔离导致抗药性演变的因素，开发长期可持续的虫害管理方法，并提供培训和教育，以促进采用合理的抗药性管理做法。计划中的农药抗性生态、进化和管理I/UCRC(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耐药性管理上。该中心计划的研究活动还得到了专门设计的教育努力的补充，这些教育工作旨在提供农业生产系统各级的农药耐药性管理知识。计划中的I/UCRC将促进工业、商品团体、政府机构、学术研究人员、研究生和本科生之间的互动。该中心的活动旨在为学生、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，以满足对现代农业技术的可持续和明智的管理，并培养一支高技能的劳动力队伍。学生将有机会参加指导和职业发展活动，并将被鼓励寻找与行业合作伙伴实习的机会。计划中的儿童权利中心将在联合国大学公平、机会和多样性办公室以及CSU负责多样性的副总裁的帮助下，协调联合活动，让来自代表性不足群体的学生和博士后研究员参与进来。该中心的目标是在农药抗性领域做出实质性贡献，为种植者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.