Meeting: Workshop on Plant Development and Drought Stress, to be held November 5-8, 2017 at Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, CA.

第一部分非技术摘要：这个项目将促进生物学家之间的互动和信息交流，他们使用不同的科学方法来解决植物的生长和发育问题，以及那些研究植物如何应对干旱胁迫的人。这些互动将在2017年11月5日至8日在加利福尼亚州太平洋格罗夫的Asilomar会议场地举行的第二届植物发育与干旱胁迫研讨会上进行。这是两个通常参加不同会议的科学界的一次新颖的会议。植物发育生物学研究植物如何生长和产生不同的结构，如根、叶、花和种子，这些结构对作物的经济价值至关重要。植物的发育受许多环境因素的调节，包括水分供应。干旱是一种严重的环境压力，会导致重大农作物损失。植物对干旱胁迫等环境因素进行发育调整，以提高其生存和繁殖的机会。了解干旱对植物发育的调控机制有助于生产出更好地适应水分限制下维持生产力的作物。该项目在一个较隐蔽的地点举行了一次相对较小的会议，营造了一种有利于讨论新想法和新概念的亲密气氛，并发展了专业网络。此外，将有充足的时间介绍职业生涯早期、女性和代表性不足的少数族裔科学家。会议纪要将提交给一份著名的科学植物杂志，以便向更广泛的科学界传播。第二部分：技术摘要：这是一次重要而新颖的科学会议，通过演讲、海报会议和密集的科学讨论，探索植物发育生物学和干旱胁迫反应的交叉。来自学术界、工业界和政府机构的领先研究人员介绍了旨在从根本上理解内在和外部信号如何调控植物生长和发育、植物如何应对干旱胁迫的前沿研究，最终导致对水分状况如何影响发育的更深层次的理解。这次会议将涵盖植物发育和胁迫的广泛领域，包括根和芽、形态、生理学、激素生物学、表观遗传学和生物力学。还将介绍成功地将基础研究转化为改善作物表现的例子。会议将促进来自公共和私营部门的不同职业水平的科学家(研究生、博士后研究员、初学者和老牌研究人员)的教育。演讲包括特邀演讲者、海报演讲和从提交的摘要中选择的演讲。会议将进行广泛宣传，并强烈鼓励代表人数不足的少数族裔和女性科学家参加。会议成果将通过向与会者提供的摘要书籍或应要求发布，并通过在一家领先的植物科学期刊上发表的会议要点的书面摘要来传播。

Part 1. Non-technical abstract:This project will promote interactions and information exchange among biologists using different scientific approaches to resolve how plants grow and develop and those studying how plants respond to drought stress. These interactions will take place at the second Workshop on Plant Development and Drought Stress, to be held November 5-8, 2017 at Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, CA. This is a novel meeting of two scientific communities that normally attend separate conferences. Plant developmental biology is the study of how plants grow and produce different structures, such as roots, leaves, flowers and seeds that are critical to the economic value of crops. Plant development is regulated by many environmental factors, including moisture availability. Drought is a serious environmental stress that causes major crop loss. Plants adjust their development in response to environmental factors such as drought stress to improve their chances of survival and reproduction. Understanding the mechanisms by which plant development is regulated in response to drought could help produce crops better adapted to maintain productivity under moisture limitation. This project involves a relatively small meeting in a secluded location, producing an intimate atmosphere conducive to discussion of new ideas and emerging concepts, as well as developing professional networks. In addition, ample time will be devoted to presentations from early career, women and underrepresented minority scientists. A meeting summary will be submitted to a prominent scientific plant journal for dissemination to the wider scientific community. Part 2. Technical abstract:This is an important and novel scientific conference where the intersections of plant developmental biology and drought stress responses are explored through talks, poster sessions, and intensive scientific discussion. Leading researchers from academia, industry and government agencies present cutting edge research directed towards a fundamental understanding of how intrinsic and external signals regulate plant growth and development, how plants respond to drought stress, ultimately leading to a deeper understanding of how moisture status impacts development. This meeting will cover broad areas of plant development and stress, including roots and shoots, morphology, physiology, hormone biology, epigenetics and biomechanics. Examples of successful translation of fundamental research into improved crop performance will also be featured. The conference will promote education of diverse scientists at all career levels (graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, beginning and established investigators) from both the public and private sectors. Presentations include invited speakers, poster presentations and talks chosen from submitted abstracts. The conference will be advertised widely and participation by underrepresented minority and female scientists will be strongly encouraged. Conference results will be disseminated via abstract books provided to meeting participants or by request, and through a written summary of meeting highlights published in a leading plant scientific journal.