Application of Plant Biotechnology in Forestry: A U.S.-Indo Workshop, January 12-14, 1988, New Delhi, Award in U.S.and Indian Currency

描述：该项目支持一个关于植物生物技术在林业中的应用的美国-印度研讨会。这次会议由新德里的塔塔能源研究所(TERI)和北卡罗来纳州立大学的拉尔夫·莫特博士领导的一个美国团队组织，将涵盖生物技术和基因工程中更适用于林业应用的相对具体的方面。这些包括木本植物的组织培养技术和遗传操作，以及在林业中应用固氮的缺点的研究。讲习班的目的是阐明将生物技术的科学发展成果转化为实地实施方案的问题，确定该领域文献中的具体差距，汇编填补这一差距的最新贡献，并确定可能开展合作的具体研究需求。范围：该项目在处理美国和印度科学家非常感兴趣的科学领域方面非常符合美印计划的目标，合作的科学家是该领域的领先者。印度机构TERI是一个相对较新的私营研究机构，在能源领域有广泛的正在进行的研究方案，包括非常重视林业和生物质。它拥有一大批训练有素的工作人员，其中大多数人在生物技术方面具有广泛的研究背景。美国科学家在生物科学及其在林业中的应用方面是活跃的研究人员。这次会议可能会刺激强有力的合作研究。

Description: This project supports a U.S.-Indo workshop on application of plant biotechnology in forestry. The meeting which is organized by the Tata Energy Research Institute (TERI) in New Delhi and a U.S. team headed by Dr. Ralph Mott of North Carolina State University will cover the relatively specific aspects of biotechnology and genetic engineering that are more usable in forestry application. These include tissue culture techniques and genetic manipulation of woody plants, as well as study of the drawbacks to nitrogen fixation application in forestry. The workshop is designed to articulate the issues of transfer of scientific developments in biotechnology to field implementation programs, to identify specific gaps in the literature in this field and to compile recent contributions to fill this gap, and to identify specific research needs for possible collaboration. Scope: This project fits well the objectives of the U.S.-India program in its dealing with an area of science that is of great interest to U.S. and to Indian scientists and where the cooperating scientists are leaders in the field. The Indian institution TERI is a relatively new private research organization with extensive ongoing research programs in areas of energy including heavy emphasis on forestry and biomass. It has a large well trained staff most of whom have extensive research background in biotechnology. The U.S. scientists are active researchers in the field of biological sciences and its application to forestry. The meeting is likely to stimulate strong collaborative research.