U.S.-Australia Cooperative Research: Reproductive Biology ofthe Genus Rhododendron

该奖项将支持教授之间的合作研究。肯塔基大学列克星敦分校的伊丽莎白·g·威廉姆斯和罗格斯大学的芭芭拉·f·帕尔瑟。澳大利亚墨尔本大学的John L. Rouse和R. Bruce Knox说。调查人员将研究杜鹃花的授粉和受精过程。我们将利用光镜和电子显微镜检查受精过程，并鉴定控制花粉管生长的雌蕊分子。该项目结合了研究人员的技能和设备。劳斯和诺克斯为自己实验室的花粉生物测定和电子显微镜设备提供样品；和Drs。威廉姆斯和帕尔瑟贡献了显微镜技术和植物遗传学和生殖生物学的实验技术。这项研究将推进我们对受精是由花的雌性器官控制的方式的认识，最终使我们能够操纵开花植物的生殖过程来控制种子的结实率，并促进植物育种计划中的杂交。

This award will support collaborative research between Profs. Elizabeth G. Williams of the University of Kentucky, Lexington and Barbara F. Palser of Rutgers University, with Drs. John L. Rouse and R. Bruce Knox of the University of Melbourne, Australia. The investigators will study the pollination and fertilization processes of Rhododendron. The process of fertilization will be examined using both light and electron microscopy, and the pistil molecules involved in control of pollen tube growth will be identified. The project combines the skills and facilities of the investigators, with Drs. Rouse and Knox providing samples for pollen bioassays and electron microscopy facilities in their own laboratories; and Drs. Williams and Palser contributing skills in microscopy and in the experimental techniques of plant genetics and reproductive biology. This research will advance our knowledge of the means by which fertilization is controlled by the female organ of the flower, leading, ultimately, to an ability to manipulate the reproductive processes of flowering plants to control seed setting and to facilitate hybridization in plant breeding programs.