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。 伊丽莎白·G列克星敦的肯塔基州大学的威廉姆斯和 芭芭拉F.罗格斯大学的帕尔瑟博士和约翰L。唤醒和 R.澳大利亚墨尔本大学的布鲁斯诺克斯说。 的 研究人员将研究授粉和受精过程 Rhododendron的 受精的过程将用 光学和电子显微镜，以及雌蕊分子 控制花粉管生长。 该项目结合了调查人员的技能和设施， 劳斯博士和诺克斯博士提供花粉生物测定的样本， 电子显微镜设备在自己的实验室;和博士。 威廉姆斯和帕尔瑟在显微镜和 植物遗传学和生殖生物学实验技术。 这项研究将增进我们对 受精由花的雌性器官控制， 最终导致人类有能力操纵 开花植物控制结实和促进 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.