Symposium: Plant Gametes and Fertilization The American Institute of Biological Sciences Richmond, Virginia, August 7, 1990

该提案请求支持1990年8月7日在弗吉尼亚州里士满举行的美国生物科学研究所年会的同时，由美国植物学会主办的题为“植物配子和受精”的研讨会。目的是通过介绍该领域的最新研究，促进美国在植物繁殖方面的研究，特别是在开花植物配子和受精方面的研究。重点将放在提出的问题和用来回答这些问题的实验方法上。主题将包括精子和卵子的分离和特征，体内和体外受精，以及在藻类配子和受精研究中使用的方法。通过邀请国际演讲者和在国外工作过的美国人，研讨会将提供对这一不断扩大的国际领域的概述。受邀演讲之后，将举行一次公开会议，发表关于植物配子和受精的论文，任何成员都可以提交摘要。在过去的五年里，开花植物的有性繁殖已经成为一个重大的科学进步领域，除了它对农业的明显重要性之外。这次会议将为美国科学家提供接触这一领域的最新工作的途径。

This proposal requests support for a symposium entitled "Plant Gametes and Fertilization" sponsored by the Botanical Society of America in conjunction with the American Institute of Biological Sciences Annual Meeting in Richmond, Va., August 7, 1990. The objective is to stimulate research in the U.S. on plant reproduction, specifically on the study of gametes and fertilization in flowering plants, by presenting current research in the field. Emphasis will be on the questions being asked and the experimental approaches used to answer them. Topics will include isolation and characterization of sperm and eggs, fertilization in vivo and in vitro and methods used in the study of algal gametes and fertilization. By inviting international speakers and Americans who have worked abroad, the symposium will provide an overview of this expanding international field. Invited talks will be followed by an open session of contributed papers on plant gametes and fertilization to which any member may submit an abstract. %%% Sexual reproduction in flowering plants has emerged as an area of significant scientific progress in the last five years, in addition to its obvious importance to agriculture. This meeting will provide access for U.S. scientists to the latest work in this area.