A Portable Photosynthesis System for Investigating Developmental, Symbiotic and Ecological Effects on Photosynthesis

这一奖项是为了购买便携式光合作用系统，该系统集成了一个荧光监测系统和一个带有运输皮带传送带附件的便携式叶面积计。这些仪器将用于正在进行的和新计划的项目，在这些项目中，测量的光合作用速率将与发展、共生和生态因素相关。支持的研究项目包括光合作用在湿地生态系统克隆物种生长策略和生物量分配中的作用，豆类植物成熟果实诱导的叶片衰老过程，以及使用二氧化碳固定率作为放线虫植物猪油树结瘤和固氮率的准确预测指标。购买仪器还将有助于扩大现有学生研究项目的范围，因此将成为培训伊萨卡学院理科本科生的重要资源。

This award is to purchase a portable photosynthesis system that is integrated with a fluorescence monitoring system and a portable leaf area meter with a transport belt conveyor accessory. These instruments will be used in ongoing and newly planned projects in which measured photosynthetic rates will be correlated with developmental, symbiotic, and ecological factors. The research projects supported include the role of photosynthesis in the growth strategy and biomass allocation of clonal species in wetland ecosystems, the process of leaf senescence induced by the presence of maturing fruits in bean plants, and the use of CO2 fixation rates as an accurate predictor of nodulation and the rate of nitrogen fixation in the actinorhizal plant Elaeagnus umbellata. The purchase of the instrumentation will also help expand the range of available student research projects, and thus will serve as a critical resource for training undergraduate science students at Ithaca College.