A Plant Growth Chamber Facility for the University of Massachusetts Amherst

该奖项将支持为植物生长设施购置一套植物生长和环境室。马萨诸塞州阿默斯特市马萨诸塞大学的植物生长室设施将供植物生物学研究生项目的教师使用，用于在受控的光、温度、湿度和日照条件下进行植物的生长和繁殖。具体项目将研究Fragaria（草莓）的克隆生长和资源捕获，Nicotiana（烟草）植物繁殖的分子和生化分析，Tradescantia（蜘蛛草）和Lilium（百合）在分裂和生长过程中钙和细胞骨架的作用，拟南芥中生长素生物合成的发育调节，Brassica（萝卜）和拟南芥的病毒复制和症状繁殖，玉米R位点参数的结构分析。生长室将位于与生物系温室密切相关的总屋。日常操作和维护将由经验丰富的工作人员进行，其中包括在植物生长和加热和制冷方面的专门知识。该设施将由参与的核心教员管理。

Award Abstract - 9970191This award will support the acquisition of a suite of plant growth and environmental chambers for a plant growth facility. The Plant Growth Chamber Facility at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA will be used by faculty in the Plant Biology Graduate Program for the growth and reproduction of plants under conditions of controlled light, temperature, humidity, and day length. Specific projects will examine clonal growth and resource capture in Fragaria (strawberries), molecular and biochemical analysis of plant reproduction in Nicotiana (tobacco), the role of calcium and the cytoskeleton during division and growth in Tradescantia (spiderwort) and Lilium (lily), the developmental regulation of auxin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis, virus replication and symptom reproduction in Brassica (turnip) and Arabidopsis, and the structural analysis of paramutation at the R locus of Zea (corn). The growth chambers will be located in the head house in close association with the Biology Department Greenhouses. Day to day operation and maintenance will be undertaken by experienced staff, which includes expertise in both plant growth and in heating and refrigeration. The facility will be governed by a core of participating faculty.