Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship for FY 2001

这项行动为2001财政年度NSF少数民族博士后研究奖学金提供资金。该研究金的目标是培养少数民族科学家担任学术界和工业界的科学领导职务。为了实现这一目标，奖学金提供最高质量的博士后培训机会，以最近的博士获奖者。该计划是美国国家科学基金会的一项努力，旨在增加来自代表性不足的少数群体的研究科学家的数量，从而为国家科学事业的未来活力做出贡献。预计通过这些奖学金培训的研究员将在未来劳动力的培训中发挥重要作用。该奖学金的研究和培训计划题为“入侵植物中食草动物防御策略的进化”。“入侵杂草Hypericum perforatum，L. (St. John's wort）被用于对昆虫植食性防御策略进化的研究。 抗性和耐受性的遗传基础正在通过以下方式确定：绘制抗性和耐受性性状的遗传图谱，调查赋予抗性与耐受性的性状之间的权衡，以及检查具有不同生物控制历史的本地和引进种群之间的权衡是否不同。

This action funds an NSF Minority Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for FY2001. The goal of the fellowship is to prepare minority scientists for positions of scientific leadership in academia and industry. To attain this goal, the fellowship provides opportunities for postdoctoral training of the highest quality to recent doctoral recipients. This program is an effort by the NSF to increase the number of research scientists from underrepresented minority groups, thereby contributing to the future vitality of the Nation's scientific enterprise. It is expected that Fellows trained through these fellowships will play important roles in training of the future workforce.The research and training plan for this fellowship is entitled "Evolution of herbivore defense strategies in an invasive plant." The invasive weed Hypericum perforatum, L. (St. John's wort) is being used in this study of the evolution of defense strategies against insect herbivory. The genetic basis of resistance and tolerance are being determined by developing a genetic map of resistance and tolerance traits, investigating tradeoffs between traits conferring resistance versus tolerance, and examining whether tradeoffs vary between native and introduced populations with differing histories of biological control.