Workshop on Genomic Analysis of Plant-Associated Microorganisms; Washington, D.C., April 9 - 11, 2002

微生物在植物健康中起着至关重要的作用。根据微生物的不同，微生物可以致病或预防疾病。尽管它们对我们的农业基础和粮食安全很重要，但我们在基因组水平上对它们知之甚少。为了使科学界能够干预疾病并了解生物控制的基础，对这些微生物进行协调一致和协调良好的基因组分析是必不可少的。美国植物病理学会(APS)的成员制定了一份植物相关微生物的优先名单，用于基因组分析，即对微生物基因及其编码的蛋白质进行结构和功能分析，最终重点放在参与植物群丛的那些基因和蛋白质上。APS优先列表将作为研讨会的基础，目的是制定一项战略，以获得了解这些重要微生物及其与寄主植物和环境相互作用所需的基因组信息。植物相关微生物基因组分析研讨会将于2002年4月9日至11日在华盛顿特区举行。这项奖励将帮助支付来自基因组学和微生物研究界的约20名专家的旅费。这些专家将面临的挑战是(1)详细说明科学和技术需求并确定优先顺序，(2)为这些与植物相关的微生物的基因组分析制定协调和合作的努力计划。这次研讨会的结果将通过电子邮件“新闻胶囊”向更广泛的APS成员传播，并发表在“植物病理学新闻”上。此外，积金局政策委员会主办的跟进论坛将于8月举行的协会2002年年会上举行，让会员知悉有关事宜，并引发更广泛的讨论。。

Microorganisms play a critical role in plant health. Depending on the organism, microbes can cause disease or prevent it. Despite their importance to our agricultural base and food security, we know little about them on a genomic level. To enable the scientific community to intervene in disease and to understand the basis of biocontrol, a concerted and well-coordinated genomic analysis of these microbes is essential. Members of the American Phytopathological Society (APS) have developed a prioritized list of plant-associated microbes for genome analysis, i.e. the structural and functional analysis of the microbial genes and the proteins encoded by those genes, with ultimate emphasis on those genes and proteins involved in plant associations. The APS prioritized list will serve as a foundation for a workshop with the goal of developing a strategy to obtain the genomic information needed to understand these important microbes and their interactions with host plants and the environment. The Workshop on Genomic Analysis of Plant-Associated Microorganisms will be held in Washington, D.C, April 9-11, 2002. This award will help defray the travel expenses of about 20 experts from the genomics and microbial research communities. These experts will be challenged to (1) detail and prioritize the scientific and technical needs and (2) develop a plan for a coordinated and collaborative effort for genomic analysis of these plant-associated microbes. The results of this workshop will be disseminated to the wider APS membership via an emailed "News Capsule" and published in Phytopathology News. Additionally, a follow-up forum sponsored by the APS Policy Board will be held at the Society's 2002 Annual Meeting held in August to inform members and generate wider discussion about the issues. .