AIR: Accelerating deployment of novel alleles in cotton

AIR建议的目标是“加快棉花新等位基因的部署”，旨在通过识别和利用特定于基因型的单核苷酸多态DNA标记(‘SNPs’)来促进将理想的等位基因(性状)快速和选择性地转移到优良棉花品种中，从而解决将目前在NSF-PFI联盟下开发的关于棉花基因功能的信息转化为商业产品的下一个基本步骤。拟议工作的成果将加强棉花创新生态系统，使缺乏资源单独完成此类创新的大企业和小企业能够开展一系列新的风险投资。拟议工作将从短期和长期两方面影响棉花改良的创新生态系统，还将通过技术开发和潜在匹配赞助商的参与来降低小企业的进入壁垒。拟议工作中的合作伙伴网络将是将扶持资源持续转化为经济效益的关键。拟议的活动与强有力的培训和外展项目密切相关，这些项目在吸引科学界代表性不足的群体方面有成功的历史，并受益于重大的机构和国家承诺。

The objective of the AIR proposal "Accelerating Deployment of Novel Alleles in Cotton" addresses the next essential steps for the translation of information regarding cotton gene function that is currently being developed under a NSF-PFI alliance into commercial products by identifying and utilizing genotype-specific single nucleotide polymorphism DNA markers ('SNPs') to facilitate the rapid and selective transfer of desirable alleles (traits) into superior cotton cultivars. The outcomes from the proposed work will strengthen the cotton innovation ecosystem, empowering a wide range of new ventures by both large enterprises and smaller enterprises that lack the resources to accomplish such innovation alone.The proposed work will impact the innovation ecosystem for cotton improvement in both short-term and long-term ways, also reducing barriers to entry by smaller enterprises both through technology development and engagement of a potential matching sponsor. The network of partners in the proposed work will be key to sustained transformation of enabling resources into economic benefits. Proposed activities are closely tied to strong training and outreach programs with a successful history of engaging groups under-represented in the sciences, and which benefit from major institutional and state commitments.