CSBR: Living Stock Collections: Critical Environmental Upgrade for Living Collections of Arecaceae, Zamiaceae, and Cycadaceae.

该项目为用于支持科学研究的一系列活植物提供了关键的环境升级。升级包括一个用于温度控制的遮阳系统，一个现代灌溉系统，以及一个零下80摄氏度的冰柜来储存活的材料。用户和生活收藏的稳步增长使这个项目变得紧迫，它将为生活收藏的效率、质量、健康和多样性提供改进。在MBC收集的棕榈树和苏铁是一种重要的研究资源，被越来越多的研究人员使用，并为至少26个NSF资助的项目做出了贡献。这里提议的升级将允许成功建立野生种群，提高种群存活率，并大大提高种群繁殖的成功率。蒙哥马利位于佛罗里达州南部，该地区拥有丰富的研究和教育机构，如植物园、大学和政府机构。蒙哥马利与这些机构的研究人员密切合作，特别是与迈阿密-戴德县的大学和学院合作，这些大学和学院为许多代表不足的少数族裔提供服务。升级蒙哥马利的生活收藏品传播设备将增加和促进这些大学生以及志愿者、公众和中小学生的教育机会。

This project provides a critical environmental upgrade for a living collection of plants used to support scientific research. The upgrade consists of a shade system for temperature control, a modern irrigation system, and a -80 degree C freezer to store living material. Steady growth in users and living collections make this project urgent and it will provide improvements to the efficiency, quality, health, and diversity of the living collection. Living collections of palms and cycads at MBC are a vital research resource used by a growing number of researchers and have contributed to at least 26 NSF-funded projects. The upgrades proposed here will permit successful establishment of wild-origin stocks, improve collection survival, and allow for greatly improved success in stock propagation.Montgomery is located in South Florida in an area rich with research and educational institutions, such as botanic gardens, universities and government agencies. Montgomery closely collaborates with researchers from these institutions, especially with the universities and colleges in Miami-Dade County, which serve many underrepresented minorities. Upgrading Montgomery's living collections propagation equipment will enhance and promote educational opportunities for these university students, as well as for volunteers, the public, and students in elementary and secondary schools.