2018 Salt and Water Stress of Plants GRC: Abiotic Stress and the future of Agriculture Conference: June 3 - June 8, 2018 in Waterville Valley, Waterville Valley, NH

由于气温升高和气候和降水模式的更大变化导致的全球变化将对美国和全球的粮食、燃料和纤维生产产生重大（负面）影响。缺水和盐度是影响农业系统的两个最重要的环境压力，干旱造成的缺水是农业生产力损失的主要原因。2018年戈登植物盐和水胁迫研究会议将于6月2日至8日在美国新罕布什尔州沃特维尔谷举行，届时将汇集来自世界各地的专家，研究植物如何在干旱、洪水和盐胁迫下生存。会议的重点是促进植物抗逆性机制的深入知识转化为农业应用。与会者和演讲者站在基础知识和新技术与农业相结合的前沿，以减轻气候变化对粮食生产的负面影响。植物的盐和水胁迫戈登研究会议以允许参与者在发表之前分享他们的工作和想法而闻名，从而刺激创新和更快地将知识转移到农业实践中。该会议还因汇集了来自全球各地的科学家和突出女性/代表性不足的演讲者而闻名。会前研讨会将吸引研究生和博士后研究人员，确保我们未来的科学家敏锐地意识到世界粮食安全面临的问题。戈登植物盐和水胁迫研究会议（GRC）为来自世界各地的分子生物学家、生理学家、育种家、政策制定者和工业代表提供了一个两年一次的有效交流未发表信息和思想的机会。它促进了将实验室发现转化为现场试验所必需的相互作用。2018年的主题将强调将我们对非生物胁迫反应和植物耐受性的理解转化为实际的农业进步。计划中的活动将促进在植物生物学和农业领域工作的各种科学家之间的互动，以应对植物非生物胁迫的紧迫挑战。在主要项目之前，专门为研究生和博士后研究人员设计的为期1.5天的戈登研究研讨会（GRS）。该奖项将支持这两个活动的参与者，致力于促进性别平衡，并加强来自代表性不足群体的个人的参与。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Global changes due to increasing temperatures and greater variation in climate and precipitation patterns will have major (negative) impacts on food, fuel and fiber production in the United States and globally. Water deficit and salinity are two of the most important environmental stresses affecting agricultural systems, with water deficit from drought being the leading cause of loss in agricultural productivity. The 2018 Gordon Research Conference on Salt and Water Stress in Plants, which takes place June 2 - 8 in Waterville Valley, NH, USA, will bring together specialists from across the globe who study how plants survive droughts, floods, and salinity stress. The emphasis of the conference is to foster translation of in-depth knowledge of plant stress tolerance mechanisms into agricultural applications. The participants and speakers are at the forefront of the integration of basic knowledge and new technology with agriculture to alleviate the negative impacts of climate change on food production. The Salt and Water Stress of Plants Gordon Research Conference has a reputation for allowing participants to share their work and ideas prior to publication, thus stimulating innovation and more rapid transfer of knowledge into agricultural practice. The conference is also renowned for bringing together scientists from all parts of the globe and highlighting female/underrepresented presenters. A pre-conference seminar will engage graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, ensuring that our future scientists are keenly aware of the issues facing world food security.The Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Salt & Water Stress in Plants provides a biennial opportunity for effective exchange of unpublished information and ideas between molecular biologists, physiologists, breeders, policy-makers and industrial representatives from all over the world. It facilitates interactions that are essential for translation of laboratory discoveries to field trials. The 2018 theme will emphasize translating our understanding of abiotic stress responses and tolerance of plants to practical agricultural advances. Planned activities will foster interactions among a diversity of scientists working in plant biology and agriculture on the urgent challenge of plant abiotic stress. A 1.5 day Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) designed specifically for graduate students and postdoctoral researchers will precede the main program. This award will support participants in both events, with a commitment to promoting gender balance and enhancing participation of individuals from underrepresented groups.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.