Conference: The 38th Annual Interdisciplinary Plant Group Symposium: Enhancing the Resilience of Plant Systems to Climate Change

植物在地球上维持生命，但受到全球环境变化的威胁。大气中温室气体浓度的增加导致了气候的迅速变化。了解植物如何应对二氧化碳升高、气温升高和降水变化的组合，对于开发更具适应性的作物、更有效的农业系统以及确定自然生态系统如何科普快速变化的环境条件以帮助保护工作至关重要。发展减缓和适应气候变化的途径是社会面临的重大挑战，植物科学界将在确保粮食、水和能源安全方面发挥核心作用。密苏里州大学跨学科植物小组第38届年度研讨会的主题是增强植物系统对气候变化的适应能力，其目的是汇集来自不同学科的世界领先专家，教育科学界开发创新减缓战略以适应植物适应气候变化的机会。研讨会的一个主要重点是促进早期职业科学家发展的科学计划（例如，学生和博士后研究员），特别是代表性不足群体的人，通过学习和建立联系的机会。此外，接触跨学科研究和与来自不同研究背景的科学家的互动将是一个宝贵的经验。在学生的职业生涯早期灌输跨学科合作的优点将通过装备下一代科学家应对重大社会挑战所需的思维和方法，为社会带来广泛的影响。植物通过提供氧气，食物，纤维，燃料和无数的生态系统服务来维持地球上的生命和人类文明。气候变化对植物构成严重威胁，从而对地球上的生命构成严重威胁。加强对植物环境反应的基础科学知识，预测植物将如何应对二氧化碳浓度升高、气温升高和降水量变化更大的综合影响，是减缓和适应战略的关键要素。需要开发具有增强的胁迫耐受性和/或产量的新型植物以维持粮食安全。此外，预测未来气候取决于生物圈-大气的相互作用，这在很大程度上依赖于模型中植物环境反应的准确表现。这一挑战的范围很大，而且由于需要强有力的跨学科研究努力而扩大。第38届密苏里州大学跨学科植物小组年度研讨会：增强植物系统对气候变化的适应能力，将汇集学科交叉和从分子到生态系统的不同尺度的杰出专家，教育科学界开发创新减缓战略的机会，并使植物适应气候变化。研讨会的一个主要目标是为学生和博士后研究员，特别是来自代表性不足群体的学生和博士后研究员创造学习和建立联系的机会。接触跨学科研究将是一个宝贵的经验。此外，在学生的职业生涯早期灌输跨学科合作的优点，将通过装备下一代科学家应对重大社会挑战所需的思维和方法，为社会提供更广泛的影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Plants sustain life on Earth, but are threatened by global environmental change. Increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have caused rapid changes in climate. Understanding how plants respond to the combination of elevated carbon dioxide, warming temperatures, and more variable precipitation is crucial towards developing more resilient crops, more efficient agricultural systems, and determining how natural ecosystems will cope with rapidly evolving environmental conditions to aid in conservation efforts. Developing pathways for mitigating and adapting to climate change is a grand challenge facing society, and for which the plant science community will play a central role to ensure food, water, and energy security. The purpose of the University of Missouri Interdisciplinary Plant Group’s 38th Annual Symposium, which has the theme Enhancing the Resilience of Plant Systems to Climate Change, is to bring together world-leading experts from diverse disciplines to educate the scientific community on the opportunities to develop innovative mitigation strategies to adapt plants to climate change. A major emphasis of the symposium is the scientific program that fosters the development of early career scientists (e.g., students and postdoctoral fellows), particularly those from underrepresented groups, through learning and networking opportunities. Additionally, the exposure to interdisciplinary research and the interactions with scientists from diverse research backgrounds will be an invaluable experience. Instilling the virtues of interdisciplinary collaboration early in students’ careers will provide broad impacts to society by equipping the next generation of scientists with the mindset and approach needed to tackle big societal challenges.Plants sustain life on Earth and human civilization by providing oxygen, food, fiber, fuel, and innumerable ecosystem services. Climate change poses a grave threat to plants and thus life on Earth. Enhancing fundamental scientific knowledge of plant environmental responses, and predictions of how plants will respond to the combination of elevated carbon dioxide concentrations, warmer temperatures, and more variable precipitation are critical elements of mitigation and adaptation strategies. The development of novel plants with enhanced stress tolerance and/or yields is needed to maintain food security. Moreover, projecting the future climate is dependent on biosphere-atmosphere interactions, which is highly reliant on accurate representation of plant environmental responses in models. The scope of the challenge is large, and magnified by the need for strong interdisciplinary research efforts. The 38th University of Missouri Interdisciplinary Plant Group’s Annual Symposium: Enhancing the Resilience of Plant Systems to Climate Change, will bring together preeminent experts at the intersections of disciplines and diverse scales ranging from molecules to ecosystems, to educate the scientific community on the opportunities to develop innovative mitigation strategies and to adapt plants to climate change. A major goal of the symposium is creating learning and networking opportunities for students and postdoctoral fellows, particularly those from underrepresented groups. The exposure to interdisciplinary research will be an invaluable experience. Furthermore, instilling the virtues of interdisciplinary collaboration early in students’ careers will provide broader impact to society by equipping the next generation of scientists with the mindset and approach needed to tackle big societal challenges.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.