UID:
edocfu_9958099742202883
Umfang:
1 online resource (79 p.)
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-20306-4
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9786610203062
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0-309-58421-3
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0-585-15543-7
Anmerkung:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Plant Biology Research and Training for the 21st Century -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- RECOMMENDATION 1 -- RECOMMENDATION 2 -- RECOMMENDATION 3 -- 1 WHY PLANT-BIOLOGY RESEARCH TODAY? -- PLANTS, HUMAN HEALTH, AND CIVILIZATION -- PLANTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT -- PLANTS IN AGRICULTURE, MEDICINE, AND INDUSTRY -- PLANTS AND THE ORIGINS OF MODERN BIOLOGY -- 2 FEDERAL MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORT -- THE FEDERAL INSTITUTIONS -- U.S. Department of Agriculture -- Funding for Plant-Science Research -- Support for Training -- Competitively Awarded Research and Training Grants -- Department of Energy -- National Science Foundation -- National Institutes of Health -- Multiagency Cooperation -- IMPEDIMENTS TO AN EFFECTIVE PROGRAM OF BASIC PLANT-BIOLOGY RESEARCH -- Lack of Focus on Plant Science as an Important Basic Biology Discipline -- Plant Sciences are Isolated from Other Disciplines of Biology -- Funding for Basic Plant-Biology Research is Insufficient -- Funding is Awarded to Specific Institutions -- Grants for Plant Research are Smaller -- Financial Support for Training in Plant Sciences is Inadequate and Undependable -- The Need for Instrumentation and Facilities is Critical -- 3 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS -- 4 RECOMMENDATIONS -- MANAGEMENT OF THE PLANT-BIOLOGY PROGRAM -- RECOMMENDATION 1 -- RECOMMENDATION 2 -- ELEMENTS OF THE NIPB PROGRAM -- Individual Research Grants -- Competitive Postdoctoral Training Awards -- Predoctoral Training Awards -- Departmental Training Grants -- Individual Predoctoral Fellowships -- Summer Undergraduate Training -- Career Training and Redevelopment -- Facilities and Equipment -- Scientific Communications -- RECOMMENDATION 3 -- COST ELEMENTS AND SIZE OF THE PROGRAM -- LITERATURE CITED -- INFORMATION ON COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-309-04679-3
Sprache:
Englisch
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