NSF : EiR: Building capacity at an HCBU: Tropical plants, their endosymbionts, and their m — NSF Award to Bowie State University (
Diverse plant species are used traditionally by diverse human cultures worldwide for their medicinal properties. These plants are culturally important and impactful because chemical compounds (metabolites) from them can have therapeutic effects. It is now understood that all plants host diverse microbes within their ti
| Award title | NSF : EiR: Building capacity at an HCBU: Tropical plants, their endosymbionts, and their m |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2200596 |
| Awardee | Bowie State University |
| City | BOWIE |
| State | MD |
| Amount obligated | $500,000 |
| Principal investigator | Anne Osano |
| Program | HBCU-EiR - HBCU-Excellence in |
| Start date | 09/01/2022 |
| Abstract | Diverse plant species are used traditionally by diverse human cultures worldwide for their medicinal properties. These plants are culturally important and impactful because chemical compounds (metabolites) from them can have therapeutic effects. It is now understood that all plants host diverse microbes within their tissues, including those used medicinally. This project focuses on two species of traditional importance in Africa to ask how fungi and bacteria occurring within plants can influence |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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