Participating scientists in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan will be responsible for all field

collections and biodiversity inventory. During field collections, the KAP and UAP will obtain digital images, GPS data and environmental and climatic information on the collection sites to aid in building comprehensive database of plant, fungal and microbial communities in both countries. Great care will be taken in proper taxonomic identification and vouchering of the collected organisms. KAP and UAP will be also responsible for the procurement of all plant extracts, non-elicited fungal extracts and soil samples for the PMAP. The scientists at Rutgers University will be responsible for the production of the elicited fungal extracts and all prokaryotic extracts produced from soil samples shipped from the partnering countries. Most of the plant and fungal samples will be generated during the collection time from mid-spring to mid-fall. Prokaryotic samples will be generated all year around in the high throughput facility of Rutgers University.

SAMPLING INSTRUCTIONS AND FORMS

Field Collection and Data Management Manual: Guidelines for Sample Preparation and Data Storage
(ENGLISH VERSION; PDF) version 2.2, revised 25 February 2008

Field Collection and Data Management Manual: Guidelines for Sample Preparation and Data Storage
(RUSSIAN VERSION; PDF) version 2.2, revised 25 February 2008

Kazakhstan Plant and Endophyte Collection Form (PDF) revised 25 February 2008

Kazakhstan Microorganism Collection Form (PDF) revised 25 February 2008

Kyrgyzstan Plant and Endophyte Collection Form (PDF) revised 20 March 2005

Kyrgyzstan Microorganism Collection Form (PDF) revised 20 March 2005

Tajikistan Plant and Endophyte Collection Form (PDF) revised 25 February 2008

Tajikistan Microorganism Collection Form (PDF) revised 25 February 2008

Uzbekistan Plant and Endophyte Collection Form (PDF) revised 20 March 2005

Uzbekistan Microorganism Collection Form (PDF) revised 20 March 2005

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NAPIS ^® (NAtural Products Information System) is being used to develope a bioinformatics database. NAPIS is a transaction

database that tracks natural product samples through the process of bioassay-directed isolation with links to bioassay results. In addition to data mining, researchers can query the geographic information system (GIS) based map and drill down on chemical structures, or vice versa, query for organism / structure / bioactivity relationships and show the results on a map.
NAPIS^®: White Point Systems