Faculty

Rangeland and pasture management, ecology of grazing lands, grazing systems, drought and climate change adaptation, participatory research

Plant systematics; taxonomy, evolution, and phylogenetic relationships of fruit crops and their wild relatives; molecular approaches to phylogeny reconstruction; ethnobotany

Vegetable production; water management; agricultural ecology; crop management impacts on postharvest quality

Comparative functional genomics of disease resistance, lettuce genomics and breeding

Weedy and invasive plants in agricultural and natural systems.

Area of expertise: Biology of plant-microbe interactions, plant defenses against human and plant pathogens, stomatal immunity, bacterial pathogenesis

Agronomy, sustainable intensification, cropping systems analysis, input use efficiency, integrating technology and data into production practices

My focus is on sustainable management of rice systems - in particular fertility management, nutrient and carbon cycling, water use, water quality, and greenhouse gas emissions

Plant population and community ecology; climate, drought, and fire effects on forests and rangelands; statistical modeling