Research Focus

The focus of the Randall lab is plant Development and plant microbe interactions including the innate plant ‘immune’ system.

Above image: Dr. Jennifer Randall left and PhD candidate Paul Gabriel on right, the pair is looking at the clonal pecan trees housed within the tissue culture facility in the lab at NMSU.
Images from plant-microbe interactions, including plant diseases and microbiome studies.
Images from plant-microbe interactions, including plant diseases and microbiome studies.

Pecan micropropagation and selection.
Pecan micropropagation and selection.

Pecan flowering research focus.
Pecan flowering research focus.
Gene Expression studies of protandrous and protogynous pecan trees.
Gene Expression studies of protandrous and protogynous pecan trees.
Collaborative efforts determining the genetic diversity of pecan trees.
Collaborative efforts determining the genetic diversity of pecan trees.

Research Projects

Plant Development

  • Pecan Development
  • Molecular Mechanisms in Pecan flowering
  • Pecan Genome Annotation
  • Pecan Genome-Wide Association Study

Plant-Microbe Interactions - Plant Pathology

  • Pistachio Bushy Top:: Rhodococcus spp.
  • Xylella fastidiosa
  • Induced resistance of disease pressure from non-host
  • Chile root rot:: P. caspsici
  • Cotton root rot:: Pistachio, Pecan
  • Natural Host endophyte interactions
Leaves of a plant.