Month: October 2023
Garden Researchers Describe 6 Agaves Domesticated by Southwestern Indigenous People
In the paper, “Pre-contact Agave Domesticates—Living Legacy Plants in Arizona’s Landscape” published in the Annals of Botany, Garden researchers Wendy Hodgson, Andrew Salywon and volunteer Jane Rosenthal describe six rare domesticated agave species whose clones...
Meet the Garden’s Newest Research Assistant Luis Romero
Across the sandy desert floor in northwestern New Mexico, two small rare cactus species — Sclerocactus mesae-verdae and Sclerocactus cloverae — call this place home. Yet, these plants are threatened by poachers and habitat loss due to oil and gas development in the...
Launch of Global Water Potential Network by Lab Member Dr. Jessica Guo and Colleagues
The National Science Foundation funded Global Water Potential Network, PSInet was recently launched by lab member Dr. Jessica Guo and colleague Dr. Kimberly Novick (University of Indiana). To learn more, check out the PSInet website:...
Previous Lab Member Dr. Luiza Aparecido Starts New Faculty Position
Dr. Luiza Aparecido started her new position as Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Utah. We look forward to continue our collaboration with Luiza in the future. Congratulations...
Recent Papers Published by Lab Members in High-Impact Journals
Check out recent papers published by Kelly Kerr, Madeline Moran and Brad Posch: Kelly Kerr: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.18937 Madeline Moran: https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nph.19247 Brad Posch:...
Huizingh Desert Research Fellowship Awarded to Lab Member, Madeline Moran
Madeline Moran was recently awarded the Huizingh Desert Research Fellowship. The award provides five years of funded to support her PhD program to study the thermal tolerance of plants exposed to heat stress. Madeline becomes the second student to receive this...
Completion of M.S. by Lab Member, Ivanna Caspeta
Ivanna Caspeta successfully defended her thesis in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. Ivanna’s thesis focused the xylem anatomy of giant cacti, and tested whether allometric scaling equations used characterize the xylem anatomy of trees and...
