A5056006199- Botanical Research and Applications
- Water Quality Monitoring Technologies
- Cassava research and cyanide
- Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies
- Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
- Smart Agriculture and AI
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Analytical Chemistry and Sensors
- Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
- Bee Products Chemical Analysis
- Coal and Its By-products
- Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
- Algal biology and biofuel production
- Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management
- Water Systems and Optimization
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- Seed Germination and Physiology
- Bluetooth and Wireless Communication Technologies
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Motor Control and Adaptation
Santa Clara University
2019-2024
Thermo Fisher Scientific (United States)
2020-2021
University of Nevada, Reno
2014-2021
Abstract Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) is a water-use efficient adaptation of photosynthesis that has evolved independently many times in diverse lineages flowering plants. We hypothesize convergent evolution protein sequence and temporal gene expression underpins the independent emergences CAM from C 3 photosynthesis. To test this hypothesis, we generate de novo genome assembly genome-wide transcript data for Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi , an obligate species within core eudicots with...
SUMMARY Tissue succulence (ratio of tissue water/leaf area or dry mass) the ability to store water within living tissues is among most successful adaptations drought in plant kingdom. This taxonomically widespread adaptation helps plants avoid damaging effects drought, and often associated with occupancy epiphytic, epilithic, semi‐arid arid environments. was engineered Arabidopsis thaliana by overexpression a codon‐optimized helix‐loop‐helix transcription factor ( Vv CEB1 opt ) from wine...
Abstract Increased demand for food requires us to investigate livestock forage and fodder crops that can be grown over a wide range of locations where their cultivation will not compete with the supply. A large portion southwestern United States consists underutilized semi‐arid land. Crops typically used or have high‐water demands make them uneconomical unsustainable arid regions. The growth rate low‐input requirements prickly pear cactus ( Opuntia ficus‐indica ) it an excellent candidate...
Abstract Climate‐resilient and highly water‐use efficient crops are needed to meet the future food, feed, fiber, fuel demands of a growing human population. Cactus pear ( Opuntia spp.) productive yet have crop water that approximately 20% traditional due their ability perform crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM). In first long‐term field trial for bioenergy in United States, aboveground biomass (cladode fruit) productivity response different inputs O. cochenillifera , ficus‐indica O ....
Dissolved Oxygen (DO) in water enables marine life. Measuring the prevalence of DO a body is an important part sustainability efforts because low oxygen levels are primary indicator contamination and distress bodies water. Therefore, aquariums aquaculture all types need near real-time dissolved monitoring spend lot money on purchasing maintaining meters that either expensive, inefficient, or manually operated—in which case they also to ensure manual readings taken frequently time consuming....
Farms, greenhouses, orchards, ranches, and vineyards are all dependent on irrigation systems. Modern systems equipped with an assortment of water reserves, sheds, tanks to store for later use or manage the flow, time, quality delivered crops. In comparison expensive, huge, complex, proprietary, cloud dependent, often manual, very energy hungry industrial solutions out market, Hydro-System Automation (HA) is a cheaper, smaller, simpler, modular, smart, sustainable Hydro-System. The design...
'…As CAM genomes are completed, whole-genome sequences from all three photosynthetic types can be compared in terms of molecular evolution, structural rearrangements, and copy number variation genes.' The diurnal patterns gas exchange leaf acid accumulation plants contribute to species' abilities maximize biomass, CO2 uptake, WUE under water stressed conditions. circadian pattern is typically described four phases. first phase involves the malic vacuole during dark period, wherein...
Dissolved Oxygen (DO) in water is the enabler of all marine life. As low oxygen levels are first sign contamination and distress bodies water, measuring its step discovery preservation efforts. Furthermore, fish farms, aquariums, other aquaculture need continued dissolved monitoring spend a lot money on purchasing maintaining their sensors or ensuring that manual readings taken daily even more often basis. Current systems meters either expensive, inefficient, manual. Hence cost-effective...
Opuntia ficus-indica (prickly pear) and Grindelia squarrosa (gumweed) are two exceptionally drought tolerant plant species capable of growing in arid semiarid environments. Additionally, they have unique cell wall structures. Prickly pear contains pectin high levels ash (16.1%) that is predominantly Ca K. Gumweed has extractives contain grindelic acid monoterpenoids. The objective this paper was to evaluate how these components alter the pyrolysis performance prickly gumweed. Using a tandem...
Harvesting of honey is a laborious job which requires the daily inspection every frame within hive apiary. Apiaries are easily scalable via addition new hives or expansion boxes to existing but scaling human labor meet added work needed inspect, harvest, and maintain frames costly often nonexistent. Existing Internet Things (IoT) beekeeping monitoring systems on market very do not provide per-frame information beekeepers. Although they successful in generating slew useful regarding strength,...
Cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) is a high productivity species within the Cactaceae grown in many semiarid parts of world for food, fodder, forage, and biofuels. O. ficus-indica utilises obligate crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM), an adaptation that greatly improves water-use efficiency (WUE) reduces crop water usage. To better understand CAM-related metabolites water-deficit stress responses ficus-indica, comparative metabolic profiling was performed on mesophyll epidermal tissues...
Modern irrigation systems can be equipped with an assortment of automated sensors and actuators which measure the status crops, water tanks, various other components automatically operate valves pumps to ensure distribution adequate all parts system. In [IEEE 9th Annual Computing Communication Workshop Conference (CCWC), 659-665, (2019)] we discussed design implementation low cost, small factor, sustainable Sensing Units (SUs) use ultrasonic available space in a tank communicate levels...
The relative contributions of C3 photosynthesis and crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) during the earliest stages development were investigated to assess how much each might contribute cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) productivity.
Grindelia squarrosa (curlycup gumweed) biomass possesses unique biochemistry, cell wall composition, and leaf architecture tailored for prolific growth in arid semiarid climates. Most notably, this plant has developed high levels of extractable resins that have effective H/Ceff ratios ((mol H – 2 × mol O)/mol C), which is hypothesized to lead low coke formation during catalytic fast pyrolysis (CFP) over the ZSM-5 catalyst. In microscale experiments with loadings (biomass-to-catalyst mass...