Research Publications

Peer-Reviewed–Selected

Hilton, A., Wang, X., Young-Ki, J., Conner, P., Randall, J.J., Chatwin, W., Bock, C.H. 2024. “Development and validation of a standard area diagram set to aid the assessment of severity estimates of pecan leaflet scab and the effects of evaluator experience and location, and leaf size” Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-23-1947-RE.

Brungardt, J., Alarcon, Y., Shiller, J., Young, C., Monteros, M.J., Randall, J.J., and Bock, C.H., 2024. Transcriptome profile of pecan scab resistant and susceptible trees from a pecan provenance collection, BMC Genomics 25, 180 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10010-0.

Scott, M.L., Heerema, R.J., Randall, J.J., Pietrasiak, 2024. Preliminary survey of fungal diversity in pecan orchards of the Southwestern USA. Acta Horticulturae accepted.

Cervantes, K., Hereema, R.J., Randall, J.J., 2024, Microbiome observations of fully-watered and deficit-watered micropropagated rootstock pecan trees. Acta Horticulturae, accepted.

Wang, X., Kubenka, K., Hilton, A., Chatwin, W., Pisani, C., Bock, C., Heerema, R.J., Tondre, B., Randall, J.J., 2024. Influences of rootstocks on pecan scion growth in a replicated test orchard. Acta Horticulturae, accepted.

Bhattarai, G., Conner, P., Randall, J.J., Shadgou Rhein, H., 2024. Transcriptome analysis under pecan scab infection reveals the molecular mechanisms of the defense response in pecan. Acta Horticulturae, accepted.

Scott, M.L., Gabriel, P., Randall, J.J., Pietrasiak, 2023. Soil DNA Extraction Modified protocolfor dryland Agroecosystems. Protocols.DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.eq2ly7domlx9/v1

Cervantes, K. Velasco-Cruz, C., Grauke, L.J., Wang, X., Conner, P., Wells, L., Bock, C.H., Pisani, C., Randall, J.J., 2023. Influence of Geographical Orchard Location on the Microbiome from the Progeny of a Pecan Controlled Cross. Plants. 12(2):360. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12020360.

Clermont, K., Graham, C.J., Lloyd, S.W., Grimm, C.C., Randall, J.J., Mattison, C.P., 2023. Proteomic analysis of pecan (Carya illinoinensis) nut development, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, Foods. 2023 Feb; 12(4): 866. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12040866.

Pisani, C., Randall, J.J., and Bock, C. 2023. “Visual Rating and the Use of Image Analysis for Assessing Canopy Foliage Density in a Pecan Provenance Collection During Leaf Fall,” Journal of Forestry. Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-023-01635-0.

Randall, J.J., Mason, K., Fichtner, E.J. 2023. Trees of the Future Developing geographic and climate adapted pecan trees. The Pecan Grower.

Shadgou Rhein, H., Sreedasyam, A., Cooke, P., Velasco-Cruz, C., Grimwood, J., Schmutz, J., Jenkins, J., Kumar, S., Song, M., Heerema, R.J., Grauke, L.J., 2023. Comparative transcriptome analyses reveal insights into catkin bloom patterns in pecan protogynous and protandrous cultivars, PLOS Biology. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0281805.

Cervantes, K., Heerema, R.J., Randall, J.J., 2022. Insights into the Microbial Composition of Carya illinoinensis (Pecan) Seedlings from Different Maternal Pecan Cultivars Located in the Same Orchard, Frontiers in Microbiomes. https://doi.org/10.3389/frmbi.2022.1003112.

Bock, C.H., Frusso, E., Zoppolo, R., Ortiz, E.R., Shiller, J., Charlton, N.D., Young, C.A., and Randall., J.J., 2022. Population genetic characteristics and mating type frequency of Venturia effusa from pecan in South America. Phytopathology XX: xx. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-01-22-0031-R. 

Cervantes, K., Hilton, A.E., Stamler, R.A., Heerema, R.J., Bock, C., Wang, X., Young-Ki, J., Grauke, L.J., Randall, J.J., 2022. “Evidence for seed transmission of Xylella fastidiosa in pecan (Carya illinoinensis)”, Front. Plant Sci., https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.780335.

Bock, C., Charlton, N.D., Shiller, J., Randall, J.J., Young, C.A. 2022. “Population genetic diversity and structure of pecan scab pathogen, Venturia effusa, on cv. Desirable and native seedlings, and the impact of marker number”, Plant Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13551.

Yamagata, H., Noda, K., Randall, J. J., Kamiya, H., & Oki, K. (2021). Consecutive monitoring method for pecan orchards and discovery of a mysterious circle in a pecan orchard with UAV. Optical Review, 28(6), 738–744. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-021-00696-y

Vereecke, D., Fichtner, E., Lambert, P., Cooke, P., Kilcrease, J., Stamler, R.A., Zhang, Y., Francis, I.,Randall, J.J., 2021. “Colonization and survival capacities underlying the multi- faceted life of Rhodococcus sp. PBTS1 and PBTS2” Plant Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10043-021-00696-y.

Yamagata, H., Noda, K., Randall, J.J., and Oki, K., 2021. “Consecutive monitoring method for pecan orchards with UAV”. Acta Horticulturae. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2021.1318.29.

Ishimori, M., Takanashi, H., Fukami, K., Cervantes, K., Nagano, A.J., Kajiya-Kanegae, H., Grauke, L.J., Tsutsumi, N.,Randall, J.J., Iwata, H., 2021. “Genome-wide RAD-Seq analysis revealed subpopulation structures of the pecan (Carya illinoinensis) germplasm collection and their relationship to geographical distribution patterns”. Acta Horticulturae. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2021.1318.26.

Randall, J.J., Cervantes, K., Ray, D.K., Sanchez, A., Mason, K., Fisk, J.N., Soneji, J.R., Sanchez, L., Grauke, L.J., Wang, X., 2021. “Insights into the impact of geography and genetics on the microbiome of Carya illinoinensis”. Acta Horticulturae. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2021.1318.34.

Rhein, H.S., Barnes, S., Van Scyoc, B., Fisk, J.N., Song, M., Thompson, M., Heerema, R.J., Randall, J.J., 2021. “RNA-Seq analysis of genes involved in pistillate flower initiation in Carya illinoinensis”. Acta Horticulturae. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2021.1318.24.

Lovell, J.T., Bentley, N.B., Bhattarai, G., Jenkins, J.W., Sreedasyam, A., Alarcon, Y., Bock, C., Boston, L., Carlson, J., Cervantes, K., Clermont, K., Krom, N., Kubenka, K., Mamidi, S., Mattison, C., Monteros, M.J., Pisani, C., Plott, C., Rajasekar, S., Shadgou Rhein, H., Rohla, C., Song, M., St. Hilaire, R., Shu, S., Wells, L., Webber, J., Heerema, R.J., Klein, P.E., Wang, X., Grauke, LJ., Grimwood, J., Schmutz, J., and Randall, J.J., 2021. “A chromosome-scale pan genome to accelerate breeding in the outbred and diverse tree nut crop, pecan.”, Nature Communications,12, 4125 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24328-w.

Thompson, M., Randall, J.J., Heerema, R.J.,2021. “Differential Expression of Key Floral Initiation Genes in Response to Plant Growth Regulator Application and Alternate Bearing in Pecan” Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. (Online publish ahead of issue. https://doi.org/10.21273/JASH04954-20.

Vereecke, D., Fichtner, E., Lambert, P., Cooke, P., Kilcrease, J., Stamler, R.A., Zhang, Y., Francis, I., Randall, J.J., 2020. “Colonization and survival capacities underlying the multi- faceted life of Rhodococcus sp. PBTS1 and PBTS2” Plant Pathology 70:3 pg. 567-583. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13307.

Vereecke, D., Zhang, Y. Francis, I., Lambert, P., Venneman, J., Stamler, R.A., Kilcrease, J., andRandall, J.J., 2020. “Functional genomics insights into the pathogenicity, habitat fitness, and mechanisms modifying plant development in Rhodococcus sp. PBTS 1 and PBTS 2. Frontiers of Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.00014

Bock, C., Alarcon, Y., Conner, P. Young, C., Randall, J.J., Pisani, C., Grauke, LJ, Wang, X., Monteros, M., 2020. “Foliage and fruit susceptibility of a pecan provenance collection to scab, caused by Venturia effuse” CABI Agriculture and Bioscience. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43170-020-00020-9.

Hilton, A., Wang, X., Zhang, M., Cervantes, K., French, J., Randall, J.J., Bock, C., Grauke, LJ., Jo, Y.K. 2020. “Improved methods for detecting Xylella fastidiosa in pecan and related Carya species.” European Plant Pathology, 157:899–918. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-020-02050-5.

Wang, X., Shadgou Rhein, H., Jenkins, J., Schmutz, J., Grimwood, J., Grauke, LJ, Randall, J.J., 2020. “Chloroplast genome sequences of Carya illinoinensis from two distinct geographic populations.” Trees and Genomes, 16:48. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-020-01436-0.

Lujan, P., Dungan, B., Holguin, O., Sanogo, S., Puppala, N., Randall, J.J., 2019. “The role of carbon sources in relation to pathogenicity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorum on Valencia peanut”. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.1139/CJPS-2018-0203.

Thompson, M.Y., Randall, J.J., Heerema, R.J., VanLeeuwen, D., 2019. “Exogenous Plant Growth Regulators Show Promise for Management of Alternate Bearing in Pecans”. HortScience 54(7) pgs. 1204-1207.

Huang, Y., Xiao, L., Zhang, R., Wang, Z., Zhang, Z., Huang, C., Huang, R., Luan, Y., Fan, T., Wang, J., Shen, C., Zhang, S., Wang, X., Randall, J.J., Zheng, B., Wu, J., Zhang, Q., Xia, G., Xu, C., Chen, M., Zhang, L., Jiang, W., Gao, L., Chen, Z., Leslie, C.A., Grauke, L.J., Huang, J., 2019. “The genomes of pecan and Chinese hickory provide insights into Carya evolution and nut nutrition”, GigaScience. May 1, 8(5).

Tuskan, G.A., Groover, A.T., Schmutz, J. DiFazio, S.P., Myburg, A., Grattapaglia, D., Smart, L., Yin, T., Aury, J.M., Kremer, A., Leroy, T., LeProvost, G., Plomion, C., Carlson, J.E., Randall, J.J., Westbrook, J., Grimwood, J., Muchero, W., Jacobson, D., and Michener, J.K., 2018. “Hardwood tree genomics: Unlocking woody plant biology”. Frontier Plant Science9. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.01799.

Bock, C.H., Oliver, J.E., Chen, C., Hotchkiss, M.E., Stevenson, K.L., Wang, X., Grauke, L.J., Hilton, A.E., Jo, Y.K., and Randall, J.J., 2018. “Pecan bacterial leaf scorch, caused by Xylella fastidiosa, is endemic in Georgia pecan (Carya illinoinensis) orchards”. Plant Health Progress, 19(4), 284-287. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHP-08-18-0045-S.

Randall, J.J., Stamler, R.A., Kallsen, C.E., Fichtner, E.J., Heerema, R.J., Cooke, P., Francis, I., 2018. “Comment on Evolutionary transitions between beneficial and phytopathogenic Rhodococcus challenge disease management”. eLife, 2018;7:e35272. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.35272.

Hilton, A., Jo, Y.K, Cervantes, K., Stamler, R.A., French, J.M., Heerema, R.J., Goldberg, N.P., Sherman, J., Wang, X., Randall, J.J., Grauke, L.J., 2017. “First report of Xylella fastidiosa in Carya illinoinensis in Arizona, New Mexico, California, and Texas”. Plant Disease.

Keith, K., Stamler,R., Randall, J.J., Perez, K., McDonald, J.A., 2017. “Ipomoea gilana: A New and Endemic Morning Glory (Ipomoeeae Convolvulaceae) in the Gila National Forests, New Mexico. “ Systematic Botany Journal.

Stamler, R., Sanogo, S., Goldberg, N.P., and Randall, J.J., 2016, Identification of Phytophthora species in rivers and streams of the Southwestern United States, Applied and Environmental Microbiology. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.01162-16.

Stamler, R., Vereecke, D., Zhang, Y., and Randall, J.J., (2016) Complete Genome and Plasmid sequences for Rhodococcus fascians D188 and Draft Sequences for Rhodococcus isolates PBTS 1 and PBTS 2. Genome Announcements 4(3): e00495-16.

Lujan, P., Sanogo, S., Puppala, N., and J. Randall, (2016) Factors affecting mycelium pigmentation and pathogenicity of Sclerotinia sclerotiorumon Valencia peanut. Canadian Journal of Plant Science. https://doi.org/10.1139/CJPS-2015-0258.

French, J., Goldberg, N.P., Randall, J.J., Hanson, S.F., (2016), New Mexico and the Southwestern US are affected by a distinct population of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV strains), Archives of Virology, Vol 161, 4:993-998.

Stamler, R., Heerema, R., Randall, J. (2015), First Report of phytopathogenic Rhodococcus isolates on Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome ‘UCB-1’ rootstock in New Mexico, Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-15-0471-PDN.

Stamler, R., Kilcrease, J., Fichtner, E., Kallsen, C., Cooke, P., Heerema, R., and J. Randall, (2015), First Report of Rhodococcus species causing Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome on ‘UCB-1’ rootstock in California and Arizona, Plant Disease. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-14-1340-RE.

Stamler, R., Goldberg, N.P., Sanogo, S., Dungan, B., Holguin, O., Schaub, T., and J. Randall, (2015), Metabolomic analysis of Induced resistance from Non-Host Phytophthora in Capsicum annum, PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128327.

Randall, J.J., Heerema, R., Rascon, A., Potter, M., (2015), Molecular Mechanisms of Pecan flower induction, Acta horticulturae 1070:89-99.

French, J.M., Stamler, R.A., Randall, J.J, and N.P. Goldberg (2011), First report of Phytophthora nicotianae on Bulb Onions in the United States, Plant Disease, Vol. 95, no. 8, pg. 1028.

Randall, J.J., French, J., Yao, S., Hanson, S.F., and N.P. Goldberg (2011), First report of Xylella fastidiosa in peach in New Mexico, Plant Disease, vol. 95, no. 7, pg. 871.

Randall, J.J., Bosland, P., and S.F. Hanson (2011), Brote Grande, a phytoplasma disease of chile peppers in the desert Southwest, Plant Health Progress, February 2011.

Randall, J., Goldberg, N.P., Kemp, J.D., Radionenko, M., French, J.M., Olsen, M.W., and S.F. Hanson (2009), Genetic Analysis of a novel Xylella fastidiosa Subspecies found in the Southwestern United States, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 75 (17), pg. 5631-5638.

Randall, J.J., Bosland, P., and S.F. Hanson (2009), Brote Grande, a new and noteworthy phytoplasma associated disease of chile peppers, Plant Disease, Vol. 93 (9), pg. 968.

Randall, J., Radionenko, M., French, J.M, Goldberg, N.P. and S.F. Hanson, (2007), First report of Pierce’s Disease in New Mexico, Plant Health Progress, October 3, 2007.

Randall, J., Radionenko, M., French, J.M., Olsen, M.W., Goldberg, N.P., and S.F. Hanson (2007), First report of Xylella fastidiosa in New Mexico, Plant Disease, 91: 329.

Randall, J., Sutton, D.S., Hanson, S.F., and J.D. Kemp (2005), BiP and zein binding domains within the delta-zein protein, Planta, 221: 656-666.

Randall, J., Sutton, D.S., Ghoshroy, S., Bagga, S., and J.D. Kemp (2004), Co-ordinate expression of beta and delta-zeins in transgenic tobacco, Plant Science, 167:267-372.

Selected Meeting Presentations

Ray, D.K., Fisk, J.N., Cervantes, K., Molina, E., Soneji, J., Stamler, R.A., and Randall, J.J., 2017. “Insights into the effect of Geography and Genetics on the Pecan Microbiome”. Pecan National Meeting, March 2017, Noble Foundation Ardsmore OK.

Shagdou, H., Potter, M., Martin, J., Heerema, R., and Randall, J.J., 2017. “First Glimpse at the Timing of Flower Initiation in Carya Illinoinensis using gene expression studies”. Plant and Animal Genomics Conference. January 2017, San Diego, CA.

Cervantes, K., Hilton, A., Ray, D., Stamler, R., French, J., Soneji, J., Heerema, R., Grauke, LJ, Wang, X., Jo, Y., and Randall, J.J., 2016. “Evidence of seed transmission of Xylella fastidiosa in pecan (Carya illinoinensis).” APS National Conference, August 2016, Tampa Bay, Florida

Barnes, S., Zhong, H., Grauke, L.J., Mattison, C., Stamler, R., Schmutz, J., Jenkins, J., Heerema, R., Song, M., and Randall, J.J., 2016. “Computational annotation of the pecan genome”. Plant and Animal Genomics Conference. January 2016, San Diego, CA.

Stamler, R., Cooke, P., Soneji, J., and Randall, J., 2015. In-vivo pathogenicity assays using Rhodococcus spp. isolated from Bushy Top UCB-1 Pistachio rootstock (P.integerrima x P. atlantica), Society for In-vitro Biology, May 2015, Tucson, AZ.

Martin, J., Stamler, R., and Randall, J.J., 2015. “Elucidating the role Flowering Locus T plays in pecan flower development.” Society for In-vitro Biology, May 2015, Tucson, AZ.

Saucedo, G., Stamler, R., Randall, A., and Randall, J.J., 2015. “Evaluation of GC/DMS for detection of aflatoxin.” Society for in-vitro biology. May 2015, Tucson, AZ.

Randall, J.J., Potter, M., Heerema, R., Stamler, R., Martin, J., “Initiation of flowering and alternate bearing in pecan”, 2015, Proceedings for Pecan Growers Meeting, Hermosillo September 2015 (Invited Speaker).

Sowder, D., Molina, E., Stamler, R., and Randall, J.J., 2015. “Plant-microbiome associations with Carya illinoinensis.”. Society for in-vitro biology. May 2015, Tucson, AZ.

Stamler, R., Kilcrease, J., and J.Randall (2014), Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome; an emerging problem in Arizona and California, American Meeting of the American Phytopathology Society, Minneapolis, MN (Poster presenation).

Kilcrease, J., Stamler, R., and J.Randall (2014), Pistachio Bushy Top Syndrome: The association between Rhodococcus sp. and clonal UCB-1 in Arizona and California, Microscopy Meeting, August 2014.

Stamler, R., Kilcrease, J., and J.Randall (2014), Rhodococcus sp. associated with abnormal ‘UCB1’ pistachio rootstock in CA and AZ, APS-Pacific Division, July.

Stamler, R., Dungan, B., Holguin, O., Sanogo, S., Goldberg, N.P., Schaub, T., and J. Randall, Metabolomic analysis of non-host pathogen induced resistance in chile pepper (Capsicum annuum), Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathology Society, Austin TX, (Poster presentation) 2014.

Rascon, A., Zizumbo, M., Potter, M., Heerema, R., and J.Randall (2013), Genetics of Pecan Flowering, First Pecan Symposium, International Society of Horticulture, College Station Texas, July. (Oral Presentation)

Stamler, R., Goldberg, N.P., Sanogo, S., and J. Randall (2012), Characterization of induced resistance in chile pepper against Phytophthora capsici following inoculation with non-host Phytophthora nicotianiae. Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathology Society, Providence, RI (poster presentation #599-P).

Stamler, R., Goldberg, N.P., Sanogo, S., and J. Randall (2012), In-vitro and In-vivo RNAi silencing of P.capsici, Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathology Society, Providence, RI (poster presentation #598-P).

Lujan, P., Sanogo, S., Puppala, N., and J. Randall (2012), Factors affecting mycelium pigmentation and pathogenicity of Sclerotina sclerotiorum on Valencia peanut, Annual Meeting of the American Phytopathology Society, Providence, RI (poster presentation 47-P).

Stamler, R., Goldberg, N.P., Sanogo, S., and J. Randall, (2011), RNAi silencing of the Plant Pathogen Phytophthora capsici, American Society of In-vitro Biology, (poster abstract).

Randall, J.J., Goldberg, N.P., Kemp, J.D., Radionenko, M., French, J.M., Olsen, M.W, and S.F. Hanson (2009), Genetic Analysis of a novel Xylella fastidiosa Subspecies found in the Southwestern United States. Annual meeting of the American Phytopathology Society, Portland, OR (poster presentation).

Randall, J.J., Bosland, P.W., and S.F. Hanson (2008), A new phytoplasma associated disease of chile peppers. Annual meeting of the American Phytopathology Society, Minneapolis, MN (Oral presentation).