Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Vallejos Lab
Led by C. Eduardo Vallejos · Horticultural Sciences
What we study
The Vallejos Lab studies bean genetics and genomics, focusing on DNA replication, transcription, translation, and gene expression in plants. Students work with lab methods like PCR, cloning, and transient transformation with Agrobacterium.
What working here is like
- Wet lab
- Computational
- Plants
- Coding helps
- Papers
- 5
Recent papers, explained
- Stomatal and leaf hydraulic conductivity responses to changing light and CO2 conditions in Phaseolus vulgaris
2026 · Plant Science
- Profiling conserved transcription factor binding motifs in Phaseolus vulgaris through comparative genomics
2025 · BMC Genomics
Identifies key DNA sequences in bean genes to improve crop traits.
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- Contrasting Dynamic Photoprotective Mechanisms under Fluctuating Light Environments between an Andean and a Mesoamerican Genotype of Phaseolus vulgaris L.
2024 · Agronomy
Compares photoprotective mechanisms in Andean and Mesoamerican bean genotypes under fluctuating light.
- Cell size differences affect photosynthetic capacity in a Mesoamerican and an Andean genotype of Phaseolus vulgaris L.
2024 · Frontiers in Plant Science
Compares photosynthesis and leaf structure in two bean types.
- Mapping of the bs5 and bs6 non-race-specific recessive resistances against bacterial spot of pepper
2023 · Frontiers in Plant Science
Maps pepper resistance genes bs5 and bs6 against bacterial spot using genetic sequencing.
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