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Richard Jasoni

Assistant Research Ecologist

Division of Earth and Ecosystem Sciences

Email: Richard.Jasoni@dri.edu

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Education

Ph.D. Texas A&M Plant Physiology
M.S. Texas A&M Plant Physiology
B.S. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Crop Science

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Research Ecologist, Desert Research Institute
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Desert Research Institute
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas Tech University
  • Lecturer, California Polytechnic State University
  • Research Scientist, Monsanto Company

Research Experience

  • Ecosystem CO2 fluxes
  • Evapotranspiration (water budgets)
  • Global change biology (elevated CO2, changes in precipitation patterns, nitrogen deposition, changes in surface temperature)
  • Plant ecophysiology
  • Salinity and water stress
  • Ethylene biosynthesis
  • Isotopic analysis of xylem water (source water determination)
  • Volatile compound emissions from plants
  • Plant growth regulators
  • Environmental limitations to crop productivity

Current Projects

  • Eddy covariance and static chamber measurements of evapotranspiration in arid ecosystems.
  • Global change and ecosystem H2O and CO2 fluxes in the Mojave and Negev Deserts.
  • Net ecosystem CO2 exchange in Mojave Desert shrublands exposed to elevated CO2.

Selected Publications

Kane CD, Jasoni RL, Peffley EP, Thompson LD, Green CJ, Pare PW, Tissue DT (2006).
Influence of nutrient solution and solution pH on onion growth and mineral content. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 29: 375-390.
Jasoni RL, Smith SD, Arnone JA (2005).
Net ecosystem CO2 exchange in Mojave Desert shrublands during the eighth year of exposure to elevated CO2. Global Change Biology, 11: 749-756.
Thompson L, Morris J, Peffely E, Green C, Pare P, Tissue D, Jasoni R, Hutson J, Wehner B, Kane C (2005).
Flavonol content and composition of spring onions grown hydroponically or in potting soil. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 18: 635-645.
Wei HX, Jasoni RL, Padolina ID, Hu J, Pare PW (2004).
Anti-selective and regioselective aldol addition of ketones and aldehydes using MgI2 as promoter. Tetrahedron Letters, 60: 11829-11835.
Jasoni RL, Kane CD, Green CJ, Peffely EB, Tissue DT, Thompson LD, Pare PW (2004).
Altered VOC and root exudation from onions (Allium cepa L.) grown under elevated CO2 conditions. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 51: 273-280.
Jasoni RL, Cothren JT, Morgan PW, Sohan DE (2002).
Circadian ethylene production in cotton. Plant Growth Regulation, 36: 127-133.
Sohan DE, Jasoni RL, Zajicek JM (1999)
Plant-water relations of NaCl and calcium treated sunflower plants. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 42: 105-111.
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