Texas Tech University

Jiao Lab

Jiao Lab 2025

Research Subjects: Understand the sorghum seed development on transcriptomic and metabolomic levels. Identify key genes involved in the biosynthesis of starch, protein, and oil in sorghum seed. Develop molecular markers to facilitate sorghum grain quality breeding.

 

Research Scientists

Deepti Singh

Deepti Singh
Epigenetic modulation of sorghum in response to diverse environmental stressors
deeptsin@ttu.edu

 

Rian Tian

Ran Tian
rtian@ttu.edu

 

Ph.D. Students

Cheng Guanyun

Guanyuan Cheng
guanyun.cheng@ttu.edu

 

Pallavi

Pallavi
Understanding the molecular mechanism of sugarcane aphid resistance in Sorghum
padhiman@ttu.edu

 

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Pradeep Kumar
pradkuma@ttu.edu

 

Lui Zhiyuan

Zhiyuan Liu
zhiyuan.liu@ttu.edu

 

IGCAST

Shejal Soumen
Characterizing Sorghum mutant population for global Sorghum improvement
ssoumen@ttu.edu