Kevin Garcia
Bio
“The research in my laboratory focuses on deciphering the molecular basis of bi-directional nutrient fluxes between plant roots and soil microbes, with a particular emphasis on arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal associations. Mycorrhizal fungi considerably improve nutrition of the host plant. Therefore, it is conceivable that utilizing these natural symbioses will reduce the amount of fertilizers in future agricultural and agroforestry practices. We explore the molecular players participating in nutrient allocation in arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal associations using physiological, biochemical, molecular, genetic, and transcriptomic approaches. Our research contributes to the harnessing of plant-microbe associations to improve nutrient use efficiency and tolerance to global environmental changes in agroecosystems.”
Other Web sites:
Scoop-it webpage: http://www.scoop.it/t/nutrient-transport-in-plants
Twitter account: https://twitter.com/Garcia__Kevin
Publications
- Endomycorrhizal inoculant evaluation on soybean in North Carolina under varying potassium levels , Agronomy Journal (2025)
- Establishment of a rapid split-root assay in hydroponic conditions for eight upland cotton varieties , MethodsX (2025)
- Mutualistic Relationships Between Roots and Soil Microbes Facilitate Plant Potassium Acquisition , Progress in Botany (2025)
- Nodulation Is Maintained and Salinity Tolerance Enhanced in Two Soybean Cultivars Inoculated With Sinorhizobium fredii Under Brackish Water , PHYSIOLOGIA PLANTARUM (2025)
- The external potassium availability determines the effect of the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Rhizophagus irregularis on salinity tolerance in soybeans , SYMBIOSIS (2025)
- Pinus taeda carryover phosphorus availability on the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain , FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (2024)
- Data from: The ectomycorrhizal fungus Paxillus ammoniavirescens influences the effects of salinity on loblolly pine in response to potassium availability , Dryad (2024)
- Fungal biomass and ectomycorrhizal community assessment of phosphorus responsive Pinus taeda plantations , FRONTIERS IN FUNGAL BIOLOGY (2024)
- HcTOK1 participates in the maintenance of K+ homeostasis in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Hebeloma cylindrosporum, which is essential for the symbiotic K+ nutrition of Pinus pinaster , Zenodo (2024)
- HcTOK1 participates in the maintenance of K+ homeostasis in the ectomycorrhizal fungus Hebeloma cylindrosporum, which is essential for the symbiotic K+ nutrition of Pinus pinaster , Zenodo (2024)