Kevin Garcia
Assistant Professor
Faculty
3234 Williams Hall
“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
- Physiological and transcriptomic response of Medicago truncatula to colonization by high- or low-benefit arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, MYCORRHIZA (2022)
- Split down the middle: studying arbuscular mycorrhizal and ectomycorrhizal symbioses using split-root assays, JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY (2022)
- Benefits provided by four ectomycorrhizal fungi to Pinus taeda under different external potassium availabilities, MYCORRHIZA (2021)
- Mycorrhizal Symbiosis for Better Adaptation of Trees to Abiotic Stress Caused by Climate Change in Temperate and Boreal Forests, FRONTIERS IN FORESTS AND GLOBAL CHANGE (2021)
- Editorial: Importance of Root Symbiomes for Plant Nutrition: New Insights, Perspectives and Future Challenges, Frontiers in Plant Science (2020)
- Fungal Shaker-like channels beyond cellular K+ homeostasis: A role in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis between Hebeloma cylindrosporum and Pinus pinaster, PLOS ONE (2020)
- Lipo-chitooligosaccharides as regulatory signals of fungal growth and development, NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (2020)
- Micronutrient transport in mycorrhizal symbiosis; zinc steals the show, Fungal Biology Reviews (2020)
- Physiological and transcriptomic response of Medicago truncatula to colonization with high and low benefit arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (2020)
- Role of cytosolic, tyrosine‐insensitive prephenate dehydrogenase in Medicago truncatula, Plant Direct (2020)