Kevin Garcia | Crop and Soil Sciences
- Mutualistic Relationships Between Roots and Soil Microbes Facilitate Plant Potassium Acquisition, Progress in Botany (2025)
- Pinus taeda carryover phosphorus availability on the lower Atlantic Coastal Plain, FOREST ECOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (2024)
- Fungal biomass and ectomycorrhizal community assessment of phosphorus responsive Pinus taeda plantations, FRONTIERS IN FUNGAL BIOLOGY (2024)
- The ectomycorrhizal fungus Paxillus ammoniavirescens influences the effects of salinity on loblolly pine in response to potassium availability, ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY (2024)
- Using microdialysis to assess soil diffusive P and translocated sap flow P concentrations in Southern Pinus taeda plantations, PLANT AND SOIL (2024, January 5)
Kevin Garcia
Assistant Professor
3234 Williams Hall
https://garcialab.wordpress.ncsu.edu
Research
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
