Agricultural and Life Sciences (IFAS)
Garrett Lab
Led by Karen Garrett · Plant Pathology
What we study
The Garrett Lab studies how to improve food security and conservation using systems analysis, crop disease management, and microbiomes. They use computer models and data analysis to solve real-world problems.
What working here is like
- Computational
- Plants
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Systems analysis of seed health
They analyze how seed health affects crop disease and food security.
Crop disease management
They study ways to manage crop diseases to improve food production.
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Microbiomes
They research how microbiomes influence plant health and food systems.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Pathogens on fire: a scoping review of smoke-borne pathogen ecology in the One Health framework
2026 · PeerJ
Reviews smoke-borne pathogens in wildfires, focusing on One Health risks.
- Simple network models integrate global change, social dynamics and management interventions in biosecurity scenario analysis
2026 · NeoBiota
Builds a network model to test biosecurity strategies under global change.
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- Wheat Diseases and Pests in Pakistan: A Nationwide Assessment
2026 · Phytopathology
Maps wheat disease and pest risks across Pakistan using expert knowledge.
- Dysbiotic microbiomes and the collapse of plant health
2026 · Trends in Microbiology
Links plant dysbiosis to health issues, comparing it to human microbiome disruptions.
- Pathogen and pest communities in agroecosystems across climate gradients: Anticipating future challenges in the highland tropics
2025 · Agricultural Systems
Predicts climate-driven shifts in tropical crop pests and pathogens.
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How to reach out
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