Publications

Garcia, J., Mondragon-Becerra, M., Martinez, I., Nocco, M., & Lazcano, C. Regeneration Potential of Local Amendments in an Urban Soil from West Oakland, California (In preparation).

Malal, H., Garcia, J., Marrs, A., Emerson, C., Nocco, M., Lachtar, H., & Lazcano, C. The resistance of soil microbiome to salinity stress in the presence of organic and inorganic fertilizer in short- and long-term experiment. Applied Soil Ecology (In review).

Garcia, J., Mondragon-Becerra, M., Martinez, I., Nocco, M., & Lazcano, C. Organic Amendments Alter Urban Soil Microbiomes and Improve Crop Quality. Applied Soil Ecology 204 (2024).

Garcia, J., Moravek, M., Fish, T., Thannhauser, T., Fei, Z., Sparks, J., Giovannoni, J., & Kao-Kniffin, J. Transcriptome of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) Reveals Impacts of Root Microbiomes on Host Interactions. Scientific Reports 14, 21362 (2024).

Garcia, J., Bray, N., Butler-Jones, A., Son, Y., Egendorf, P., & Kao-Kniffin, J. Plant growth and microbial responses from urban agriculture soils amended with excavated local sediments and municipal composts. Journal of Urban Ecology 9(1) (2023). https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juad016.

Garcia, J., Gannett, M., Wei, L. et al. Selection pressure on the rhizosphere microbiome can alter nitrogen use efficiency and seed yield in Brassica rapa. Commun Biol 5, 959 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03860-5

Garcia, J., Schmidt, J., Gidekel, M., & Gaudin, A. Impact of an Antarctic rhizobacterium on root traits and productivity of soybean (Glycine max L.). Journal of Plant Nutrition, 44:12, 1818-1825 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2021.1884704

Vasilikiotis, C., Li, M., Schmidt, J., Azimi, A., Garcia, J., Volder, A., Lampinen, B., & Gaudin, A. Orchard management practices affect mycorrhizal colonization of almond. Biological Agriculture and Horticulture, 36:4, 230-248 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1080/01448765.2020.1802777

Garcia, J., and Kao-Kniffin, J. Can dynamic network modeling be used to identify adaptive microbiomes? Functional Ecology, 3, 2065-2074 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13491

Garcia, J., and Kao-Kniffin, J. Microbial group dynamics in plant rhizospheres and their implications on nutrient cycling. Frontiers in Microbiology, 9 (1516) (2018). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01516