Alison E. Bennett

Alison E. Bennett studies how soil microbes, including arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (root-associated fungi that help plants absorb nutrients), interact with plants and influence plant health, growth, and defense against insect herbivores. Her work spans plant-soil feedbacks, microbiome assembly in crops like tomato and potato, and how environmental stressors affect these below-ground microbial communities. The research connects basic ecology with applications in sustainable agriculture and plant disease management.

Publication output has been relatively steady but shows a modest decline from a peak around 2020 (9 papers) to a lower, fluctuating average of about 4-5 papers per year in the last five years.

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