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Plant Disease Ecology
Ecological Genomics
Biodiversity Resource Science



GIS applications for national crop risk assessment

We are evaluating the connectivity of US cropping systems to incorporate this feature of landscape structure in crop risk assessments.

These projects are supported by the USDA

Collaborators on these projects include:

Karen Garrett, Kansas State University
Shawn Hutchinson, Kansas State University
Peg Margosian, USDA-APHIS, Manhattan, KS

Relevant Publications

In review. M. L. Margosian, K. A. Garrett, J. M. S. Hutchinson, and K. A. With. Connectivity of the American agricultural landscape: Assessing the national risk of crop pest and disease spread.



Kansas State University

Department of Plant Pathology

Ecological Genomics Institute


PI: Karen A. Garrett