About
My main academic interest is on disease risk assessments globally and regionally. I am a master candidate in the Garrett Lab. I worked as a research assistant in the Garrett lab in 2020.
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Education
B. Sc. Agricultural Sciences and Production, Zamorano University, 2019
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Research
My research focuses on epidemic networks of geographic risk factors affecting agricultural settings for 12 crops, including avocado, banana and plantain, cacao (or cocoa), cassava, coffee, common bean, maize, chilli and bell pepper, potato, sweetpotato, tomato, common or bread wheat.
- International trade networks: We evaluate the role of country-country trade in the global spread of emerging invasive diseases and pests.
- Global cropland network: We evaluate the role of crop landscapes in the establishment, dispersal and spread of epidemic invasion and saturations.
- Regional trade and cropland networks: we also evaluate cropland and trade connectivity focusing on specific-country analysis, especially for Central America or countries the Americas.
- We also explore strategies to integrate other geographic disease risk factors such as weather-based conduciveness or climate suitability, transport and travel, and epidemiological models such as the Impact Network Analysis framework. -
Publications
Journal articles
Buddenhagen CE, Xing Y, Andrade Piedra JL, Forbes GA, Kromann P, Navarrete I, Thomas-Sharma S, Choudhury RA, Andersen Onofre KF, Schulte-Gelderman E, Etherton BA, Plex Sulá AI, Garrett KA. 2021. Where to invest project efforts for greater benefit: A framework for management performance mapping with examples for potato seed health. Phytopathology. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-05-20-0202-R
Book chapter
Alcalá-Briseño RI, Plex Sulá AI, Etherton BA, Andersen Onofre KF, Poudel R, Xing Y, Garrett KA. 2021. Adapting crop disease management to global change. Chapter in Vegetable Disease Management. Invited, currently in revision.