Lynette Abbott is Emerita Professor in The University of Western Australia’s School of Agriculture and Environment and UWA Institute of Agriculture Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Her research is in the broad area of soil health, with emphasis on soil biological fertility. It includes, soil biological processes associated with nutrient acquisition by plants, nutrient transformations in soil, bio-chemical and bio-physical processes involved in microbial responses to soil amendments and plant-microbial symbioses. She has expertise in the ecology and function of arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) fungi in agricultural ecosystems, and during restoration of highly disturbed landscapes.
