These projects were supported by the Land Institute
Perennial wheat offers advantages for soil conservation, but
may require more attention to disease management.
Collaborators on these projects include:
Bill Bockus, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
Cindy Cox, The Land Institute
Stan Cox, The Land Institute
Karen Garrett, Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University
Publications
In review. M. R. Cheatham, M. N. Rouse, P. D. Esker, S. Ignacio, W. Pradel,
R. Raymundo, A. H. Sparks, G. A. Forbes, T. R. Gordon, and K. A. Garrett.
Beyond yield: Plant disease in the context of ecosystem services.
K. A. Garrett and C. M. Cox. 2008.
Applied biodiversity science:
Managing emerging diseases in agriculture and linked natural systems using ecological principles.
Pages 368-386 in Infectious Disease Ecology:
Effects of Ecosystems on Disease and of Disease on Ecosystems.
R. Ostfeld, F. Keesing, and V. Eviner, editors. Princeton University Press.
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C. M. Cox, K. A. Garrett, and W. W. Bockus. 2005. Meeting the challenge of disease management in perennial grain systems.
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 20:15-24.
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C. M. Cox, K. A. Garrett, T. S. Cox, W. W. Bockus, and T. Peters. 2005.
Reactions of perennial grain accessions to four major cereal pathogens of the Great Plains. Plant Disease 89:1235-1240.
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