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R.F. Line and R.M. Cu
USDA-ARS
Wheat Genetics Physiology
and Disease Research Unit
P.O. Box 646430
Pullman, WA 99164-6430
 Comments or questions about MoreCrop, send email to: morecrop@listproc.wsu.edu |
MoreCrop: Managerial Option for Reasonable Economic Control
of Rusts and Other Pathogens. An Expert System for Managing Diseases
of Wheat in the PNW.
Roland F. Line and Ramon M. Cu
An information technology system for managing diseases of
wheat was developed for the Pacific Northwest (PNW). The program
is referred to by the acronym MoreCrop (Managerial Options for
Reasonable Economical Control of Rusts and Other Pathogens) and
is designed to predict diseases and provide managerial options
in agronomic zones of the PNW. MoreCrop uses the classical disease
triangle as the overriding principle in predicting a disease
outcome. This means that a susceptible host, a virulent pathogen,
and favorable environmental conditions must exist for the disease
to develop and cause damage to the crop. MoreCrop predicts diseases
and provides information, options, and suggestions for making
decisions regarding management of wheat diseases based on geographical
regions, agronomic zones, crop managerial practices, cultivar
characteristics, field and disease history, and prevailing weather.
MoreCrop can use past managerial decisions to reconstruct disease
conditions, help you decide what disease control option to select,
and provide disease and cultivar-related information for research,
extension, and education. MoreCrop is a powerful teaching system;
it can be used as an educational tool for understanding the epidemiology
and control of wheat diseases. MoreCrop can analyze a predefined
crop managerial scenario, test a customized disease control program,
serve as a training and reference tool to solve real-time problems,
and serve as a prototype in developing a total crop managerial
program for wheat. MoreCrop is constantly updated and expanded
to include new information on agronomic zones, diseases, wheat
cultivars and their disease resistance characteristics, seed
treatments and foliar sprays, and to utilize new computer technology. |