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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 and questions about MoreCrop send email to:
morecrop@listproc.wsu.edu
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MoreCrop, an expert system for managing diseases of wheat
in the Pacific Northwest, was developed by Roland F. Line and
Ramon M. Cu of the USDA-ARS, Wheat Genetics, Physiology, and
Disease Research Unit, WSU in Pullman, Washington. Development
of the system started in 1991 as an expansion of earlier guidelines
for integrated control of rusts and other diseases, and it is
based on more than 30 years of experience and research data by
R.F. Line on crop management, epidemiology, and control of rusts,
smuts, and other diseases. Information from other plant pathologists
and crop scientists was also utilized. R. M. Cu utilized the
existing knowledge on artificial intelligence and expert systems
to develop MoreCrop. The acronym MoreCrop was carefully selected
to have significant meaning to the users. MoreCrop was distributed
to the wheat growers and crop advisers in the Pacific Northwest
in August 1993 through the Washington State University Cooperative
Extension Office as Extension Bulletin MCP0022. A full description
of the concept and use of MoreCrop was published by the American
Phytopathological Society in the journal Plant Disease (R. M.
Cu and R. F. Line. 1994. An expert advisory system for wheat
disease management. Plant Dis. 78:209-215). MoreCrop was featured
in the Information Technology Workshop during the 6th International
Congress of Plant Pathology, Montréal, Canada in 1993.
The system was demonstrated at American Phytopathological Society
workshops and integrated management meetings and was tested by
numerous advisory experts and wheat specialists.
Changes in hardware and software from 1993 to 1998 provided
an opportunity to upgrade MoreCrop utilizing new computer technology.
MoreCrop version 2.0 was released in the spring 1999. The new
version was made flexible with a new capability. A powerful database
was infused to hold cultivar information. The new features included
are enhancement in the crop managerial selection, improvement
in data management of cultivars, additional diseases (an increase
from 16 to 30 diseases), high resolution images of diseases,
and high flexibility in changing the use of fungicides. |