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Roland F. Line, Ramon M. Cu, and Don E. Mathre
USDA-ARS
Wheat Genetics Physiology
and Disease Research Unit
P.O. Box 646430
Washington State University
Pullman, WA 99164-6430
Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana
 Comments or questions about MoreCrop, send email to: morecrop@listproc.wsu.edu |
MoreCrop for Barley: An Expert System for Managing Diseases
of Barley in the Pacific Northwest.
Roland F. Line, Ramon M. Cu, and Don E. Mathre
An information technology system for managing diseases of
barley was developed for the Pacific Northwest (PNW) based on
the MoreCrop model for wheat. 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 barley diseases based on geographical regions, agronomic zones,
districts, 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 barley 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 barley. MoreCrop is constantly updated and expanded
to include new information on agronomic zones, diseases, barley
cultivars and their disease resistance characteristics, seed
treatment and foliar sprays, and to utilize new computer technology. |