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Gary Carlton Bergstrom

Professor

Primary Research Areas

  • biological control
  • crop management or crop science
  • disease control
  • ecology
  • genetics
  • integrated crop management
  • integrated pest management
  • microbiology
  • pathogens
  • pest management
  • plant pathology
  • seed science
  • soil and crop science
  • sustainable agriculture
  • value-added agriculture

Graduate Fields

Research Focus

I work closely with agronomists, plant breeders, and other plant scientists to evaluate cultural, biological, and chemical disease control strategies as a component of integrated crop management of corn, forage legume, small grain cereal, oilseed, and bioenergy feedstock crops. I also conduct fundamental research on the biology, host resistance and epidemiology of leaf, ear, and stem diseases of corn, wheat, and bioenergy feedstock grasses.

Research Grants

  • DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGIES TO ENHANCE THE UTILITY OF B. SUBTILIS AGAINST WHEAT SCAB
  • CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THE IPM PIPE RISK MANAGEMENT TOOL
  • IPMPIPE 2008, CORNELL UNIVERSITY COMPONENT